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In order to guarantee a certain degree of accuracy, it is important to know how many ground control points (GCPs) are necessary and how to distribute them across the study site. The purpose of this work consists of determining the number of GCPs and how to distribute them in a way that yields higher accuracy for a corridor-shaped study area. To do so, several photogrammetric projects have been carried out in which the number of GCPs used in the bundle adjustment and their distribution vary. The different projects were assessed taking into account two different parameters: the root mean square error (RMSE) and the Multiscale Model to Model Cloud Comparison (M3C2). From the different configurations tested, the projects using 9 and 11 GCPs (4.3 and 5.2 GCPs km\u22121, respectively) distributed alternatively on both sides of the road in an offset or zigzagging pattern, with a pair of GCPs at each end of the road, yielded optimal results regarding fieldwork cost, compared to projects using similar or more GCPs placed according to other distributions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12152447","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,31]],"date-time":"2020-07-31T04:15:31Z","timestamp":1596168931000},"page":"2447","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":113,"title":["UAV Photogrammetry Accuracy Assessment for Corridor Mapping Based on the Number and Distribution of Ground Control Points"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6203-1764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ezequiel","family":"Ferrer-Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering, Mediterranean Research Center of Economics and Sustainable Development, (CIMEDES), University of Almer\u00eda (Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3), La Ca\u00f1ada de San Urbano, s\/n. 04120 Almer\u00eda, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0709-3388","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco","family":"Ag\u00fcera-Vega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering, Mediterranean Research Center of Economics and Sustainable Development, (CIMEDES), University of Almer\u00eda (Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3), La Ca\u00f1ada de San Urbano, s\/n. 04120 Almer\u00eda, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7791-0991","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Carvajal-Ram\u00edrez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering, Mediterranean Research Center of Economics and Sustainable Development, (CIMEDES), University of Almer\u00eda (Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3), La Ca\u00f1ada de San Urbano, s\/n. 04120 Almer\u00eda, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9556-7998","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patricio","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Carricondo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering, Mediterranean Research Center of Economics and Sustainable Development, (CIMEDES), University of Almer\u00eda (Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3), La Ca\u00f1ada de San Urbano, s\/n. 04120 Almer\u00eda, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6880","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5126880","article-title":"Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for High-Resolution Reconstruction of Topography: The Structure from Motion Approach on Coastal Environments","volume":"5","author":"Mancini","year":"2013","journal-title":"Remote Sens."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mourato, S., Fernandez, P., Pereira, L., and Moreira, M. 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