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Drones or technically called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), are known for their easy manoeuvring, great flexibility and low costs. Although they are very common in the ludic environment, where many passionate people use them for private purposes or for leisure and entertainment because they can provide bird’s eye view over an area, and pictures or video of great beauty, they are not used for transportation yet. This paper focuses on the potential and issues that the UAVs would have if used as aerial sensor for urban transportation and environmental applications. They can be launched and fly over an intersection or large area within minutes, and communicate back in real-time observation of traffic, pollution levels or an overview of the traffic state over a large area. Recently Enna University (Italy) has purchased a hexacopter and experimental applications over the transport network of the city have been carried and the results have been discussed. Normal 0 false false false IT X-NONE AR-SA
Author(s): Galatioto F, Campisi T, Tesoriere G, Pampalone V
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: 10th European ITS Congress 2014
Year of Conference: 2014
URL: http://www.itsineurope.com/its10/
