Potentials of UAV Remote Sensing Data Carrier – A Case of Application in UAV Low Altitude Route—planning

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are commonly applied for low-altitude remote sensing, and their effective flights generate a large amount of remote sensing data in centimeter-level resolution every day. UAV remote sensing has become an important new source for generating geographic big data. However, UAV remote sensing data is multi-source heterogeneous and disordered in management. To scientifically manage and maximize the utilization of UAV remote sensing data, the “UAV remote sensing data carrier” has been proposed. It features distribution of remote sensing tasks and exchange of rich datasets for various UAVs owned by individuals or organizations and thus has great application potential in low altitude with complex artificial and natural environments. The UAV low-altitude public air route is a commonly recognized solution to enable safe flights of UAVs in low altitude, which requires a variety of precise geographic data. Therefore, the UAV remote sensing data carrier can contribute to the construction of low-altitude public air routes. It can realize the three-dimensional geospatial data acquisition and dynamic information updates on routes, the service to route construction in various industries, and the support of real-time optimal path selection. Construction of low-altitude public air routes based on the carrier have already been applied in the UAV cloud regulation system “SkyGrid”, which is currently inadequately studied. Besides route construction, the carrier has great potential for further development of low-altitude airspace resources and reasonable use applications.