Mobile Laser Scanning Technology for Surveying Application: From Data Collection to End-Products

SUMMARY Over the past few years, Optech Incorporated, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced laser-based survey equipment, has been focused on the development of new lidar instruments, which would meet growing demands of the community of surveying professionals for efficient data collection systems with superior performance. This paper presents the advantages of new mobile lidar technology for surveying service providers as well as for academic research and outlines the newly established workflow including project planning, data collection and production of the lidar-derived end-products. The unique capabilities of the mobile lidar systems and the value-adding features including hardware, software and peripheral features will be highlighted, and their potential use to maximize efficiency of data collection and achieving superior characteristics of the end products will be discussed.