Low Altitude Thermal Survey by Means of an Automated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for the Detection of Archaeological Buried Structures

Poirier, Nicolas; Hautefeuille, Florent; Calastrenc, Carine

doi:10.1002/arp.1454

Cited by 38 publications

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“…There is already a range of academic uses that go beyond mere military engagement in non-social science settings: UAVs are used in geology, environmental science and archaeological geophysics for aerial data capture in topographical, geological, architectural and infrastructural surveys (Carrivick, Smith, Quincey, & Carver, 2013;Lucieer, Turner, King, & Robinson, 2013;Poirier, Hautefeuille, & Calastrenc, 2013). UAVs, like any technical object, require training to operate; however, because they have a degree of pre-programming and high level processing, they also need to be taught to do things, from where they fly to the complex task of precision farming.…”

Section: Human Geography and Uavsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Less talk more drone: social research with UAVs

Birtchnell

Gibson

2015

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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There is a growing body of work in geography and sociology on the impact of drones on warfare, surveillance and civil protest. This paper assesses the challenges of using drones for teaching human geography and spatial social sciences. Affordable and expensive drones are now available in the market place; however, there has been next to no reflection on how drones might impact upon the social sciences as a research tool. Yet, unmanned flying vehicles pose some profound possibilities for social and cultural inquiry and aerial data collection.

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Section: Human Geography and Uavsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Less talk more drone: social research with UAVs

Birtchnell

Gibson

2015

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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“…The use of remote sensing to survey and research archaeological sites is well established in the literature [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], and although conventional aerial photography and LiDAR are commonplace the use of multisensor data acquisition is less well represented. In this study the authors have selected two separate archaeological sites which differ considerably in character, period, and physical aspect and which both have known multiperiod features.…”

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Mapping Heterogeneous Buried Archaeological Features Using Multisensor Data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Brooke

Clutterbuck

2019

Remote Sensing

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There is a long history of the use of aerial imagery for archaeological research, but the application of multisensor image data has only recently been facilitated by the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Two archaeological sites in the East Midlands U.K. that differ in age and topography were selected for survey using multisensor imaging from a fixed-wing UAV. The aim of this study was to determine optimum methodology for the use of UAVs in examining archaeological sites that have no obvious surface features and examine issues of ground control target design, thermal effects, image processing and advanced filtration. The information derived from the range of sensors used in this study enabled interpretation of buried archaeology at both sites. For any archaeological survey using UAVs, the acquisition of visible colour (RGB), multispectral, and thermal imagery as a minimum are advised, as no single technique is sufficient to attempt to reveal the maximum amount of potential information.

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“…Some examples of thermal cameras can be shown in Brumana et al, (2013) who obtained thermal orthophotos, which allow discovering rock formations partially buried. A similar approach was done by Poirier et al, (2013), to detect ancient roads, land plots boundaries, site plans and underground caves. Besides using UAV photogrammetry for mapping archaeological sites from point clouds and orthophotos, acquired information can be used for further archaeological analysis.…”

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UAV archaeological reconstruction: The study case of Chamartin Hillfort (Avila, Spain)

Muñoz-Nieto

Rodríguez‐Gonzálvez

Gonzales-Aguilera

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ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Photogrammetry from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is a common technique for 3D modelling in a low-cost way. This technique is becoming essential to analyse the cultural heritage, e.g. historical buildings, monuments and archaeological remains in order not only to preserve them, but for disseminate accurate graphic information. The study case of Chamartin hillfort (Ávila, Spain) provided us the opportunity to apply automation techniques to generate geomatic products with high metric quality. A novel photogrammetric software tool was used with the aim to achieve high resolution orthophoto and 3D models of complex sites. This tool allows a flexible way for heritage documentation, since it incorporates robust algorithms to cope with a wide range of studies cases and shooting configurations. * Corresponding author. This is useful to know for communication with the appropriate person in cases with more than one author.

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Low Altitude Thermal Survey by Means of an Automated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for the Detection of Archaeological Buried Structures

Cited by 38 publications

References 17 publications

Less talk more drone: social research with UAVs

Less talk more drone: social research with UAVs

Mapping Heterogeneous Buried Archaeological Features Using Multisensor Data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UAV archaeological reconstruction: The study case of Chamartin Hillfort (Avila, Spain)

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