Laser Scanner applications

Here's a few discussions regarding this topic recently: (I just used the search function in the upper right corner of the site.)

https://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=298263

https://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=302956#p302987

https://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=283503

We use them to scan substations, inside of plants, small site topos if the terrain is willing. One of the new process we will use them is to verify distributors have fixed clearence violations near our lines. Targetless registration makes life so much easier now. On the substaion side scanning makes our life so much safer.

What size are the drawing files for a scan? I assume that the file size would remain roughly consistent per individual scan (correct me if I am wrong). And is there a rule of thumb on the number of scans per acre?...assuming line of site is good. -- Thanx

We use them on mainly Engineering Surveys. On things that are expensive when they are not running and the owner wants to decrease downtime. When design and construction can be made in a point cloud, things fit together better.

Spar Laser Scanning Bootcamp 2010

We have the Leica C10. We have one crew who uses it several times per week, preferring it if the situation fits. It's used for volumes (material piles, quantities), we did a pre and post scan on a rock face to calculate volume of rock removed, corridor surveys on highways and urban/village settings (face of building to face of building), we have scanned the inside of large concrete culverts, we've used it for topo surveys utilizing virtual surveyor and cutting cross sections along an alignment, we scan bridge piers and abuttments to check deformation (monitoring)... There are so many uses for it, it's just a matter of embracing it. It's a tool. If you have it in the truck you'll use it, if you don't have it in the truck you'll come up with reasons why you don't need it.

Edit: We've also used them for bridge work in the design phase. Scan where the abuttments will go and our engineers are starting to design right on the cloud without having to do data extraction or terrain modeling.