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Mobile mapping is one of the most exciting uses for localisation technology \u2013 particularly GNSS\/INS technology like ours. This blog is designed to be the ultimate primer on mobile mapping for anyone looking to learn more about mobile mapping technology and mapping systems such as mobile LiDAR. So, what is mobile mapping?<\/h5>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n
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What is mobile mapping?<\/span><\/h5>\n

Any activity that involves surveying something from a moving vehicle is a type of mobile mapping. Broadly speaking, mobile mapping is grouped into land-based and aerial mapping activities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Land-based mobile mapping, also sometimes called road-based mobile mapping, is where the survey is done from a car. The Google Streetview cars are probably one of the most public examples of road-based mobile mapping.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about road-based mobile mapping<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Aerial mapping, of course, is surveying done from the air. This might be from a small quad-copter drone, or from a larger aircraft, either manned or unmanned.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about UAV mapping<\/a><\/span> and manned aerial surveying<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n

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WayFinder is a versatile mobile mapping system combining GNSS, IMU, LiDAR and Camera data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Key mobile mapping technology<\/span><\/h5>\n

In any mobile mapping payload (which is the name for the collection of sensors and technology used for the survey), there are some common components:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The sensors used to gather the survey data<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The localisation solution<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The process of combining those two datasets is known as georeferencing. Once the survey data has been georeferenced, it has been given a fixed position on the earth, which means that data can be used for its intended purpose.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    A wide range of sensors can be used for the survey. The most common historically has been the camera, creating a photographic image as the survey result. More recently, LiDAR<\/a><\/span> (Light Detection And Ranging) has become a popular method of surveying. LiDAR uses lasers to measure the distance between the sensor and objects in the surrounding environment, producing millions (or even billions) of \u201cpoints\u201d which make up the survey. The final output from a LiDAR is known as a point cloud, which resembles a 3D model of the area surveyed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n

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    Beyond that, almost any sensor can be used for surveying. Radar and hyperspectral imaging are often used, but we have worked with customers to help them georeference data from a range of different sensors including gas sensing equipment in the past. As long as you can georeference the data with your localisation technology, you can use your sensor in a survey.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n

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