Collaborative Mapping of Archaeological Sites using multiple UAVs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07644v1
• Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 07:12:40 GMT
• Title: Collaborative Mapping of Archaeological Sites using multiple UAVs
• Authors: Manthan Patel, Aditya Bandopadhyay and Aamir Ahmad
• Abstract summary: We present a multi-UAV approach for faster mapping of archaeological sites. We create the first 3D map of the Sadra Fort, a 15th Century Fort located in Gujarat, India.
• Score: 0.6212955085775759
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: UAVs have found an important application in archaeological mapping. Majority of the existing methods employ an offline method to process the data collected from an archaeological site. They are time-consuming and computationally expensive. In this paper, we present a multi-UAV approach for faster mapping of archaeological sites. Employing a team of UAVs not only reduces the mapping time by distribution of coverage area, but also improves the map accuracy by exchange of information. Through extensive experiments in a realistic simulation (AirSim), we demonstrate the advantages of using a collaborative mapping approach. We then create the first 3D map of the Sadra Fort, a 15th Century Fort located in Gujarat, India using our proposed method. Additionally, we present two novel archaeological datasets recorded in both simulation and real-world to facilitate research on collaborative archaeological mapping. For the benefit of the community, we make the AirSim simulation environment, as well as the datasets publicly available.

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