Ever since the emergence of the drone technology, VITO Remote Sensing has been actively involved in the integration and operation of UAV systems for aerial remote sensing and mapping.

Numerous datasets originating from multispectral and hyperspectral sensors have been acquired to support the research teams, serving a broad range of applications:

• agriculture & horticulture
  crop monitoring, orchard monitoring, yield estimates, drought monitoring
• water quality monitoring
  chlorophyll and total suspended matter concentrations
• forestry
  tree species, timber volume, disease detection, deforestation
• 3D mapping
  bridges, buildings, volume estimation
• wind blade inspection
  wind erosion, crack detection

The drone datasets in the data center archive typically contain the following data streams:

• raw image data
• platform position and orientation data
• sensor calibration data
• data collected on ground
  e.g. originating from geometrical or spectral Ground Control Points (GCPs)

After applying dedicated processing algorithms, different types of value added photogrammetric products become available to you:

• orthomosaics
• digital elevation models
• digital 2D / 3D maps