Article | REF: RAD7420 V1

Terrestrial Laser Scanners. Some Clouds for the Geomatic

Author: Vincent BARRAS

Publication date: September 10, 2018

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1. Types of measures

Although there are many different models of terrestrial laser scanners, the basic operating principle is the same for all of them:

  • a motor for controlled rotation around the instrument's main axis (usually almost vertical);

  • in parallel, a system of mirrors or prisms rotates about an axis perpendicular to the first ;

  • a laser pump emits a beam which, using different techniques, provides distance information;

  • we'll also store the intensity of the return signal.

It is possible to determine the three-dimensional position of the impact of the emitted beam in a reference frame local to the scanner position with the polar information shown in figure

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