MDL Australia breaks new ground of ‘plug-and-play’ Mobile Laser Mapping and Surveying System. The innovative Dyanascan will be launched at Australasian Mine Surveying Convention 2009 in Perth.
Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) will launch a new ‘Plug and Play’ Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) System- a fully integrated high speed laser scanner, differential GPS system and FOG laser based Internal Navigation System (INS).
Laser scanning, GPS and an inertial navigation sensor are combined in a single POD for ease of use and versatility in the new lightweight, land vehicle and marine vessel LIDAR system.
The Dynascan is highly portable, it’s small size and weight allows deployment on smaller vehicles or vessels. This allows areas of limited or difficult access to acquire quality survey data (e.g. along steep narrow tracks).
MDL’s Dynascan will be supplied with almost any ‘off the shelf’ GPS receiver to suit client budget and accuracy requirements. Integral Global Differential Correction receivers are also available to obtain satellite or radio corrections.
The Dynascan system comes complete with data acquisition and post processing software suite. Recorded data may be exported to most 3D data base and CAD software packages. LIDAR’s 2D or 3D scan results are contained in the PC software and a rapid start-up time is available as the pod sensors are pre-aligned during manufacture.
The Dynascan can be easily transported as ‘checked in’ baggage on civil airlines or charter aircraft by operators who can then install the equipment on any ‘vehicle or vessel of opportunity’ available at the work site.
Dynascan is designed for use by those with little surveying experience or specialist technical skills. After capture, raw, or edited, data can be exported to most ‘off-the-shelf’ CAD modeling packages.
MDL Australia’s Marketing Executive- Julia Reynolds, says: “At under $100,000 - a fifth of the price of current mobile mapping systems - Dynascan brings Lidar benefits to small-and-medium sized field survey operations for the first time.”
“Dynascan will revolutionise how LIDAR is perceived worldwide and will soon become an essential everyday ‘tool’ in the construction, earth moving and terrestrial surveying businesses.”
“Productivity of Laser Surveying systems will no longer be measured in terms of ‘points per second’ but in terms of ‘Square Mile per hours,” said Reynolds.
About MDL Australia
Founded in 1983, MDL is a world leader in the development of eye-safe, time-of-flight laser measurement technology and positioning and navigation systems used to improve accuracy, safety, cost efficiency and time management in a range of rugged applications in industries including mining, quarrying, engineering, marine, aviation, agriculture and forestry.
For more information please contact MDL Australia- Julia Reynolds on (03) 9318 9666 or email your enquiry to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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