Can Speedup Assist Accuracy? An On-Board GPU-Accelerated Image Georeference Method for UAVs

This paper presents a georeferenced map extraction method, for Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAVs. The adopted technique of projecting world points to an image plane is a perfect candidate for a GPU implementation. The achieved high frame rate leads to a plethora of measurements even in the case of a low-power mobile processing unit. These measurements can later be combined in order to refine the output and create a more accurate result.

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