Implementation of ultra-light UAV systems for cultural heritage documentation

Title

Implementation of ultra-light UAV systems for cultural heritage documentation

Creator(s)

Bakirman, Tolga

Bayram, Bulent

Akpinar, Burak

Karabulut, M. Fahri

Bayrak, Onur Can

Yigitoglu, Alper

Seker, Dursun Zafer

Date

2020

Is Part Of

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volume

44

Pages

174-184

Language

eng

ISSN

1296-2074

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2020.01.006

URI

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207419303747

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/S337ISST/item-list

Abstract

New technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and terrestrial laser scanning systems, provide opportunities for the digital documentation of cultural heritage. Although ultra-light drones (ULDs) are usually used for recreational activities, in this study, we examined their ability for use in digital documentation. We investigated the efficiency of an ULD for documentation of a selected historical building. In this study, the structure from motion (SfM) method was used to create three-dimensional point cloud data of a historical building using ULD and a low-cost UAV. The resulting point clouds were compared with terrestrial laser scanner data. The maximum standard deviations were calculated as 0.62 cm and 1.87 cm for low-cost UAV and ULD, respectively. The results show that ULDs can be used under suitable circumstances as a low-cost alternative for cultural heritage documentation.

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