Topcon IPS-2 HD Accuracy Test

We recently did some testing with the latest Topcon IPS-2 HD mobile lidar system.  We had a section of freeway that we recently completed a mobile lidar project for using a Reigl VMX-250.  Since we had precise survey control in place with many of the painted chevrons still in place, we took the opportunity to test the latest Topcon system under the same conditions as the Reigl system. While we had the Topcon system in possession, we took the opportunity to collect some amazing lidar data on a few other projects as well.  In the upcoming weeks I will share the results from our testing as well as some of the other data we collected.

Large Area Coverage with Terrestrial Lidar

With the release of Leica Geosystems' latest terrestrial scanner, static terrestrial scanning can actually be done in a highly productive manner.  By mounting the Leica P20 on a Yamaha Rhino UTV we were able to do stop and go scanning at a rate not previously possible.  The P20 scans at a rate of 1 Million pts per second....so we were performing full 360 degree scans in less than four minutes at a resolution far exceeding the realm of reasonable for most feature extraction software packages.  The P20 is a game changer in the static terrestrial market......I just cannot wait to go full mobile with one of these...or maybe even two