LiDAR surveying
with OxTS
LiDAR surveying with OXTS
The latest OXTS INS devices have been developed with LiDAR surveying in mind.
When considering hardware requirements for LiDAR surveying, getting the best navigation data is absolutely crucial. It will affect the resulting pointcloud – often more so than the choice of LiDAR equipment.
Georeferencing
Accurate and reliable inertial data for your LiDAR survey.
OXTS offers a range of suitable INS navigation devices that provide accurate and reliable inertial data for your LiDAR survey.
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Navigation Data
Our INS devices output survey-grade navigation data that will give you accurate, centimetre-level absolute positioning so pointcloud surveying can be reliable and repeatable. Our IMU sensors offer orientation measurements that will maintain pointcloud accuracy at long distances. -
Interfacing
As well as the traditional PPS, OXTS is proud to offer Precision Time Protocol (PTP) on all INS devices that allows for simple over-ethernet time synchronisation with compatible LiDAR sensors. -
Georeferencing
We offer our georeferencing and calibration software, OXTS Georeferencer, which can georeference data between an OXTS INS and a compatible LiDAR into a finished pointcloud. It also offers the ability to calibrate the angles in your hardware setup and analyse the accuracy in every point of the cloud.
Georeferencing
Georeference data from almost any LiDAR sensor with ease.
Our range of survey-specific Inertial Navigation Systems provide LiDAR surveyors with the position, timing and inertial measurements needed to confidently georeference pointclouds from almost any LiDAR sensor.
Using our LiDAR georeferencing software OXTS Georeferencer, LiDAR surveyors can quickly and easily integrate our highly accurate measurements with raw LiDAR data to create a georeferenced pointcloud.
By georeferencing pointclouds using OXTS Georeferencer LiDAR surveyors can streamline the survey process by: decreasing LiDAR survey set up time, improving survey repeatability, and enhancing the clarity of final results.
You can download OXTS Georeferencer here and you can practice using it with these data files.
OXTS solution
Explore our products
Our INS solutions for LiDAR survey deliver accurate and reliable inertial measurements for use in a wide range of applications.
Each OXTS survey-specific INS provides absolute position, timing and inertial measurements that you can use to integrate into your projects.
Technology Partners
Our Technology Partners
OXTS Inertial Navigation Systems provide a critical piece of the navigation jigsaw.
Our technology partners are integral to the work we do. By working closely with complimentary LiDAR technologies, we are able to help deliver a full survey solution of INS, georeferencing software and LiDAR sensor.
We have done all of the difficult integration work so you don’t have to!
LiDAR Survey
Applications
There are multiple applications for which the inertial measurements from an OXTS’ survey-specific Inertial Navigation System can be used.
Below are some of the most common examples, however there is an almost limitless number that we can help you address.
If your application isn’t listed below, let us know and we will be happy to talk about your specific use case.
We have done all of the difficult integration work so you don’t have to!
Road survey
Conducting a long baseline survey such as that of a road, can be difficult to accomplish, however that is not a problem for an INS offering absolute global positioning.
Using an INS alongside a LiDAR sensor for this application can have numerous benefits including pointcloud error estimation and improving survey repeatability.
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
An INS allows building survey repeatability, with a high degree of detail in a 3D model.
Fusing the data from the INS with the raw data of a LiDAR sensor will enhance the clarity of the final output, enabling a clearer indication of areas that require further inspection.
Infrastructure survey
Surveying physical infrastructures such as a railway bridge is critical to ensuring the safety of those using it. Where safety is involved the accuracy of the measurements received takes on a new level of importance.
Using an INS alongside a LiDAR sensor to produce a 3D model of a bridge will ensure that every centimetre of the structure is mapped and that the measurements of the final output are the best possible quality.
LiDAR Survey
LiDAR survey support
OXTS is proud to provide support to customers and businesses with their applications from before the sale, to gathering data and beyond.
As well as a dedicated support team that are on-hand to help with troubleshooting, we also have a team of product engineers and experts to help get your application underway.
Furthermore we have a support website with a number of helpful articles, some of which you will find here:
Not sure what you need?
There are lots of options for building your inertial navigation system. If you’d like to talk through your project with a member of our team, we’re here to help you build your inertial navigation solution.