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3D Mobile Mapping is on track to change the way we understand our world. The advanced hardware and software available has revolutionized the way we visualize, measure, analyze and catalog our environment. This technique involves surveying from a moving vehicle, often at a high speed, with integrated scanning and imaging technology to collect dense point cloud data. This data is then combined with rich imaging to create detailed visualizations of formerly inaccessible areas. Even in areas that were previously easy to survey, mobile mapping has improved efficiency and productivity while decreasing costs, by making it possible to complete week-long projects in days. A highly accurate mobile mapping solution allows quick data capture, plus simplifies post-processing by not requiring excessive point cloud correction (ie. removing duplicate objects).

The Applanix POS LV position and orientation solution enables rapid data collection of imagery and laser mapping data to create a database for subsequent rendering for city modeling, infrastructure development and management (such as bridges and overpasses), asset management, and environmental simulations to prevent damage from natural disasters.

With increased traffic and growing demand for tracking and streamlining vehicle use, companies need a way to track the position of real-time assets. Whether in busy urban city centers or remote regions in the countryside, it is vital to be able to track the position of every moving asset. This could include their position, orientation and compliance with the load balancing of the network, and it could even be used to avoid obstacles and prevent accidents. The tracking systems need to successfully work in tunnels, rail yards, areas with dense canopies, high-rise corridors and areas with high risk of GNSS outages.

This solution would not require as high accuracy as mobile mapping or track geometry, for example, and our Applanix POS LVX series comes in at a lower price point without sacrificing the ruggedness of the solution.

When managing pavement in high-traffic areas, safety and maintenance are the most important issues. A solution needs to quickly and efficiently monitor the conditions of roads and highways in order to schedule appropriate maintenance intervention, without disrupting the traffic and creating congestion. Pavement management can be done at the same time as infrastructure maintenance, with both the ground and any neighboring structures captured at once. This is especially important in places like airports where the runways are subject to constant stress and the nearby structures are crucial to overall safety.

The Applanix POS LV integrated with a LiDAR solution enables automatic geo-tagging of all the key functional parameters of pavement in a single pass. Cracking, rutting, texture, potholes, bleeding, shoving, raveling and roughness can all be captured lane by lane while the post-processed image connects adjacent lanes with minimal misalignment.