Technologies

LIDAR System Control

• Simple, graphical controls for monitoring and configuring the ALTM LIDAR System.
• Navigation Controls allow simple selection of flight lines for pilot display. GUI supports on-the-fly interpolation of new lines to fill coverage gaps.

RTV-NAV Interface

Graphical Flight Planning

• Simple, point-and-click survey planning.
• Survey Areas may be graphically drawn on map or defined by manually entering coordinates.
• Windows automatically warn of eye-safe altitudes and other flight profile restrictions.
• Windows automatically calculate required flight-lines and LIDAR configuration.

Calibration Planner

Survey Flight Planner

Real-Time Coverage Tracking

Fully zoom-able Real-Time monitoring of coverage, accounting for

• GPS Position
• IMU Roll, Pitch, and Heading
• Altitude from LIDAR returns
• LIDAR scan configuration
• LIDAR roll compensation
• LIDAR scanning mechanism characteristics

The image to the right is from a particularly turbulent test flight, where LIDAR roll-compensation was not used.

Turbulent Conditions exaggerate effects.