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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Web and MATLAB-Based Platform for UAV Flight Management and Multispectral Image Processing.

Nourdine Aliane, Carlos Quiterio Gomez Muñoz, Javier Sánchez-Soriano

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nourdine AlianeIndustrial and Aerospace Engineering Department, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7739-881X
Carlos Quiterio Gomez MuñozIndustrial and Aerospace Engineering Department, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3506-5993
Javier Sánchez-SorianoEscuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-9907
Universidad Europea de Madrid · ESUniversidad Francisco de Vitoria · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The deployment of any UAV application in precision agriculture involves the development of several tasks, such as path planning and route optimization, images acquisition, handling emergencies, and mission validation, to cite a few. UAVs applications are also subject to common constraints, such as weather conditions, zonal restrictions, and so forth. The development of such applications requires the advanced software integration of different utilities, and this situation may frighten and dissuade undertaking projects in the field of precision agriculture. This paper proposes the development of a Web and MATLAB-based application that integrates several services in the same environment. The first group of services deals with UAV mission creation and management. It provides several pieces of flight conditions information, such as weather conditions, the KP index, air navigation maps, or aeronautical information services including notices to Airmen (NOTAM). The second group deals with route planning and converts selected field areas on the map to an UAV optimized route, handling sub-routes for long journeys. The third group deals with multispectral image processing and vegetation indexes calculation and visualizations. From a software development point of view, the app integrates several monolithic and independent programs around the MATLAB Runtime package with an automated and transparent data flow. Its main feature consists in designing a plethora of executable MATLAB programs, especially for the route planning and optimization of UAVs, images processing and vegetation indexes calculations, and running them remotely.

Indexed as

AgricultureRemote Sensing TechnologyData CollectionImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMATLAB®multispectral image processingprecision agriculture (PA)remote sensing (RS)unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)web programming

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PMID35684864
PMCPMC9185643
OpenAlexW4281752023

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