The ARGON GEO is a customised aircraft that supports an Ultralight Measurement System, incorporating aerial laser scanning, adhering to the new 560 kg MTOW regulations.

 

The Aerial Ultralight Measurement System is a high-precision measuring platform that integrates an active laser sensor and a photogrammetric camera with an INS / GNSS system, aided ground segment, mobile reference station and mobile meteorological information system.

 

The primary task is to obtain a three-dimensional, dense cloud of points with known X, Y and Z co-ordinates combined with high-resolution colour photographs.  The data, after processing, are used primarily for the production of Numerical Terrain and Coverage Models and orthophotomaps.

 

System Advantages:

 

- High precision

- High scanning speed of 200 lines / sec

-  Pulse frequency up to 380 kHz

-  Narrow beam, hence high spatial resolution, of the laser

-  Possibility to register multiple beam ejection - unlimited number of echoes of a single beam

-  Compact and lightweight

-  Fast and accurate measurement of large objects

-  High accuracy (comparable to classic geodetic measurements)

-  The ability to scan hard-to-reach places and in industrial plants by remote sensing

- Easy access to measurement data

-  Measurement independent of lighting

-  Automation of the computational process (automatic alignment, 3D sections and 3D models).

 

Air laser scanning – applications:

 

- Road construction

- Inventory and surveying of roads

- Road gauge measurements

- Measurements of deformation and displacement of viaducts and bridges

- Acquisition of 3D models for acoustic mapping

- Mapping for design purposes and as-built maps

- Assessment of technical condition of the pavement

- Inventory of collisions and road accidents

- Detection and measurement of structural components

- Detecting and analysing objects related to organisational movement