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Robotic photosieving from low-cost multirotor sUAS: A proof-of-concept

Carbonneau, P.; Bizzi, S.; Marchetti, G.

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Authors

S. Bizzi

G. Marchetti



Abstract

Measurement of riverbed material grainsizes is now a routine part of fieldwork in fluvial geomorphology and lotic ecology. In the last decade, several authors have proposed remote sensing approaches of grain size measurements based on terrestrial and aerial imagery. Given the current rise of small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) applications in geomorphology, there is now increasing interest in the application of these remotely sensed grain size mapping methods to sUAS imagery. However, success in this area has been limited due to two fundamental problems: lack of constraint of image scale for sUAS imagery and blurring effects in sUAS images and resulting orthomosaics. In this work, we solve the former by showing that SfM-photogrammetry can be used in a direct georeferencing (DG) workflow (i.e. with no ground validation) in order to predict image scale within margins of 3%. We then propose a novel approach of robotic photosieving of dry exposed riverbed grains that relies on near-ground images acquired from a low-cost sUAS and which does not require the presence of ground control points or visible scale objects. We demonstrate that this absence of scale objects does not affect photosieving outputs thus resulting in a low-cost and efficient sampling method for surficial grains.

Citation

Carbonneau, P., Bizzi, S., & Marchetti, G. (2018). Robotic photosieving from low-cost multirotor sUAS: A proof-of-concept. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(5), 1160-1166. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4298

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 15, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 23, 2018
Publication Date Apr 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 4, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Print ISSN 0197-9337
Electronic ISSN 1096-9837
Publisher British Society for Geomorphology
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 5
Pages 1160-1166
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4298

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Carbonneau, P., Bizzi, S. & Marchetti, G. (2018). Robotic photosieving from low-cost multirotor sUAS: A proof-of-concept. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4298. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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