RT Journal Article
T1 Virtual Globes for UAV-based data integration: Sputnik GIS and Google Earth™ applications
A1 Arza García, Marcos
A1 Gil Docampo, María de la Luz
A1 Ortiz Sanz, Juan
A1 Martínez Rodríguez, Santiago
K1 Virtual Reality
K1 Geospatial data
K1 Geographic visualization
K1 Multiscale
K1 DEM
AB The integration of local measurements and monitoring via global-scale Earth observations has become a new challenge in digital Earth science. The increasing accessibility and ease of use of virtual globes (VGs) represent primary advantages of this integration, and the digital Earth scientific community has adopted this technology as one of the main methods for disseminating the results of scientific studies. In this study, the best VG software for the dissemination and analysis of high-resolution UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) data is identified for global and continuous geographic scope support. The VGs Google Earth and Sputnik Geographic Information System (GIS) are selected and compared for this purpose. Google Earth is a free platform and one of the most widely used VGs, and one of its best features its ability to provide users with quality visual results. The proprietary software Sputnik GIS more closely approximates the analytical capacity of a traditional GIS and provides outstanding advantages, such as DEM overlapping and visualization for its dissemination
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1753-8947
YR 2018
FD 2018-03-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16754
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16754
LA eng
NO Arza-García, M., Gil-Docampo, M., Ortiz-Sanz, J., & Martínez-Rodríguez, S. (2018). Virtual globes for UAV-based data integration: Sputnik GIS and Google Earth™ applications. International Journal of Digital Earth, 1-11
NO “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Digital Earth on 03 May 2018, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538947.2018.1470205"
NO This work was supported by Xunta de Galicia under the Grant “Financial aid for the consolidation and structure of competitive units of investigation in the universities of the University Galician System (2016-18)” (Ref. ED431B 2016/030 and Ref. ED341D R2016/023). The authors also acknowledge support provided by “Realización de vuelos virtuales en las parcelas del proyecto Green deserts LIFE09 / ENV/ES / 000447”
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026