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After successful completion of this course, the students will be able to :
- Understand the foundations of the satellite positioning and inertial navigation
- Design a navigation system based on the available GNSS and IMU technologies, cost and the targeted accuracy in a given project
- Evaluate the error components of navigation system and compute overall accuracy
- Apply the GNSS/IMU integration and estimate the pose of the UAV
- Design a flight planning to acquire imagery from which geometric information can be retrieved with the accuracy required by a given project.
- Understand and evaluate the process of image pose estimation.
- Apply and evaluate image matching techniques to reconstruct the 3D geometry of imaged object surfaces.
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Topics of the module are:
- Reference frames – geoid, ellipsoidal, WGS’84
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – principles of pseudo range and carrier phase measurements, clock and orbit errors, troposphere and ionosphere corrections, differential GNSS, RTK, PPK, PPP, multipath
- Direct geo-referencing – fundamentals of inertial measurement units (IMU), IMU error sources, complementary characteristics of GNSS and IMU, GNSS/IMU integration
- Imaging sensors – electromagnetic spectrum, characteristics of RGB-, multi- and hyperspectral cameras, and thermal cameras
- Imaging process – coordinate systems, properties of perspective projection, transformations, orientation estimation
- Bundle adjustment – tie points, ground control points, use of GNSS/IMU, accuracy analysis
- Height measurements – parallax formula, height accuracy
- Image matching – epipolar geometry, normal images, cross correlation, least squares matching, hierarchical matching
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 VoorkennisMandatory: Linear Algebra, Calculus (as taught in first year technical bachelor studies)
Recommended: Least Squares Estimation, Error Propagation, programming |
Master Systems and Control |
| | Verplicht materiaalCourse materialLecture notes, reader handed out during course |
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| Aanbevolen materiaalBookFundamentals of Inertial Navigation, Satellite-based Positioning and their Integration, A. Noureldin, T. Karamat, J. Georgy, 2011, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 978-3-642-30465-1 |
 | BookInertial Navigation Systems with Geodetic Applications, Christopher Jekeli, ISBN: 978-3110159035 |
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| Werkvormen Assessment Aanwezigheidsplicht |  | Ja |

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 | Opdracht 
 | Practicum Aanwezigheidsplicht |  | Ja |

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| Toetsen Written Exam, Report OpmerkingWritten exam (90%) and report (10%)
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