The Usability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Pedestrian Observation

Park, Keunhyun; Ewing, Reid

doi:10.1177/0739456x18805154

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“…The use of UAVs in park monitoring could foster a more consistent and comprehensive measurement of park use and enable comparative park studies. This study validates the UAV data collection approach (Park & Ewing, 2017) as the findings produced by the UAV method mirror those produced by more labor-intensive approaches such as on-the-ground observation (McKenzie et al, 2006).…”

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“…Another limitation that may have reduced the reliability of our results is related to the direct observation method by UAVs. Without surveying users, an observer must assume a park user’s attributes such as age or gender, which raises the issue of reliability that could worsen with UAV observation (Park & Ewing, 2017; Park & Ewing, 2018). For the reliable utilization of the SOPARC tool, the observer was trained using multiple SOPARC materials.…”

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Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park

2019

Environment and Behavior

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As the world becomes more urbanized, neighborhood parks are becoming an increasingly important venue where people engage in physical and social activities. Using park-use data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the aim of this study is to account for park use in light of park attributes and neighborhood conditions. The role of the built environment near a park receives particular attention as it is understudied in the literature. A regression model shows that neighborhood park utilization is positively associated with park attributes (i.e., larger area, a playground, a creek/pond, quality maintenance, and organized activities) and neighborhood attributes (i.e., fewer minority/low-income population, higher density, more commercial and public uses, and a well-connected street network). The statistical significance of these factors varies by user types. This study provides insights into the role of neighborhood compactness and mixed land use, which calls for interdisciplinary collaboration among urban planners/designers, landscape architects, and park programmers.

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Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park

2019

Environment and Behavior

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“…To achieve these tasks, advanced collaborative technologies such as UAVs, machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) are required to lead to prudent management of natural resources [126]. An integrated technology of connected and autonomous vehicles was proposed for various uses such as the improvement of wireless capacity and coverage between cellular networks, urban video-surveillance of road and pedestrian traffic and transport of people and goods, among others [50,127]. In the next few years, it is expected that urban legislation will be relaxed to allow for largescale delivery of products by air.…”

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“…For further reading comprehension, Table 6 summarises the main applications and payloads identified by cluster. Urban thermal monitoring [111][112][113][114][115][116][117]121] Urban energy system inspection [110] Air quality control [122][123][124] Smart city [6,50,[125][126][127] Cadastral mapping [92]…”

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A Critical Review of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Use in Architecture and Urbanism: Scientometric and Bibliometric Analysis

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In recent years the use of UAVs (Unmanned aerial vehicles) have proliferated in the civil sector for purposes such as search and rescue, remote sensing or real-time monitoring of road traffic, among others. In the architecture, engineering and construction fields (AEC) UAVs have demonstrated to be an ideal technology due to their optimal performance in terms of time, precision, safety and cost. Given the rapid growth of interest in this technology, this research presents a critical review of the literature on the use of UAVs in architecture and urbanism to define the most widely used techniques and delimit the fields of application based on the experimentation published by the scientific community. A scientific mapping was carried out in two stages using the VOSviewerTM software: a scientometric and a bibliometric analysis. This technique allowed us to analyse a large body of literature and bibliographic data to obtain trends, patterns and directions of this domain of knowledge. Then, a literature review was presented, highlighting the relevant information identified in the previous analysis. The fields of application of UAVs were delimited and the most commonly used payload types and the most appropriate post-processing techniques were specified, depending on the aerial mission objective. The fields of application identified included different techniques related to the generation of 3D models, land mapping, construction site monitoring, building surveying to detect structural damage and energy losses and urban remote sensing. The literature review showed that UAVs provide a useful multi-tasking tool at any stage of an architectural project. These techniques can be applied to buildings or public spaces from the design and construction processes when the project is initiated to the later stages of maintenance and inspection of the building during its life cycle.

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“…UAVs can also be deployed in several transportation related areas including traffic monitoring, traffic control, incident monitoring, transportation of goods and weather monitoring (6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Processing video data to get vehicle counts or trajectories is not an easy task and thus many papers propose processing pipelines that include stabilization, orthorectification, and machine learning models to identify vehicles (11)(12)(13)(14). The quality of data derived from video can be further degraded by environmental conditions such as weather, shadows, or darkness.…”

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Simulation Environment for Visualizing Connected Ground and Air Traffic

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Transportation Research Record

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Cameras are the most popular sensors deployed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and many studies since 2000 have shown their ability to track vehicles and monitor traffic. At the same time, dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) and cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) communication technologies are gaining momentum in both standardization and implementation. In this work, we create a simulation environment that provides capabilities to simulate connected ground and air traffic in a single application. This environment is built alongside PTV Vissim and has the goal of being one of the default tools used by transportation professionals to simulate air vehicles and communication for ground traffic use cases. Vissim event-based scripts and a custom Python package called PyPTV form the foundation of this simulation environment. This work first discusses the simulation capabilities, software architecture, and techniques used to improve simulation speed. The results then show that this simulation environment can be used in many different cases. Videos are given to show example simulations.

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The Usability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Pedestrian Observation

Abstract: His research interests include technology-driven behavioral research in public space and behavioral outcomes of smart growth.

Cited by 21 publications

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Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Park and Neighborhood Attributes Associated With Park Use: An Observational Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A Critical Review of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Use in Architecture and Urbanism: Scientometric and Bibliometric Analysis

Simulation Environment for Visualizing Connected Ground and Air Traffic

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