Low-budget topographic surveying comes of age: Structure from motion photogrammetry in geography and the geosciences

Capturing complexity: field-testing the use of ‘structure from motion’ derived virtual models to replicate standard measures of reef physical structure

(2019) Daniel T.I. Bayley et al.   PeerJ

Drone-based structure-from-motion photogrammetry captures grassland sward height variability

(2018) Joel Forsmoo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Three-dimensional thermal characterization of forest canopies using UAV photogrammetry

(2018) Clare Webster et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Single-tree detection in high-density LiDAR data from UAV-based survey

(2018) M. Balsi et al.   European Journal of Remote Sensing

Tracking Fine-Scale Structural Changes in Coastal Dune Morphology Using Kite Aerial Photography and Uncertainty-Assessed Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry

(2018) James Duffy et al.   Remote Sensing

Reconstruction of former glacier surface topography from archive oblique aerial images

(2017) N.G. Midgley et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Optimising UAV topographic surveys processed with structure-from-motion: Ground control quality, quantity and bundle adjustment

(2017) M.R. James et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Using UAS optical imagery and SfM photogrammetry to characterize the surface grain size of gravel bars in a braided river (Vénéon River, French Alps)

(2017) Daniel Vázquez-Tarrío et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Application of Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry in laboratory flumes

(2017) Jacob A. Morgan et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

2-D delineation of individual citrus trees from UAV-based dense photogrammetric surface models

(2017) Ali Ozgun Ok et al.   International Journal of Digital Earth

An integrated Structure-from-Motion and time-lapse technique for quantifying ice-margin dynamics

(2017) JOSEPH MALLALIEU et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Cameras and settings for aerial surveys in the geosciences

(2017) James O’Connor et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Structure from motion will revolutionize analyses of tidal wetland landscapes

(2017) M. Kalacska et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Rainfall simulation and Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry for the analysis of soil water erosion in Mediterranean vineyards

(2017) Massimo Prosdocimi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry with Drone Data: A Low Cost Method for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forests in Developing Countries

(2017) Reason Mlambo et al.   Forests

Estimating tree heights with images from an unmanned aerial vehicle

(2017) Anıl Can Birdal et al.   Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk

Structure-from-Motion Using Historical Aerial Images to Analyse Changes in Glacier Surface Elevation

(2017) Nico Mölg et al.   Remote Sensing

End of the chain? Rugosity and fine-scale bathymetry from existing underwater digital imagery using structure-from-motion (SfM) technology

(2016) Curt D. Storlazzi et al.   CORAL REEFS

Mapping coral reefs using consumer-grade drones and structure from motion photogrammetry techniques

(2016) Elisa Casella et al.   CORAL REEFS

Bathymetric Structure-from-Motion: extracting shallow stream bathymetry from multi-view stereo photogrammetry

(2016) James T. Dietrich   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Application of Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry to river restoration

(2016) Baptiste Marteau et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Archival photogrammetric analysis of river-floodplain systems using Structure from Motion (SfM) methods

(2016) Maarten Bakker et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Cost-effective non-metric photogrammetry from consumer-grade sUAS: implications for direct georeferencing of structure from motion photogrammetry

(2016) Patrice E. Carbonneau et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Close-range airborne Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry for high-resolution beach morphometric surveys: Examples from an embayed rotating beach

(2016) Guillaume Brunier et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Ultra-fine grain landscape-scale quantification of dryland vegetation structure with drone-acquired structure-from-motion photogrammetry

(2016) Andrew M. Cunliffe et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Forest Stand Inventory Based on Combined Aerial and Terrestrial Close-Range Photogrammetry

(2016) Tomáš Mikita et al.   Forests

Assessment of Forest Structure Using Two UAV Techniques: A Comparison of Airborne Laser Scanning and Structure from Motion (SfM) Point Clouds

(2016) Luke Wallace et al.   Forests

Rapid Assessments of Amazon Forest Structure and Biomass Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

(2016) Max Messinger et al.   Remote Sensing

High Throughput Field Phenotyping of Wheat Plant Height and Growth Rate in Field Plot Trials Using UAV Based Remote Sensing

(2016) Fenner Holman et al.   Remote Sensing

Using lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor tropical forest recovery

(2015) Rakan A. Zahawi et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Bank erosion in agricultural drainage networks: new challenges from structure-from-motion photogrammetry for post-event analysis

(2015) Massimo Prosdocimi et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

From experimental plots to experimental landscapes: topography, erosion and deposition in sub-humid badlands from Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry

(2015) Mark William Smith et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Measuring coral reef terrain roughness using ‘Structure-from-Motion’ close-range photogrammetry

(2015) J.X. Leon et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Network Design and Quality Checks in Automatic Orientation of Close-Range Photogrammetric Blocks

(2015) Elisa Dall'Asta et al.   SENSORS

Integrating structure-from-motion photogrammetry with geospatial software as a novel technique for quantifying 3D ecological characteristics of coral reefs

(2015) JHR Burns et al.   PeerJ

Quantifying submerged fluvial topography using hyperspatial resolution UAS imagery and structure from motion photogrammetry

(2014) A. S. Woodget et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Coastal cliff geometry derived from structure-from-motion photogrammetry at Stara Baška, Krk Island, Croatia

(2014) Igor Ružić et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Modeling the topography of shallow braided rivers using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry

(2014) L. Javernick et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Reconstructing flash flood magnitudes using ‘Structure-from-Motion’: A rapid assessment tool

(2014) M.W. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Ground-based and UAV-Based photogrammetry: A multi-scale, high-resolution mapping tool for structural geology and paleoseismology

(2014) Sean P. Bemis et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles

(2014) W.W. Immerzeel et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

(2013) Karen Anderson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for High-Resolution Reconstruction of Topography: The Structure from Motion Approach on Coastal Environments

(2013) Francesco Mancini et al.   Remote Sensing

Topographic structure from motion: a new development in photogrammetric measurement

(2012) Mark A. Fonstad et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications

(2012) M.J. Westoby et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Point Cloud Generation from Aerial Image Data Acquired by a Quadrocopter Type Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and a Digital Still Camera

(2012) Tomi Rosnell et al.   SENSORS

Comparing the Accuracy of Several Field Methods for Measuring Gully Erosion

(2012) C. Castillo et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

An Automated Technique for Generating Georectified Mosaics from Ultra-High Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Imagery, Based on Structure from Motion (SfM) Point Clouds

(2012) Darren Turner et al.   Remote Sensing

Lava channel roofing, overflows, breaches and switching: insights from the 2008–2009 eruption of Mt. Etna

(2011) Mike R. James et al.   BULLETIN OF VOLCANOLOGY

Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure Using Computer Vision

(2010) Jonathan P. Dandois et al.   Remote Sensing