UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES PRODUCE HIGH-RESOLUTION, SEASONALLY-RELEVANT IMAGERY FOR CLASSIFYING WETLAND VEGETATION

Abstract

With recent advances in technology, personal aerial imagery acquired with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has transformed the way ecologists can map seasonal changes in wetland habitat. Here, we use a multi-rotor (consumer quad-copter, the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+) UAV to acquire a high-resolution (2) wetlands, or portions of larger wetlands throughout a year.