US US20260064121A1
[0000] A method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning includes acquiring a target aerial image of a geographic area representative of the geographic area illuminated by one or more artificial light sources, identifying a location of the one or more artificial light sources based on the target aerial image, rendering a simulated aerial image representative of the geographic area illuminated by the one or more artificial light sources at night using a digital surface model of the geographic area, the location of the one or more artificial light sources, and an irradiance parameter for the one or more artificial light sources, identifying one or more regions within the geographic area as having sufficient lighting for UAV operation at night based on the simulated aerial image, and generating a mission plan for the UAV based on the one or more regions within the geographic area.
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