Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station
Surveying fields from geosciences to infrastructure monitoring make use of a wide range of instruments for accurate 3D geometry acquisition. In many cases, the Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) tends to become an optimal alternative to total station measurements thanks to the high point acquisition ra...
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| description | Surveying fields from geosciences to infrastructure monitoring make use of a wide range of instruments for accurate 3D geometry acquisition. In many cases, the Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) tends to become an optimal alternative to total station measurements thanks to the high point acquisition rate it offers, but also to ever deeper data processing software functionalities. Nevertheless, traditional surveying techniques are valuable in some kinds of projects. Nowadays, a few modern total stations combine their conventional capabilities with those of a laser scanner in a unique device. The recent Trimble SX10 scanning total station is a survey instrument merging high-speed 3D scanning and the capabilities of an image-assisted total station. In this paper this new instrument is introduced and first compared to state-of-the-art image-assisted total stations. The paper also addresses the topic of various laser scanning projects and the delivered point clouds are compared with those of other TLS. Directly and indirectly georeferenced projects have been carried out and are investigated in this paper, and a polygonal traverse is performed through a building. Comparisons with the results delivered by well-established survey instruments show the reliability of the Trimble SX10 for geodetic work as well as for scanning projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc3efeb84d6c4387b27efd2c3f5afe592022-12-22T02:55:09ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202017-03-0117473010.3390/s17040730s17040730Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total StationElise Lachat0Tania Landes1Pierre Grussenmeyer2ICube Laboratory, Photogrammetry and Geomatics Group, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, 67084 Strasbourg CEDEX, FranceICube Laboratory, Photogrammetry and Geomatics Group, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, 67084 Strasbourg CEDEX, FranceICube Laboratory, Photogrammetry and Geomatics Group, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, 67084 Strasbourg CEDEX, FranceSurveying fields from geosciences to infrastructure monitoring make use of a wide range of instruments for accurate 3D geometry acquisition. In many cases, the Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) tends to become an optimal alternative to total station measurements thanks to the high point acquisition rate it offers, but also to ever deeper data processing software functionalities. Nevertheless, traditional surveying techniques are valuable in some kinds of projects. Nowadays, a few modern total stations combine their conventional capabilities with those of a laser scanner in a unique device. The recent Trimble SX10 scanning total station is a survey instrument merging high-speed 3D scanning and the capabilities of an image-assisted total station. In this paper this new instrument is introduced and first compared to state-of-the-art image-assisted total stations. The paper also addresses the topic of various laser scanning projects and the delivered point clouds are compared with those of other TLS. Directly and indirectly georeferenced projects have been carried out and are investigated in this paper, and a polygonal traverse is performed through a building. Comparisons with the results delivered by well-established survey instruments show the reliability of the Trimble SX10 for geodetic work as well as for scanning projects.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/4/730Terrestrial Laser Scanningrobotic image-assisted total stationtrimble SX10 scanning total stationsurveying and scanning projectsgeometric investigationscomparisons |
| spellingShingle | Elise Lachat Tania Landes Pierre Grussenmeyer Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station Sensors Terrestrial Laser Scanning robotic image-assisted total station trimble SX10 scanning total station surveying and scanning projects geometric investigations comparisons |
| title | Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station |
| title_full | Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station |
| title_short | Investigation of a Combined Surveying and Scanning Device: The Trimble SX10 Scanning Total Station |
| title_sort | investigation of a combined surveying and scanning device the trimble sx10 scanning total station |
| topic | Terrestrial Laser Scanning robotic image-assisted total station trimble SX10 scanning total station surveying and scanning projects geometric investigations comparisons |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/4/730 |
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