I would like to recommend a book for my students to learn the basis of photogrammetry. I've read "Introduction to modern photogrammetry", 2001, from Mikhaïl, Bethel and McGlone. Unfortunately, the field has evolved a lot since 2001. I've found only a few other books on the net, but I would really like to have a chapter including UAV photogrammetry (and if possible also LiDAR, but this is secondary).
Is there a photogrammetry textbook with a good chapter on UAV's ?
EDIT: my students are either following a master in Environmental sciences or professionals from different domains who want to learn more about GIS.
Best Answer
Full Credit to Henri Eisenbeiß (Author)
from the dissertation
1.1.1 UAV photogrammetry
Extract: "The new terminology UAV photogrammetry describes aphotogrammetric measurement platform, which operates remotely controlled, semi-autonomously, or autonomously, without a pilot sitting in the vehicle. The platform is equipped with a photogrammetric measurement system, including, but not limited to a smallor medium size still video or video camera, thermal or infrared camera systems, airborne LiDAR system, or a combination thereof. Current standard UAVs allow the registration and tracking of the position and orientation of the implemented sensors in a local or global coordinate system. Hence, UAV photogrammetry can be understood as a new photogrammetric measurement tool. UAV photogrammetry opens various new applications in the close range domain, combining aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry, but also introduces new (near real time application and low cost alternatives to the classical manned aerial photogrammtery...
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