Evaluation of UAV Photogrammetric Accuracy for Mapping of Open Dump Based on Variation of Image Overlaps

Abhisit Bhatsada; Sirintornthep Towprayoon; Savitri Garivait; Komsilp Wangyao; Theera Laphitchayangkul; Tomonori Ishigaki; Chart Chiemchaisri

Authors

Abhisit Bhatsada The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Sirintornthep Towprayoon The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Savitri Garivait The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Komsilp Wangyao The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, Bangkok, Thailand
Theera Laphitchayangkul Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Tomonori Ishigaki Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Chart Chiemchaisri Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords:

Open Dumping, Mapping, UAV Photogrammetry, Flight Configuration, Drone

Abstract

Urbanization in developing countries has led to an increase in both quantified amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation and final disposal. While many countries are utilizing open dumping to dispose MSW, such a practice can cause environmental, social, and economic problems. Accurate spatial data in the form of mapping is necessary for construction and proper management of a disposal site as well as for systematic operation, site maintenance, and monitoring of the site. Although unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has widely been used in many survey applications, UAV has not yet been applied to the work related to open dumpsite. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of open dump mapping with different image overlaps for setting basic and standard UAV flight information. Ground sampling distance values were set to 5 cm/pixel, while flight configurations were varied from 80% to 90% and 75% to 90% for frontal and side overlaps, respectively. Root mean square error (RMSE) was used to represent the accuracy of the measurement. Ten ground control points for geo-referencing and 26-28 check points for accuracy evaluation were utilized. The results were classified based on the accuracy class as per the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing standard. The best results were obtained when using 80% frontal overlap and 75% side overlap; these values resulted in the lowest RMSE on both horizontal and vertical coordinations for open dump mapping.

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