Digital elevation models from unmanned aerial vehicle surveys for archaeological interpretation of terrain anomalies: case study of the Roman castrum of Burnum (Croatia)

Dubbini, Marco; Curzio, Lucia Irene; Campedelli, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.054

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“…Numerous publications discuss specific segments of the UAV-photogrammetry workflow; for example, flight planning and on-site execution (e.g., Field et al 2017; Hamilton and Stephenson 2016; Nex and Remondino 2014) and the accuracy of the models derived from photogrammetric analysis (e.g., Baliño 2016; Dubbini et al 2016; Harwin and Lucieer 2012; Lo Brutto et al 2014; Martínez-del-Pozo et al 2013; Mesas-Carrascosa et al 2016; Nocerino et al 2013; Ortiz et al 2013). While we appreciate these contributions for the precision, detail, and depth they offer to UAV research, as newcomers to drone-based archaeological survey, we were discouraged by the scarcer availability of publications that pragmatically discuss both field protocols and post-processing workflows to produce the two main outputs of UAV-based survey; namely, (1) digital models of topographic surfaces or monuments, and (2) orthophoto mosaics of excavations and landscapes (but see Chiabrando et al 2011; Fernández-Hernandez et al 2015; Turner et al 2012; Wernke et al 2014).…”

Section: Research Context and Background To Uav Surveymentioning

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A Beginner's Guide to Mesoscale Survey with Quadrotor-UAV Systems

Olson

Rouse

2018

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Quadrotor-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) systems are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in archaeological field research for the production of digital elevation models and orthophoto mosaics of sites, monuments, and landscapes. In order to make up for the lack of suitable imagery to use in a larger project on the landscapes surrounding Bronze Age tell sites in the Murghab delta of eastern Turkmenistan, we developed a protocol for the deployment of out-of-the-box UAV systems to document sites and their immediate environs. This article discusses the fundamentals of aerial survey based on our experience deploying a quadrotor UAV, using examples from our case study of the site of Togolok 1. We argue that the approach we developed is particularly useful for mesoscale survey, between 1 and 5 km2, and is particularly useful for producing technical quality outputs, even by relative newcomers to UAV-based aerial survey.

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Section: Research Context and Background To Uav Surveymentioning

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A Beginner's Guide to Mesoscale Survey with Quadrotor-UAV Systems

Olson

Rouse

2018

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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“…They focused on the comparison between the Digital Surface Model created using an UAV with a Structure-from-Motion approach, and the digital terrain model already built through a kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System Survey (GNSS). The validation results provided a final vertical accuracy of about 10 cm, which implies that rotary wings are reliable in such aerial mapping task (Dubbini et al, 2016).…”

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“…The digital surface models propose conceivable practices in the fields of natural hazards, disaster response and high-resolution terrain analysis as result of accomplishment of the high degree of autonomous framework and 20 cm level of unconditional vertical accuracy (Mancini et al, 2013). Dubbini et al (2016) presents a creation of a Digital Surface Mode from a low cost, user-friendly, automated hexacopter rotary wings. They focused on the comparison between the Digital Surface Model created using an UAV with a Structure-from-Motion approach, and the digital terrain model already built through a kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System Survey (GNSS).…”

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Aerial Platform Reliability for Flood Monitoring Under Various Weather Conditions: A Review

Zakaria

Mahadi

Abdullah

et al. 2018

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Flood is an annual disaster in Malaysia, especially in the east coast region. Recently, other regions in Malaysia have also experience devastating flood. A flood aerial monitoring is one of the approaches that involved in the flood disaster management. Compared to space borne remote sensing, aerial platforms are much reliable to obtain higher spatial resolution and real time data. Due to cloud coverage and revisit limitations, space borne remote sensing approach is a less desirable option for flood monitoring. In this paper, a review of existing aerial platforms that perform remote sensing task under various weather conditions, specifically for flood monitoring is presented. There are four types of aerial platforms being reviewed, which are rotary wings, fixed wings, blimps and helikites. The main criteria of the review are the payload capacity, endurance (flight time), altitudes, tolerable wind speed, cost, vertical take-off and landing ability, and the ability to perform under various weather conditions, such as heavy precipitation and winds. From this review, the applications of aerial platform in recent studies never mentioned the capability of aerial platform used in such weather conditions. From all types of aerial platform discussed, helikite seems to be the most suitable to fly in extreme weather. The only drawback is that helikite has mobility issue since it is tethered to the ground. The application of helikite is useful for a small area coverage of flood monitoring. The authors will continue the study to evaluate the reliability of helikite in performing such task in the future.</p>

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“…The use of photogrammetry has been demonstrated in various situations such as the detailed record of excavation levels, supplanting completely traditional drawing (Aguilar Camacho, Granado Castro, & Barrera Vera, 2013; Aparicio Resco, 2015; Douglass et al, 2015; Forte, Dell'unto, Jonsson, & Lercari, 2015); the survey of objects, both from field findings and from museum collections (Tsiafaki, Koutsoudis, Arnaoutoglou, & Michailidouet, 2016); outreach of 3D models in online viewers such as SketchFab, including the creation of virtual museums (Maqueda García‐Morales & Luque Cortina, 2015; Scopigno, Callieri, Dellepiane, Ponchio, & Potenziani, 2017); the survey of buildings, especially facades, but also for the drawing of architectural plans (Charquero Ballester, 2016; Parcero‐Oubiña et al, 2016); rock art (Jaillet, Delannoy, Monney, & Sadier, 2017); and the topographic and planimetric survey at the scale of archaeological sites as well as the geoforms of their location (Acosta Ochoa & Jiménez Delgado, 2013; Dubbini, Curzio, & Campedelli, 2016; Gutiérrez, Erny, Friedman, Godsey, & Gradoz, 2016; Ruiz Sabina, Gallego Valle, Peña Ruiz, Molero García, & Gómez Laguna, 2015). However, its use in Argentinean archaeology is very recent (Greco, 2018; Greco & Ojeda, 2017; Sampietro Vattuone & Peña Monné, 2018; Villar, 2018).…”

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Participatory mapping and UAV photogrammetry as complementary techniques for landscape archaeology studies: an example from north‐western Argentina

Larraín

Greco

Tarragó

2020

Archaeological Prospection

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In this article we highlight the relevance of a combination of a participatory mapping approach and unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry as complementary techniques for landscape archaeology studies. We exemplify this approach with the discovery and mapping of the Cerro Quemado site, located in the Yocavil valley in north‐western Argentina. The site presents a local Inka architecture pattern corresponding to an administrative centre type settlement of the southern provinces of the empire and is placed closely to one of the main routes of the Inka road that runs through the bottom of the valley. The implications of this finding are substantive in terms of a more complete understanding of the expansion of the Inkas in this region. The finding of Cerro Quemado has been possible thanks to the local spatial knowledge registered by the implementation of a participatory mapping approach with students and teachers of a local high school. Its expedited registration and the preliminary map of the structures presented here was facilitated by drone technology and spatial photogrammetry that helped to define in a cost efficient and quick way its architectural pattern.

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Digital elevation models from unmanned aerial vehicle surveys for archaeological interpretation of terrain anomalies: case study of the Roman castrum of Burnum (Croatia)

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

A Beginner's Guide to Mesoscale Survey with Quadrotor-UAV Systems

A Beginner's Guide to Mesoscale Survey with Quadrotor-UAV Systems

Aerial Platform Reliability for Flood Monitoring Under Various Weather Conditions: A Review

Participatory mapping and UAV photogrammetry as complementary techniques for landscape archaeology studies: an example from north‐western Argentina

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