Studying the Potential of iPAD-LiDAR Technology in the Inventory of Building Structures

Abstract

The article presents a research program aimed at preliminary determination of the potential of iPAD-LiDAR technology in the inventory of building structures. The authors focused on the use of commercially available devices (mobile phones and tablets) equipped with a LiDAR sensor. Such devices can be treated as low-cost measuring devices and used for engineering measurements. The first possible area of use of the devices discussed is broadly understood construction inventories, which, when performed using traditional methods, always involve a large amount of work. The automation of this process and the quality and quantity of data obtained during the inventory create a completely new technical reality and related measurement and diagnostic possibilities.