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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-1-377-2014</article-id>
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<article-title>Integrating the UAS in Undergraduate Teaching and Research &amp;ndash; Opportunities and Challenges at University of North Georgia</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sharma</surname>
<given-names>J. B.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hulsey</surname>
<given-names>D.</given-names>
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<addr-line>Institute for Environmental Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, GA 30504, USA</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>07</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<volume>XL-1</volume>
<fpage>377</fpage>
<lpage>380</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2014 J. B. Sharma</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
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<p>The University of North Georgia (UNG) has begun to evaluate both fixed and rotary UAS platforms across the departments to
evaluate their potential for furthering both student learning experiences and undergraduate research. A research project of
the Institute for Spatial Analysis (IESA) at UNG has acquired the fixed wing eBee UAS and is currently piloting its integration
into the undergraduate geospatial science curriculum. Limited very low altitude, line of sight calibration runs within areas of
our campus have help us understand the capabilities that this technology brings to learning and research opportunities at UNG.
In our pilot area of study on the UNG Gainesville Campus, we will collect overlapping imagery and generate 3-D models. These
models will be compared with models based on LiDAR data. Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) methods
are essential to the analysis of voluminous high resolution UAS data and the associated computational and regulatory issues
are discussed. Several future interdisciplinary projects are envisaged with the eBee UAS and this project helps establish their
viability.</p>
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