ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2023, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 111-120

Development of a methodology to determine the volume of timber using an unmanned aerial vehicle

R.A. Aleshko 1 , K.V. Shoshina 1 , V.V. Berezovsky 1 , I.S. Vasendina 1 , R.A. Vorontsov 1 , T.O. Desyatova 1 
1 Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia
Accepted: 17.08.2023
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2023-20-4-111-120
The developed methodology relates to the field of accounting for the volume of timber in the warehouses of logging and wood processing enterprises based on digital image processing methods. The approach to determining the volume of bulk and stacks of round timber using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) consists of the following stages: digital aerial photography from UAV of the area where timber is located; photogrammetric processing of digital aerial photography data from UAV; construction of a three-dimensional model of objects of interest; determination of storage and dense volumes timber. The technique is aimed at increasing the speed and accuracy of determining the volumes of bulk and stacks of round timber. The users of the presented methodology are timber industry enterprises that perform regular inventory of timber warehouses, state control authorities and departments, as well as credit institutions that can reliably assess the financial condition of an organization that requests credit. The developed methodology will enable all listed users to receive prompt and accurate information on the volumes of timber on the territory of their storage. This will reduce the cost of timber volume assessment and make the control procedure more independent and transparent.
Keywords: timber, logs, pile, bulk, volume, unmanned aerial vehicle, methodology
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