Equipment

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The lab has since 2015 developed a mobile laser scanning backpack to be used in the forest. The work is a cooperation between researchers and students.

The lab has a HTC Vive Virtual Reality equipment. It is used to visualize point clouds from our scanners and drones.

We have several different cameras that can be used either from air (drone) or from the ground.

There is a separate room with work bench and tools for service of the lab's equipment.

The lab has a 75" UHD 4k TV for presentations.

The lab also offers several softwares for analysis of the 3D-data.

The lab has a Flir Vue Pro 13mm thermal camera with 640x480 pixels resolution and 30 frames per second.

The lab have two high resolution GNSS receivers. The newest is a Trimble GeoXR 6000 from 2014 and the second is a TopCon GRS-1 from 2010.

In the lab we have in total 7 computers specially designed to work with heavy processing of 3D-data.

The lab has a Trimble TX8 laser scanner (from 2014). The scanner is used to collect accurate measurements of the ground and the tree stems. The scanner collects 1 million points per second and in three minutes a full hemispherical view is created with a point spacing of 4 mm at 10 meters distance.

The lab has several drones designed for different loads and purposes, from small compact drones up to a 5kg hexacopter which can carry a payload of 2 kg.

Parrot Sequoia is a small and light weight multispectral camera made for drones.