Can Drones Map Earth Cracks? Landslide Measurements in North Greece Using UAV Photogrammetry for Nature-Based Solutions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Study Area
2.2. The UAV
2.3. The Software
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Koutalakis, P.D.; Tzoraki, O.A.; Prazioutis, G.I.; Gkiatas, G.T.; Zaimes, G.N. Can Drones Map Earth Cracks? Landslide Measurements in North Greece Using UAV Photogrammetry for Nature-Based Solutions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4697. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094697
Koutalakis PD, Tzoraki OA, Prazioutis GI, Gkiatas GT, Zaimes GN. Can Drones Map Earth Cracks? Landslide Measurements in North Greece Using UAV Photogrammetry for Nature-Based Solutions. Sustainability. 2021; 13(9):4697. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094697
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoutalakis, Paschalis D., Ourania A. Tzoraki, Georgios I. Prazioutis, Georgios T. Gkiatas, and George N. Zaimes. 2021. "Can Drones Map Earth Cracks? Landslide Measurements in North Greece Using UAV Photogrammetry for Nature-Based Solutions" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4697. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094697