Contents
M. Tech (Geomatics) Dissertation 2
Certificate of original authorship ii
Certificate of Dissertation Advisor’s consent iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
List of figures ix
List of tables xiii
1 Introduction 15
1.1 Background 15
1.1.1 Aerial Photogrammetry 15
1.1.2 Methods of data capturing based on camera axis. 16
1.1.3 Terrestrial (Close Range) Photogrammetry 17
1.2 Need of the Study. 17
1.3 Problem Statement 18
1.4 Aim and Objectives. 18
1.5 Deliverables 18
1.6 Thesis Outline 19
1.7 Literature Review 19
1.7.1 Structure from Motion Algorithm (SFM) 20
1.7.2 Haul Road Monitoring in Open Pit Mines using UAV. 22
2 Methodology and Concept Used 23
2.1 Concept Used. 24
3 Terrestrial Module Design and Mission Planning 27
3.1 Module Components 27
3.1.1 Camera 27
3.1.2 GPS 27
3.1.3 Flight Controller (PIXHAWK) 28
3.1.4 Battery 29
3.2 Module Design 29
3.3 Mission planning 30
3.3.1 Camera Configurations: 30
3.3.2 Capturing distance between successive images 31
3.3.3 Module Orientation and Mounting Height 31
4 Data Acquisition/ Trials and Quality Assessment 33
4.1 Dataset 33
4.2 Trial Outputs and Discussion 35
4.3 Data Quality Assessment 42
4.4 Optimizations 45
4.4.1 Camera configurations and Angle 45
4.4.2 Capturing distance between successive images 45
4.4.3 Absolute Accuracy 45
4.4.4 Optimized Trial 45
5 Final Data Acquisition, Comparison & Road Analysis 49
5.1 Study Area and Data Product Evaluation 49
5.1.1 Rectification 52
5.1.2 Data Quality Assessment 55
5.2 Comparison Study: Drone Dataset and TM Dataset 55
5.2.1 General dataset and Processing differences 55
5.2.2 Section profile comparisons 57
5.2.3 Volume Estimation and Comparison 61
5.2.4 Inferences and Limitations of current TM dataset 63
5.3 Haul Road Analysis 66
6 Conclusion 71
7 References 73
Appendix 1: lxxvii
Plagiarism Report copy 80