- Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
A drone’s eye view: A preliminary assessment of the efficiency of drones in mapping shallow-water benthic assemblages
- Andrea Francesca Bellia
- Julian Evans
- Sandro Lanfranco
- © 2020 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.50
The study assesses consumer drone efficiency for surveying shallow-water benthic cover. We hypothesised that using a drone would reduce duration, and manpower requirements, while increasing accuracy, relative to manual surveys. Results obtained during this study clearly indicated that automated drone surveys were faster and more accurate than manual survey methods under most circumstances. This result has important implications for the scientific and economic aspects of the process and would have a multiplicative effect in monitoring programs that require regular surveys.
- Keywords:
- Drones,
- Drone survey,
- Benthic mapping,
- Aerial imagery,
- Image analysis,
- k-clustering,
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
A drone’s eye view: A preliminary assessment of the efficiency of drones in mapping shallow-water benthic assemblages
Authors
Andrea Francesca Bellia, Julian Evans, Sandro Lanfranco
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.50
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2020
Copyright Information
© 2020 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1
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978-88-5518-147-1
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978-88-5518-148-8
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Proceedings e report
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2704-601X
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2704-5846