Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry

Transmission pipelines belong to technical infrastructure, the condition of which is subject to periodic monitoring. The research was to verify whether aerial measurement methods, especially UAV laser scanning, could determine the geometric shape of pipelines with a precision similar to that of terr...

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Main Authors: Grzegorz Lenda, Natalia Borowiec, Urszula Marmol
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/19/8257
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author Grzegorz Lenda
Natalia Borowiec
Urszula Marmol
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Natalia Borowiec
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description Transmission pipelines belong to technical infrastructure, the condition of which is subject to periodic monitoring. The research was to verify whether aerial measurement methods, especially UAV laser scanning, could determine the geometric shape of pipelines with a precision similar to that of terrestrial scanning, adopted as a reference method. The test object was a section of a district heating pipeline with two types of surfaces: matte and glossy. The pipeline was measured using four methods: terrestrial scanning, airborne scanning, UAV scanning and the structure from motion method. Then, based on the reference terrestrial scanning data, pipeline models were created, with which all methods were compared. The comparison made it possible to find that only the UAV scanning yielded results consistent with those of the terrestrial scanning for all the pipes. The differences usually did not exceed 10 mm, sometimes reaching 20 mm. The structure from motion method yielded unstable results. For the old, matte pipes, the results were similar to those of the UAV scan; however, for the new, shiny pipes, the differences were up to 60 mm.
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spelling doaj.art-51e21f40738e4ce4b167af71d094972f2023-11-19T15:04:59ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-10-012319825710.3390/s23198257Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV PhotogrammetryGrzegorz Lenda0Natalia Borowiec1Urszula Marmol2Faculty of Geo-Data Science, Geodesy, and Environmental Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Geo-Data Science, Geodesy, and Environmental Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Geo-Data Science, Geodesy, and Environmental Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, PolandTransmission pipelines belong to technical infrastructure, the condition of which is subject to periodic monitoring. The research was to verify whether aerial measurement methods, especially UAV laser scanning, could determine the geometric shape of pipelines with a precision similar to that of terrestrial scanning, adopted as a reference method. The test object was a section of a district heating pipeline with two types of surfaces: matte and glossy. The pipeline was measured using four methods: terrestrial scanning, airborne scanning, UAV scanning and the structure from motion method. Then, based on the reference terrestrial scanning data, pipeline models were created, with which all methods were compared. The comparison made it possible to find that only the UAV scanning yielded results consistent with those of the terrestrial scanning for all the pipes. The differences usually did not exceed 10 mm, sometimes reaching 20 mm. The structure from motion method yielded unstable results. For the old, matte pipes, the results were similar to those of the UAV scan; however, for the new, shiny pipes, the differences were up to 60 mm.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/19/8257terrestrial laser scanningairborne laser scanningUAV laser scanningstructure from motionpipelines
spellingShingle Grzegorz Lenda
Natalia Borowiec
Urszula Marmol
Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
Sensors
terrestrial laser scanning
airborne laser scanning
UAV laser scanning
structure from motion
pipelines
title Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
title_full Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
title_fullStr Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
title_full_unstemmed Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
title_short Study of the Precise Determination of Pipeline Geometries Using UAV Scanning Compared to Terrestrial Scanning, Aerial Scanning and UAV Photogrammetry
title_sort study of the precise determination of pipeline geometries using uav scanning compared to terrestrial scanning aerial scanning and uav photogrammetry
topic terrestrial laser scanning
airborne laser scanning
UAV laser scanning
structure from motion
pipelines
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/19/8257
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