Laser Scanning in Construction
Surety Bond Professionals is a family owned and operated bonding agency with over 30 years of experience. With access to a broad range of surety markets, our expert agents are ready to assist with all of your construction bond needs. How Does Laser Scanning in Construction Work? As construction continues to “go digital,” laser scanning in construction is increasingly common. Laser scanning is a general term for the technology that is also referred to as LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) or High Definition Surveying (HDS) technologies. Laser scanning captures and maps buildings and construction sites with distance accuracy down to the pixel level. A laser scanner sends pulses of light to a target and times how long it takes for the reflection to reach the scanner, which tells the scanner the distance to the target. This process is repeated millions of times during a scan, and all of the individual measurements are compiled into a point cloud. Software fills in the gaps between individual measured points and connects individual point clouds through a registration process to create a 3D image of whatever was scanned. Scanning technology is evolving rapidly. Early scanners captured 1,000 data points per second and needed...
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