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LV-UAV-Guide

Experiences "Active" learning opportunities

This page collects together all of the “experiences” associated with individual modules.

In this site, experiences represent “active” learning opportunities, as opposed to readings, which represent “passive” learning opportunities. In many courses, readings and experiences together constitute the “assignments”.

Module: Autonomous flights made easy

Legal guidelines

Flight planning requires compliance with a number of more or less clear legal regulations.

basic mandatory

UAV Mission Planning Practical Workflow

Planning an aerial flight mission using QGroundcontrol and uavRmp

advanced mandatory

Field Guide

Schemes for well-being during the field work

advanced recommended

DJI UAV Flight Simulator

Train the handling of the drones with the DJI flight simulator. Worse than flying - better than crashing.

supplement optional

Module: Creating High Quality Products

Metashape basic workflow

The Metashape software provides a very slim standard workflow with reasonable default values. This tutorial gives some additional explanations for the initial exercises to create an otho image and a point cloud.

basic mandatory

Metashape Ortho+ - optimized processing of RGB images

Metashape Ortho+ extension provides a set of tools for easy reproducibility of optimized generation of orthoimages and point clouds. It is a convenient extension of the standard tools and workflows.

advanced mandatory

Use Case Gisselberger Spannweite

The objective of this feasibility test is to evaluate the postulated workflow for its efficiency and applicability.The goal is to acquire and compute sufficiently accurate (< 2.5 cm) and reproducible orthoimages using low-cost mini-UAVs (< 250 g weight) with minimal effort.

usecase mandatory

The OpenDroneMap Tutorial Page

A practical introduction to the operation of OpenDroneMap

basic YouTube 19min optional

The OpenDroneMap Tutorial Page

If you want to create, process and analyze low cost aerial imagery, there was no serious alternative to proprietary and costly black box systems before Opendronemap. OpenDroneMap offers a free, serious, powerful and open source choice.

basic optional

ODM - The Missing Guide

The one and only printed practical guide to the operation of OpenDroneMap. Please follow the link to the closed Ilias course area

supplement optional

Georeferencing of imagery without GPS data

Aligning UAV picture with no or defect GPS image positions

advanced supplement optional

Metashape MicaSense Altum workflow

Although no flights with the Micasense Altum sensor are planned in the course, the tutorial will show you how to process multisensor data sets (if you are interested, a sample data set can be provide

advanced supplement optional

Module: Analysis of high resolution aerial data

OBIA Workflow for QGIS in a nutshell

The basic Object-based image analysis (OBIA) workflow with QGIS and the OTB processing plugin follows a straightforward approach. This Video shows a very common way.

basic mandatory YouTube 18min

OBIA Workflow for QGIS step by step

The basic Object-based image analysis (OBIA) workflow with QGIS and the OTB processing plugin follows a straightforward approach. This Tutorial shows the most common way.

basic mandatory

Manual and CSF based Classification of Ground Points with CloudCompare

Manual/Automatic classification and automatic segmentation for small photogrammetric datasets using CloudCompare.

basic optional YouTube 6min

CANUPO train and classify point clouds

The CANUPO suite is a simple yet efficient way to automatically classify a point cloud.

advanced optional

qCanupo classification

qCanupo classification tutorial

advanced optional YouTube 19min

DL & ML Workflow with R

There is a complete advanced course dealing with deep learning an AI in R. Below you will find the necessary parts for deep learning only.

advanced supplemental optional

Deriving ecological indices from LiDAR data

After the simple classification of ground points, a typical processing of the data with LiDAR tools can be largely performed.

advanced supplemental optional

Module: Reproducible Research

Scientific writing websites

Online Blogs for deploying studies and more

basic recommended

Markdown & RMarkdown

Markdown & RMarkdown an efficient concept to create and publish scientific content

basic optional

Blogdown scientific online publishing

Blogdown - Rmarkdown powered by Hugo from R-Script to website in one step

advanced optional

3D Pointclouds in Sketchfab

3D Pointclouds in Sketchfab

supplement recommended

Cesium a powerful tool for presentation

Cesium a powerful tool for presentation

supplement recommended optional