Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenges and opportunities revisited
Hardin and Jensen (2011) presented six challenges to using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenge of the hostile flying environment, challenge of power, challenge of available sensors, challenge of payload weight, challenge of data analysis, and challenge of...
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| author | Perry J. Hardin Vijay Lulla Ryan R. Jensen John R. Jensen |
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| description | Hardin and Jensen (2011) presented six challenges to using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenge of the hostile flying environment, challenge of power, challenge of available sensors, challenge of payload weight, challenge of data analysis, and challenge of regulation. Eight years later we revisit each of the challenges in the context of the current sUAS environment. We conclude that technological advances made in the interim (as applied to environmental remote sensing) have either (1) improved practitioner ability to respond to a challenge or (2) decreased the magnitude of the challenge itself. However, relatively short flight time remains a primary challenge to using sUAS in environmental remote sensing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a7090a1c94b4d3ca495606f3c9507e92023-09-21T12:34:15ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGIScience & Remote Sensing1548-16031943-72262019-02-0156230932210.1080/15481603.2018.15100881510088Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenges and opportunities revisitedPerry J. Hardin0Vijay Lulla1Ryan R. Jensen2John R. Jensen3Brigham Young UniversityIndiana University-Purdue UniversityBrigham Young UniversityUniversity of South Carolina ColumbiaHardin and Jensen (2011) presented six challenges to using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenge of the hostile flying environment, challenge of power, challenge of available sensors, challenge of payload weight, challenge of data analysis, and challenge of regulation. Eight years later we revisit each of the challenges in the context of the current sUAS environment. We conclude that technological advances made in the interim (as applied to environmental remote sensing) have either (1) improved practitioner ability to respond to a challenge or (2) decreased the magnitude of the challenge itself. However, relatively short flight time remains a primary challenge to using sUAS in environmental remote sensing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2018.1510088suassuas challengessuas powersuas payloadsuas regulations |
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| title | Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenges and opportunities revisited |
| title_full | Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for environmental remote sensing: challenges and opportunities revisited |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2018.1510088 |
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