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3D Laser Mapping of South African Roads

  08/09/2011
MHP Geomatics, South Africa, has purchased a high-speed laser scanner to capture highly accurate 3D measurements as part of a multi-million Rand upgrade project for the South African National Roads Agency. The Riegl VZ-400 supplied by 3D Laser Mapping will be used by MHP to capture as-built drawings of bridges and other structures in order to improve the financing, management, maintenance and safety of the nation's roads.

   
Laser scanner at the road sideThe VZ-400 utilises echo digitisation and online waveform analysis to achieve superior performance and accuracies of measurement, even under adverse weather conditions. Achieving accuracies of 5mm at ranges of up to 600 metres (an increase of 100 metres on earlier models) the VZ-400 can measure up to 122,000 points per second with a 100 x 360-degree field of view. The evaluation of multiple targets combined with a reliable, robust and lightweight construction makes the VZ-400 ideally suited to civil engineering, city modelling and architectural projects, for example.
 
3D Laser Mapping also provided MHP with software to process the measurements collected by the VZ-400 laser scanner and extract meaningful models and drawings. 3D Laser Mapping provided Riegl's RiSCAN PRO and Pointools plug-in for Rhino, complete with training, for MHP staff at their UK headquarters just outside Nottingham.
 
"The support and instruction we have received from 3D Laser Mapping has been exemplary," continued Elliott. "All the staff are knowledgeable, thorough and hospitable and are really keen to work with us; helping us improve our services to clients and investigate future developments and applications."

 





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