Mobile Laser Scanning
Digitise the World. Fast. Precise. Efficient.
Take your 3D laser scanners on the move with our range of mobile laser scanners. Our mobile laser scanning equipment is rugged, fully portable and highly accurate – even under the most demanding environmental conditions.
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Designed so you can easily register scan data acquired from moving platforms, such as boats, trains, road and off-road vehicles, our mobile scanners allow for mass data capture and corridor mapping abilities. This means you can capture all the data you need quickly and reliably.
High Productivity
Ultimate Performance
Extreme Versatility
Additional Mobility
What is Mobile Laser Scanning and How Does it Work?
Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) is a method of collecting highly accurate 3D scanning data by mounting laser scanners on moving platforms. The system uses LiDAR technology combined with positioning systems to capture the geometry of surroundings while in motion.​
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Laser Scanners: Emit laser pulses that reflect off surfaces like buildings, roads, and vegetation.
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Mobile Platform: Mounted on a moving vehicle or vessel, the scanner captures data across a wide area as it travels.
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Positioning Systems: GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) provide precise location and orientation of the scanner.
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Point Cloud Data: A combination laser scanners and positioning systems enables the computation of a 3D "point cloud," representing the scanned environment with high detail.
The RIEGL range of Mobile Laser Scanners
RIEGL VMX-RAIL
Triple-scanner train-mounted mobile mapping system tailored specifically for rail infrastructure applications.
The RIEGL VMX-RAIL system offers precise railway track mapping and clearance surveying.
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Accurate data capture at speeds up to 130 km/h
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Minimize scan shadows
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Integrates easily with third-party software.​
These lead to reduced downtime, high-resolution imaging, and robust performance in challenging environments - perfect for rail asset management.
RIEGL 2D Laser Scanners
2D OEM LiDAR laser scanners are available for your own integration into specialised mapping systems, whether that’s mounting on your existing vessel / ASV to compliment acoustic sensing technology, or as part of your multi-sensor train-mounted geo-data system.
RIEGL Cameras
RIEGL provides a range of high-sensitive, ball-joint directional cameras designed to seamlessly integrate with the RIEGL Mobile Mapping System.
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Each camera can be easily mounted on any of the seven camera ports attached to the MMS platform, offering flexibility to suit specific projects. Using advanced CMOS technology, RIEGL’s cameras provide high resolution images, high frame rates, and minimised lens distortion. The CMOS global shutter sensors ensure optimal imaging and feature many key benefits.
High Dynamic Range
Captures intricate details in both shadowed and brightly lit areas.
Enhanced Clarity
Maintains sharpness and contrast, even in challenging lighting conditions.
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Low Temporal Dark Noise
Provides excellent signal gain of up to 40dB, ensuring noise-free imagery in low-light environments.
Directional Cameras
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Available in resolutions ranging from 5MP to 24MP with frame rates of up to 20 frame per seconds (FPS).
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Optimised for capturing traffic signs, overhead structures, building structures, and other vertical elements.
Pavement Cameras
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Integrates two cameras at the rear camera port.
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Enhances the field of view, offering comprehensive data for pavement analysis and crack indexing.
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Generates true-orthophotos with up to millimetre resolution, providing critical insights for road and infrastructure assessments.
Panoramic Camera
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Capture high-resolution images up to 72 megapixels (MP).
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Ideal for projects requiring comprehensive environmental documentation, such as urban mapping and landscape analysis.
Learn more about RIEGL Mobile Laser Scanners
What is RIEGL Mobile Laser Scanning used for?
RIEGL's MLS systems are used for capturing precise 3D data from moving platforms, supporting a range of applications including:
Infrastructure Mapping
Documenting roads, bridges, tunnels, powerlines and railways for maintenance and planning.
Construction and Mining
Surveying earth works, stockpiles, and open-pit mines for monitoring and resource management.
Urban Modelling
Creating 3D cityscapes for urban planning and design, and management of urban forests.
Coastal Process Monitoring
Recurring assessment of coastal change, feeding into coastal defence, flood defence and operational management of coastal systems.
Asset Management
Collecting geospatial data for highway infrastructure asset groups including utilities, street furniture and intelligent traffic systems.
Track and Road Inspections
Condition monitoring of rail tracks and road surfaces for safety and maintenance.
Automation, Navigation and Traffic
Developing high-definition maps for self-driving navigation.
Key Features of RIEGL Mobile Laser Scanners
High Precision Measurements
Capture detailed 3D data with exceptional precision, even at high speeds.
Integration with Positioning Systems
Seamlessly incorporates GNSS and IMU for precise georeferencing of collected data.
Advanced Online Waveform Processing
Proprietary technology ensures accurate measurements and attributed multiple returns for reliable terrain mapping and intended target results.
Compact and Flexible Design
Lightweight systems easily mounted on various platforms, including vehicles, boats, and trains.
Multi-Scanner Configurations
Options for single, dual, or triple scanners to suit different project requirements, such as rail mapping or urban modelling.
Wide Range of Applications
Suitable for infrastructure mapping, city modelling, asset management, and location mapping technology.
RIEGL MLS Software
RIEGL’s software philosophy is to maintain a structured approach to data computation, ultimately delivering a robust and reliably registered point cloud and associated imagery for applicable vertical processes.
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For a detailed understanding of RIEGL processes, or to review a mobile mapping data sample, please contact us for a tailored web demonstration.
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​Read more about RIEGL’s Deep Learning Suite.
RiACQUIRE covers a wide variety of tasks in RIEGL's mobile laser scanning systems, including data acquisition, system integration, verification and testing.
All RIEGL LiDAR sensors are supported, along with multiple camera and INS products.
RiPROCESS is the RIEGL software package for kinematic LiDAR data processing. It is designed for managing, processing, analyzing, and visualizing data acquired with MLS systems based on RIEGL Laser Scanners.
With the native support of any raw LiDAR project collected with the RIEGL software RiACQUIRE, it provides a seamless workflow from field collection to analytics-ready point clouds.
RiPRECISION MLS automatically performs adjustments of GNSS/INS trajectories to merge overlapping mobile scan data. It further allows the scan data to be fitted to given control objects. This results in a consistent point cloud of enhanced precision and increased georeferencing accuracy.
FAQs
1 / Do you offer System Integrations?
Please contact us directly to discuss our OEM products.
2 / Are there service providers in my area?
Please contact us directly to get information about Service Providers in your area.
3 / How accurate is a mobile mapping system?
Ground level mobile mapping provides arguably the most demanding of positional challenges in the domain. This is down to commonly GNSS denied environments including urban canyons, tunnels, overhanging trees and forests. It is sensible to avoid extended time in these conditions but is somewhat unavoidable.
Take surveying in Central London as an example! To combat this, RIEGL have developed a software registration engine to ensure mobile mapping point cloud registration is reliable and precise. Have the confidence to survey with multiple laser heads and repeated passes with RIEGL RiPRECISION.
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Please contact us for a web-demonstration.
4 / Mobile Laser Scanning and Mobile Mapping Systems: What is the difference?
Mobile Laser Scanning is the placing of a laser scanner - including the positioning and orientation components - onto a suitable platform that can be driven for the purposes of collecting mass 3D geo-representative data.
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Mobile Mapping - or a Mobile Mapping System - is a broader description for a Mobile Laser Scanner and is likely to also be carrying a selection of high-resolution cameras.
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All RIEGL mobile mapping systems are modular and configurable to help you achieve your key deliverables or Highways Department specifications.