Building and site reconstruction from small scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's)

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of small scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) for the 3D reconstruction of buildings and urban sites. The paper discusses the current state-of-the-art and benefits of using UAV imagery. Furthermore, the paper describes the steps of a highly automated 3D reconstruction pipeline. Experiments are carried out to show the benefits of UAV imagery for urban building reconstruction and results are compared to these of traditional aerial imaging.