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... 3   Introduction In the last decade, new technologies have transformed all of the stages of the construction industry, as more industry stakeholders have begun incorporating them into their daily construction activities. One of these technologies is unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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... 4 Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Highway Construction The synthesis concludes with a summary of findings and directions for future research that would further help adoption of UAS technologies for highway construction. The synthesis scope covers the use of UAS in highway construction focusing on (1)
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... Introduction 5   • Ground control points (GCPs) are surveyed points that are used for georeferencing that correct the 3-D model and camera locations and orientations during 3-D reconstruction of images (reality capture process)

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