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With the increased availability of UAVs with onboard global navigation satellite system\u2013real-time kinematic (GNSS RTK), georeferencing without GCPs is becoming a promising alternative. However, systematic elevation error remains a problem with this technique. We aimed to analyze the reasons for this systematic error and propose strategies for its elimination. Multiple flights differing in the flight altitude and image acquisition axis were performed at two real-world sites. A flight height of 100 m with a vertical (nadiral) image acquisition axis was considered primary, supplemented with flight altitudes of 75 m and 125 m with a vertical image acquisition axis and two flights at 100 m with oblique image acquisition axes (30\u00b0 and 15\u00b0). Each of these flights was performed twice to produce a full double grid. Models were reconstructed from individual flights and their combinations. The elevation error from individual flights or even combinations yielded systematic elevation errors of up to several decimeters. This error was linearly dependent on the deviation of the focal length from the reference value. A combination of two flights at the same altitude (with nadiral and oblique image acquisition) was capable of reducing the systematic elevation error to less than 0.03 m. This study is the first to demonstrate the linear dependence between the systematic elevation error of the models based only on the onboard GNSS RTK data and the deviation in the determined internal orientation parameters (focal length). In addition, we have shown that a combination of two flights with different image acquisition axes can eliminate this systematic error even in real-world conditions and that georeferencing without GCPs is, therefore, a feasible alternative to the use of GCPs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13071336","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,31]],"date-time":"2021-03-31T21:37:03Z","timestamp":1617226623000},"page":"1336","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":123,"title":["Photogrammetry Using UAV-Mounted GNSS RTK: Georeferencing Strategies without GCPs"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0070-7172","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"\u0160troner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Th\u00e1kurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"Rudolf","family":"Urban","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Th\u00e1kurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Seidl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Th\u00e1kurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"Tom\u00e1\u0161","family":"Reindl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Th\u00e1kurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"Josef","family":"Brou\u010dek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Th\u00e1kurova 7, 166 29 Prague, Czech Republic"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Park, S., and Choi, Y. 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