We demonstrate the efficacy of a commercial portable 2D laser scanner (operating at a wavelength close to 1,000 nm) deployed from a fixed-wing aircraft for measuring the sea surface topography and wave profiles over coastal waters. The LiDAR instrumentation enabled simultaneous measurements of the 2D laser scanner with two independent inertial navigation units, and also simultaneous measurement...

This paper describes the development of a 3D laser scanner and an approach to 3D mapping and localization. The 3D scanner consists of a standard 2D laser scanner and a rotating mirror assembly. Employing multiple robots and mutual localization local 3D maps are built. Global localization within the maps is performed by extracting a cross-section of the map just below the ceiling and then using ...

This paper presents an investigation into the use of a 2-dimensional laser scanner (LiDAR) to obtain measurements of wave processes in the inner surf and swash zones of a microtidal beach (Rousty, Camargue, France). The bed is extracted at the wave-by-wave timescale using a variance threshold method on the time series. Individual wave properties were then retrieved from a local extrema analysis...

In the object detecting system composed of a camera and a two-dimensional laser scanner (2DLS), the extrinsic calibration is an essential step to operate properly. However, the edge points of object cannot be detected accurately by 2DLS due to angular resolution limit, which caused loss of accuracy of the extrinsic calibration between camera and 2DLS. In this paper a new algorithm is proposed t...

The recent advancement of 3D non-contact laser scanners enables fast measurement of parts by generating a huge amount of coordinate data for a large surface area in a short time. In contrast, traditional tactile probes in the coordinate measurement machines can generate more accurate coordinate data points at a much slower pace. Therefore, the combination of laser scanners and touch probes can ...

In this paper, we present a method for 3D volumetric reconstruction of landscape from airborne laser scanner data. The method applies a voxel model, where volume is divided to sub-volume particles, voxels, associated with a scalar or vector value. In the presented study the voxel model is generated from airborne laser scanner data, which enables measurement of large areas. Laser scanning provid...

Recently, a laser scanner has been receiving more attention as a useful tool for real-time 3D data acquisition, and various applications such as city modelling, DTM generation and 3D modelling of cultural heritage were proposed. However, robust filtering for distinguish onand off-terrain points from point cloud 3D data collected by airborne laser scanner is still issues. In particular, filterin...

Nowadays, the demand for 3D models of historical monuments is continuously growing in the field of archaeological and architectural applications. Currently, the two main sources that can provide detailed and reliable 3D surface models are Photogrammetry through image-based modeling and Terrestrial Laser Scanner through laser scanning techniques. Among the plenty of works so far presented the us...