Texturing of digital surface maps (DSMs) by selecting the texture from multiple perspective texel swaths taken by a low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Bikalpa Khatiwada; Scott E. Budge

doi:10.1117/12.2518967

2 May 2019 Texturing of digital surface maps (DSMs) by selecting the texture from multiple perspective texel swaths taken by a low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Bikalpa Khatiwada, Scott E. Budge

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Proceedings Volume 11005, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXIV; 110050G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518967
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

In this paper we present a new technique for texturing a Digital Surface Map (DSM) formed using a series of texel images (fused digital image/lidar) taken from a low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In previous algorithms, an orthonormal view and a single beam had been used to texture the output DSM. The problem of using orthorectified texture obtained from such a view and a lidar scanner with multiple beams is addressed, and a new technique is described where the texture is selected based on the orientation of the triangular mesh formed by tessellating the 3D points from the lidar point cloud. This paper demonstrates the improvement in quality of the output textured DSM when viewed from various viewpoints in a 3D viewer. The stretched pixels are reduced and the texture of the side of objects is greatly improved. The final output textured DSM is shown and the improvement over the previous method is reported.

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Bikalpa Khatiwada and Scott E. Budge "Texturing of digital surface maps (DSMs) by selecting the texture from multiple perspective texel swaths taken by a low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)", Proc. SPIE 11005, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXIV, 110050G (2 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518967

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