Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is one of the fastest-growing technologies especially used in image processing. Structure-from-Motion (SfM) based software are usually used to convert two-dimensional UAV-based images into three-dimensional (3D) data. Then, objects such as buildings, trees, and roads can be classified from the 3D data for further analysis. In this study, the road surface generated from 3D data was evaluated. There are several factors that affect the accuracy of the 3D data. In this study, two factors, namely UAV flight altitude and SfM based software, were evaluated. Two different flight altitudes, which were 35 meters and 50 meters, were used. It was found that the lower flights with closer altitudes did not make a significant difference on the results and produced similar results. Another factor is different SfM based software. Two well-known SfM based software were used in this study, which were the Agisoft Metashape and Pix4D Mapper. In this case study, it was found that the Agisoft Metashape software produced more accurate and faster results than Pix4D Mapper software.