LiteMapper

outline	features	components
applications	specifications	highlights

Features

The LiteMapper 2400 is best-suited for corridor and small-area mapping applications from low-flying helicopters: monitoring power lines, highways, railways, pipelines, and similar infrastructure. Its main advantages are small size, low weight and a high geometrical accuracy, so it is especially useful in small helicopters and ultra-light aircraft with limited space, payload weight and power.
Due to its limited range and measurement rate the LiteMapper 2400 is not recommended for use on conventional fixed-wing aircraft.

DSM - Digital Surface Model

DTM - Digital Terain Model

The LiteMapper 5600 is the choice for high-resolution wide-area mapping from fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and any application that requires detailed and truly three-dimensional information. This system has the unique ability to record the entire echo waveform for detection of unlimited returns from every laser shot, yielding the vertical structure of vegetation/forest areas in detail. Also, this feature optimizes the accurate detection of ground even under a complex vegetation canopies and in the presence of low vegetation, and provides accurate ground height also in sloped and rough terrain. The LiteMapper 5600 features the highest measurement rate, providing high point density/high resolution surface coverage even from fixed-wing aircraft. An almost complete (90%) surface closure can be achieved with the -12 option which in conjunction with waveform processing can yield accurate break line information.
While very capable, even the LiteMapper 5600 will fit into small helicopters and aircraft without excessive burden on aircraft power and payload weight limitations.

 

	Features	LM 2400	LM 5600
	Range		o/+
	Point density: helicopter fixed-wing aircraft ultra-light aircraft	+ n/a +	++ + ++
	Accuracy	+	+(+)
	NIR surface reflectance capture	˜	˜
	RGB surface color (optional)
	Selectable first or last return detection	˜	˜
	Simultaneous multi-return capability		˜
	Full echo waveform digitization		˜

 

	Applications	LM 2400	LM 5600
	Helicopter/ultra-light aircraft	+	+
	Corridor mapping	+	++
	Power line monitoring	+	+
	Pipeline monitoring	+	++
	Railway infrastructure monitoring	o	+
	Road surface monitoring	+	o
	Small-area mapping	++	++
	Highway/railway/pipeline construction/planning	+	++
	Traffic monitoring	+	+
	High resolution mapping	+	++
	Fixed-wing aircraft	-	++
	Large-area mapping	-	++
	Topographic surveys	-	++
	Floodplain mapping	-	++
	Terrain detection	o	++
	City models/urban area mapping	-	++
	Building modeling	-	++
	Break line detection	-	+
	Land - use analysis	-	++
	High-resolution mapping	-	++
	Forestry/agriculture/vegetation mapping	-	++
	Airport obstruction surveys	o	++
	Coastal mapping	-	++
	Open-pit mining/dump site/volumetric surveys	+	++
	Glacier/ice sheet mapping	+	-
	Ortho - photo production	-	+

n/a: not applicable
˜     feature available
-     not recommended
o    moderate suitability
+    high suitability
++ optimal performance