Equipment

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and other aerial imaging equipment provide access to aerial views of a site previously only achieved with airborne or satellite sensors. With the decreasing size of sensors, there is an increasing ability to provide surveys integrated on multiple levels. Multi-spectral sensors add to the basic visible spectrum cameras and can produce a variety of images of the same survey area. Depending on the camera quality and resolution, aerial imaging technology can produce 2D orthomosaics, 3D surface models, and/or point clouds. Additionally, aerial Imaging is not limited to drones and professional equipment; you can use handheld cameras, cell phones, tripods, and aerial equipment like kites and balloons. (Hussein et al. 2023).