Steffen Firchau
Sales Representative
TopoSys GmbH,
Email: [email protected]
This presentation addresses the latest developments in aerial Lidar mapping systems, and describes the benefits derived by the sensor operator and the data end customer for applications such as roads, city modeling, coastal zones, surface mining, and forestry. Toposys is a leading European service provider for airborne Lidar scanning, and has developed a product portfolio of airborne Lidar systems — the Falcon I, II, III, and Harrier 24 and 56. These Lidar systems are of two types, utilizing rotating mirrors, or a technology unique to Toposys – the so-called fiber based sensor. These systems incorporate Lidar, either frame or line scanner cameras, and GPS/inertial direct georeferencing to provide georeferenced point clouds and image data. An overview of the activities and projects of Toposys will be provided, including how Lidar scanning has developed over the last years. The features and benefits of each type of system will be discussed for the various applications. The processes by which typical projects are executed, and the data processing workflow will be detailed.
