Application Types

3D Laser Scanning Applications by Industry

Terrestrial

This field of application is wide and includes Topography & Mining, As-Built Surveying, Architecture & Facade Measurement, Archaeology & Cultural Heritage Documentation, Monitoring & Civil Engineering, and City Modeling.

Mobile

RIEGL 2D scanners as well as 3D-laser scanners are well suited for mapping applications from moving platforms such as boats, various vehicles, or any moving object. In order to register scan data acquired from non-stationary platforms in a stationary coordinate system, e.g., WGS84, the laser scanner is supplemented by position and attitude sensors, e.g., GPS and IMU. All RIEGL scanners are rugged and fully portable instruments, tested under strict conditions for a reliable performance even under highly demanding environmental conditions.

Industrial

RIEGL's industrial laser scanner product line consists of the LMS-Q20, LMS-Q120ii and LMS-Q500, and of the 3D Laser Scanner LMS-Z210ii, all optimized to meet demanding industrial requirements. Some mobile solutions that have already been implemented using our Riegl Scanners are in such areas as: process monitoring and automation, measurement of bulk material, industrial profile measurement, obstacle detection, collision avoidance and autonomous vehicle guidance.

Airborne

Airborne laser scanning is a rapid, highly accurate and efficient method to generate 3D data of large areas, industrial plants, entire urban areas, and more. RIEGL airborne laser scanners make use of the latest state-of-the-art laser and signal processing, are exceptionally compact, lightweight, and cost effective, and meet therefore the most challenging requirements in airborne surveying.

Rangefinders

Our rangefinders emit pulses of eyesafe laser light toward the specific object that you may be referencing. At the push of the trigger button the distance to the object is calculated. This distance is based on the time taken for the reflected light to return the measurement calculations. Distance is displayed in a large, easily legible digits on the rangefinder via its viewfinder.