Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications

Slope surface deformation monitoring plays an important role in landslide risk assessment and early warning. Currently, the mainstream GNSS, as a point-measurement technique, is expensive to deploy, resulting in information on only a few points of displacement being obtained on a target slope in pra...

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Main Authors: Tianxin Lu, Peng Han, Wei Gong, Shuangshuang Li, Shuangling Mo, Kaiyan Hu, Yihua Zhang, Chunyu Mo, Yuyan Li, Ning An, Fangjun Li, BingBing Han, Baofeng Wan, Ruidong Li
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author Tianxin Lu
Peng Han
Wei Gong
Shuangshuang Li
Shuangling Mo
Kaiyan Hu
Yihua Zhang
Chunyu Mo
Yuyan Li
Ning An
Fangjun Li
BingBing Han
Baofeng Wan
Ruidong Li
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Peng Han
Wei Gong
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Shuangling Mo
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Chunyu Mo
Yuyan Li
Ning An
Fangjun Li
BingBing Han
Baofeng Wan
Ruidong Li
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description Slope surface deformation monitoring plays an important role in landslide risk assessment and early warning. Currently, the mainstream GNSS, as a point-measurement technique, is expensive to deploy, resulting in information on only a few points of displacement being obtained on a target slope in practical applications. In contrast, optical images can contain more information on slope displacement at a much lower cost. Therefore, a low-cost, high-spatial-resolution and easy-to-implement landslide surface deformation monitoring system based on close-range photogrammetry is developed in this paper. The proposed system leverages multiple image processing methods and monocular visual localization, combined with machine learning, to ensure accurate monitoring under time series. The results of several laboratory landslide experiments show that the proposed system achieved millimeter-level monitoring accuracy in laboratory landslide experiments. Moreover, the proposed system could capture slow displacement precursors of 5 mm to 10 mm before significant landslide failure occurred, which provides favorable surface deformation evidence for landslide monitoring and early warning. In addition, the system was deployed on a natural slope in Lanzhou, yielding preliminary effective monitoring results. The laboratory experimental results demonstrated the system’s effectiveness and high accuracy in monitoring landslide surface deformation, particularly its significant application value in early warning. The field deployment results indicated that the system could also effectively provide data support in natural environments, offering practical evidence for landslide monitoring and warning.
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spelling doaj-art-237c270da05847338fabf78f89e464882025-08-20T01:55:45ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-11-011623438010.3390/rs16234380Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field ApplicationsTianxin Lu0Peng Han1Wei Gong2Shuangshuang Li3Shuangling Mo4Kaiyan Hu5Yihua Zhang6Chunyu Mo7Yuyan Li8Ning An9Fangjun Li10BingBing Han11Baofeng Wan12Ruidong Li13Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaSchool of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaGansu Institute of Engineering Geology, Lanzhou 730099, ChinaGansu Institute of Engineering Geology, Lanzhou 730099, ChinaGansu Institute of Engineering Geology, Lanzhou 730099, ChinaGansu Institute of Engineering Geology, Lanzhou 730099, ChinaGansu Institute of Engineering Geology, Lanzhou 730099, ChinaSlope surface deformation monitoring plays an important role in landslide risk assessment and early warning. Currently, the mainstream GNSS, as a point-measurement technique, is expensive to deploy, resulting in information on only a few points of displacement being obtained on a target slope in practical applications. In contrast, optical images can contain more information on slope displacement at a much lower cost. Therefore, a low-cost, high-spatial-resolution and easy-to-implement landslide surface deformation monitoring system based on close-range photogrammetry is developed in this paper. The proposed system leverages multiple image processing methods and monocular visual localization, combined with machine learning, to ensure accurate monitoring under time series. The results of several laboratory landslide experiments show that the proposed system achieved millimeter-level monitoring accuracy in laboratory landslide experiments. Moreover, the proposed system could capture slow displacement precursors of 5 mm to 10 mm before significant landslide failure occurred, which provides favorable surface deformation evidence for landslide monitoring and early warning. In addition, the system was deployed on a natural slope in Lanzhou, yielding preliminary effective monitoring results. The laboratory experimental results demonstrated the system’s effectiveness and high accuracy in monitoring landslide surface deformation, particularly its significant application value in early warning. The field deployment results indicated that the system could also effectively provide data support in natural environments, offering practical evidence for landslide monitoring and warning.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/23/4380landslide monitoringphotogrammetrymachine learningimage processinglaboratory experiments
spellingShingle Tianxin Lu
Peng Han
Wei Gong
Shuangshuang Li
Shuangling Mo
Kaiyan Hu
Yihua Zhang
Chunyu Mo
Yuyan Li
Ning An
Fangjun Li
BingBing Han
Baofeng Wan
Ruidong Li
Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
Remote Sensing
landslide monitoring
photogrammetry
machine learning
image processing
laboratory experiments
title Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
title_full Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
title_fullStr Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
title_full_unstemmed Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
title_short Slope Surface Deformation Monitoring Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry: Laboratory Insights and Field Applications
title_sort slope surface deformation monitoring based on close range photogrammetry laboratory insights and field applications
topic landslide monitoring
photogrammetry
machine learning
image processing
laboratory experiments
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/23/4380
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