Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0951/02
Abbreviation	UAV
Course title	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

UAV categorization.
UAV sensor equipment for (spatial) data collection.
UAV legislation in the Czech Republic and in EU.
Preparation and realization of flight with UAV. Meteorological limitations. Spatial data collection with UAV.
RGB imagery processing for 3d products derivation. Structure from Motion technique.
Aerial laser scanning using UAV.
Classification and filtration of 3d point clouds.
Multispectral and thermail imagery processing. Hyperspectral data processing.
Longterm monitoring of selected phenomena with UAV.

E-learning

https://geoinformatika-1.vsb.cz/

Literature

VALAVANIS, K., VACHTSEVANOS, G. J. Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Springer, 2015, .
CARRIVICK, J., SMITH, M., QUINCEY, D. Structure from Motion in the Geosciences. Wiley, 2016, .
MOHSAN, S.A.H., KHAN, M.A., NOOR, F., ULLAH, I., ALSHARIF, M.H. Towards the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Comprehensive Review. Drones, 6(6), 2022. doi:10.3390/drones6060147
EASA. Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and (EU) 2019/945), 2020. Dostupné online z: https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Easy_Access_Rules_for_Unmanned_Aircraft_Systems.pdf

Advised literature

CASAGRANDE, G., SIK, A., SZABO, G. Small Flying Drones: Applications for Geographic Observation, 1st edition. Springer, 2017, , 170 s.
GREEN, D., GREGORY, B., KARACHOK, A. Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing: UAS for Environmental Applications, 1st edition. CRC Press, 2020, , 363 s.
COLOMINA, I., MOLINA, P. Unmanned aerial systems for photogrammetry and remote sensing: A review. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 92, 79-97, 2014.
GREENWOOD, W.W., LYNCH, J.P., ZEKKOS, D. Applications of UAVs in civil infrastructure. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 25 (2), 2019. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000464

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