THE USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ( UAVS ) FOR REMOTE SENSING

The ISPRS congress in Istanbul has adopted a resolution that called for the study of the use of Eaves in remote sensing and mapping. In the past four years, a wide range of these platforms has been used in the civil and scientific world, equipped with a multitude of instruments, to deliver data in w variety of applications. It is an area of remote sensing that is very active, but not yet near to consolidation. This paper does not attempt to make comprehensive lists of platforms, instruments or applications. Rather, it tries to give the reader a sample of what is possible today and in the future. UAVs as remote sensing platforms have given many research groups the opportunity to acquire data at sufficiently low cost to justify the use of remote sensing in the first place. These platforms may therefore become the catalyst for many new users and uses of remote sensing, and will become so even more when airspace regulations have been adapted to accept them as regular aircraft.

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