Last Updated: January 4, 2026 TL;DR: The 2026 Decision Matrix The Conflict: Static LiDAR (TLS) offers survey-grade precision (1.9mm) but is slow. Mobile LiDAR (SLAM) is 10x faster but typically holds a real-world accuracy of 15-20mm due to drift. The Cost: Mobile...
TL;DR: What You Need to Know About 3D Laser Scanning What it is: A non-contact technology that uses laser light to capture the exact size and shape of physical objects and environments, creating a digital 3D model called a point cloud. How it works: A scanner emits...
Standing before the iconic Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada's capital, I watched technicians position laser scanners to capture every Gothic Revival detail of the Centre Block. This government building 3D scanning project represents one of the most complex...
Standing in a Phoenix construction site last summer, I watched three different teams using three completely different approaches to capture data from the same project site. One team had a terrestrial laser scanner methodically positioned on a tripod, another was...
Let me tell you about the moment everything clicked for me about aerial mapping technologies. It was March 2018, standing in a muddy field outside Saskatoon, watching our drone disappear into the gray Saskatchewan sky. We had a massive pipeline corridor to map 500...
When I first started working with 3D scanning projects ten years ago in the construction and manufacturing sectors, the biggest challenge wasn't the technology itself it was convincing facility managers and project engineers that our measurements were reliable...
LiDAR technology, whose name stands for Light Detection and Ranging, has turned upside down how the real, physical world is captured and analyzed. This leading-edge remote-sensing method uses laser light to take measurements and produce extremely precise and...
Correct selection of your project in scanning technology is of great importance. Big machinery includes 3D Laser Scanning and LiDAR; while both are well-known, they differ in features and strong points. This article pinpoints the key differences between these two...
LiDAR, stands for Light Detection and Ranging, it is a distance measuring system that uses laser technology to create a three-dimensional map of the Earth and many geographic features and objects. Remote sensing methods such as the use of instrument sensors for...
