Vision-based navigation using landmark recognition for unmanned aerial vehicles

This thesis describes a new approach for a vision-based positioning system for Un- manned Aerial Vehicles using a recognition method based on known, robust geo- graphic landmarks. Landmarks are used to calculate a position estimate in a global coordinate frame without requiring external signals, suc...

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Main Author: Mannberg, Mikael
Other Authors: Savvaris, Al
Published: Cranfield University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650152