Abstract Drones, also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), have witnessed a
remarkable development in recent decades. In agriculture, they have changed farming …

This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of
drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …

Tree-crown and height are primary tree measurements in forest inventory. Convolutional
neural networks (CNNs) are a class of neural networks, which can be used in forest …

Timely and reliable information about crop management, production, and yield is considered
of great utility by stakeholders (eg, national and international authorities, farmers …

This study aims to produce accurate geospatial 3D data from unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) images. An image of a≈ 0.05 km 2 area of the Najran University campus in Najran …

With the increasing role that unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are playing in data collection
for environmental studies, two key challenges relate to harmonizing and providing …

Monitoring rare plant species is used to confirm presence, assess health, and verify
population trends. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are ideal tools for monitoring rare plants …

Fruit trees are an essential subset of all tree species due to their high water and nutrient
content. They play a vital role in human nutrition and provide a significant economic boost …

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and satellite data have considerable complementarity for
platform inter-operability, data fusion studies, calibration and validation efforts, and various …

The recent and growing development and availability of unmanned aerial vehicles/systems
(UAV, UAS, or “drones”) in volcanology has promoted a significant advance in volcanic …