An End-to-End Pipeline for Acquiring, Processing, and Importing UAS Data for Use in the Open Data Cube (ODC)

Collecting data via small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) can fill a niche amongst geospatial data collection methods by providing recent, very high-resolution imagery, at a fraction of the cost of space-based providers. We detail an end-to-end system for acquiring, processing, and importing data int...

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Main Authors: Terry, Brian B., Baptist, Joshua R., Rattz, John, Wagner, Otto, Yetkin, Oguz, Gowda, Sanjay
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Data collection
Drone Mapping
Geoscience and remote sensing
Geospatial analysis
Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
Open data
Open Data Cube (ODC)
Open source software
Photogrammetry
Pipelines
Software reliability
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs)
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Summary:Collecting data via small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) can fill a niche amongst geospatial data collection methods by providing recent, very high-resolution imagery, at a fraction of the cost of space-based providers. We detail an end-to-end system for acquiring, processing, and importing data into the Open Data Cube (ODC), a free and open-source geospatial data management and analysis platform. The process employs third party software that can be low-cost or free. The acquisition component of our pipeline consists of low-cost drones, either assembled with commodity components, or available from retail stores to enable the community at large to better take advantage of UASs as a reliable data collection platform. We discuss a selection of third-party photogrammetry suites which output assembled images into tiles that can be indexed by the ODC. Finally, we demonstrate the indexing of orthographic drone data into the Open Data Cube.
ISSN:2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553149