ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF LASER TERRESTRIAL MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEMS CONFIGURATIONS

Over the past decade, laser terrestrial Mobile Mapping Systems (MMS) have been developed for the digital mapping of outdoor environments. While the applications of MMS are various (urban security, road control, virtual world, entertainment, etc.), one may imagine that for each application the system designs could be different. Hence, a comparative analysis of different designs is useful to find the best solution adapted to each application. The objective of this paper is to analyze several MMS designs with a new methodology based on the use of a simulator in order to compare and to improve the design. We conclude by showing the first results of a prototyped system with a design dedicated for urban modeling application.