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Articles | Volume XL-7/W3
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-1333-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-1333-2015
30 Apr 2015
 | 30 Apr 2015

GYROCOPTER-BASED REMOTE SENSING PLATFORM

I. Weber, A. Jenal, C. Kneer, and J. Bongartz

Keywords: Gyrocopter, environmental, agriculture, hyperspectral imager, thermal imaging, multispectral

Abstract. In this paper the development of a lightweight and highly modularized airborne sensor platform for remote sensing applications utilizing a gyrocopter as a carrier platform is described. The current sensor configuration consists of a high resolution DSLR camera for VIS-RGB recordings. As a second sensor modality, a snapshot hyperspectral camera was integrated in the aircraft. Moreover a custom-developed thermal imaging system composed of a VIS-PAN camera and a LWIR-camera is used for aerial recordings in the thermal infrared range. Furthermore another custom-developed highly flexible imaging system for high resolution multispectral image acquisition with up to six spectral bands in the VIS-NIR range is presented. The performance of the overall system was tested during several flights with all sensor modalities and the precalculated demands with respect to spatial resolution and reliability were validated. The collected data sets were georeferenced, georectified, orthorectified and then stitched to mosaics.