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Mobile Scanning

P. Rieger, N. Studnicka, M. Pfennigbauer, G. Zach, A. Ullrich
"Advances in Mobile Laser Scanning Data Acquisition" 01.07.2010

The superior performance of state-of-the-art echo digitizing laser scanners with internal online waveform processing is optimally exploited when used in a mobile laser scanning context.
At 600,000 time-of-flight range measurements per second, the RIEGL VMX-250 mobile laser scanning (MLS) system allows surveyors to capture high-resolution 3-dimensional spatial data at traffic speeds with high accuracy. The cutting edge multi-target capability enables penetration of foliage, fences, and other obstacles. The calibrated relative reflectance reading allows for range-independent grey-coded texturing of, e.g., facades and the automatic, range-independent detection of commonly retroreflecting traffic signs. Field data is presented demonstrating the accuracy of the calibration and the high quality of the geo-referenced point cloud.

This paper was presented in context of the FIG 2010 in Sydney, April 2010 (English version) and at the Dreiländertagung in Vienna, in July 2010 (updated German version).