Many countries and governments consider smart cities a solution to global warming,
population growth, and resource depletion. Numerous challenges arise while creating a …

Digital terrain model (DTM) generation is essential to recreating terrain morphology once the
external elements are removed. Traditional survey methods are still used to collect accurate …

Multirotor drones are considered a new and innovative technology. Therefore, many fields
are showing increasing interest in utilizing multirotor drones, such as map** in mining and …

Highly detailed topographic surveying at minimal cost and effort has always been one of the
develo** areas of scientific interest. Image-based remote sensing solutions using …

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been widely utilized in automatic visual navigation and
recognition on modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), achieving state-of-the-art …

With the advancements made in the spatial analyses, characterizarion methodologies, and
management of large data sets, the visualization of geomaterial properties at different stages …

Despite drones being successfully utilized for monitoring and detecting hazards in mines,
there is limited research on their application for open-pit stockpile volumetric computation …

The construction professionals attempt to enhance construction site visualization and
modeling using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. However, there is no research …

This paper introduces a new UAV path planning method for creating high-quality 3D
reconstruction models of large and complex structures. The core of the new method is …