THE JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT ANKOMMEN – EXPLORATION USING AUTOMATED UAV AND UGV

Disasters such as floods, large fires, landslides, avalanches, or forest fires are often inevitable and cannot be fully prevented, but their impact can be minimized with sound disaster management strategies aided by the latest technological advancements. A key factor affecting these strategies is th...

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Published inInternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. Vol. XLII-2/W13; pp. 165 - 172
Main Authors Alamouri, A., Gerke, M., Batzdorfer, S., Becker, M., Bestmann, U., Bobbe, M., Khedar, Y., Blume, T., Schattenberg, J., Schmiemann, J.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 04.06.2019
Copernicus Publications
Subjects
Automation
Communication
Decision making
Disaster management
Disasters
Emergencies
Emergency management
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Forest & brush fires
Forest fires
Landslides
Navigation
Research projects
Risk management
Spatial data
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Summary:Disasters such as floods, large fires, landslides, avalanches, or forest fires are often inevitable and cannot be fully prevented, but their impact can be minimized with sound disaster management strategies aided by the latest technological advancements. A key factor affecting these strategies is the time, where any delay can result in dramatic consequences and potentially human losses. Therefore, a quick situation report of the disaster is highly demanded, but still not an easy task because - in most cases - a priori known spatial information like map data or geo-databases, are outdated. In addition, visual and geometric information on the current situation is needed to help rescue teams and first responders. From this point of view, we came up to the main idea of the joint research project ANKommEn and its extension ANKommEn 2 (german acronym for Automated Navigation and Communication for Exploration). The project idea embodies an exploratory investigation to be smart in providing correct and timely geodata that can help in emergency cases; especially in support decision making in emergency risk management. For this purpose, automated unmanned systems, both ground (UGV) and airborne (UAV), are being developed to provide up-to-date information of rescue scenarios.
ISSN:2194-9034
1682-1750
2194-9034
DOI:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-165-2019