Abstract
Currently, more and more accurate data provided by UAVs make it possible to analyze land cover, which requires the detection of objects and their individual elements. Object detection and determination of their geometric features is possible thanks to dense point clouds generated based on imagery obtained from low altitudes. 3D data from UAVs turn out to be extremely useful for ensuring safety in the airspace in the close vicinity of the airport. This article presents the methodology of automatic aviation obstacle detection based on low altitude data (UAV). The research was carried out on a dense 3D point cloud. The developed methodology for detecting aviation obstacles consists of three main stages. The first is point cloud filtration based on height–preliminary identification of aviation obstacles, followed by 3D point cloud segmentation using a modified RANSAC algorithm, supplemented with two-dimensional vector data of aviation obstacles to improve the accuracy of the segmentation process. The last stage is the classification of aviation obstacles according to the adopted height and cross-section criterion. The proposed method of detecting aviation obstacles is characterized by high accuracy. The mean error of fitting the point cloud to the obstacle database ranged from ± 0.04 m to ± 0.07 m.
Highlights
OVER the past decade, the cost of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in photogrammetric and remote sensing applications has been increasingly low
The research on the algorithm of aviation obstacle detection was preceded by an analysis of the altitude accuracy of dense point clouds based on the measured terrain profiles
The accuracy assessment was supplemented with the measurement of field profiles on point clouds obtained from airborne laser scanning
Summary
OVER the past decade, the cost of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in photogrammetric and remote sensing applications has been increasingly low. UAV are a cheap and effective alternative to obtaining data with the methods of classical aerial photogrammetry. Thanks to easy and universal data acquisition and processing, the low-altitude technology is gaining an advantage over the previously used aerial photogrammetry. Automatic detection and recognition of individual objects and distinguishing their elements is critical for many applications, including damage assessment and all research related to these objects. One of such applications may be the retrieval of information about aviation obstacles.
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