SAM, Inc. utilizes terrestrial laser scanning tools to perform High Definition Surveying, also known as HDS. The firm owns and operates the Leica C10 terrestrial laser scanning system, one of the most advanced terrestrial LiDAR scanning systems on the market. SAM Inc. provides experienced data acquisition, project control, filtered data and complete schematic drawings and 3-D models for a variety of high-definition surveying applications, including civil, mechanical, electrical, architectural, and archaeological. We offer fully-registered and controlled laser scan data along with high-resolution digital imagery calibrated to the scan cloud.
SAM, Inc.'s 3-D laser scanning services provide the following benefits:
The technology can provide sub-centimeter level accuracy by capturing data using HDS. Once captured, the laser scanned data points that comprise planar surfaces can be modeled and intersected to create vertices with a much higher level of accuracy and precision than if located by any other available means.
Terrestrial LiDAR can also be used to producing Digital Terrain Models (DTM with a georeferenced point cloud dataset. Using this dataset, features can be developed and imported into a Microstation DTM file from which a triangulated irregular network (TIN) is produced with sub-centimeter level accuracy.
SAM, Inc. is an experienced provider of terrestrial LiDAR services. The firm was awarded the Gold Medal in Surveying / Mapping Technology at the 2006 Texas CEC Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA), for the HDS Laser Scanning, Land Surveying, Aerial Mapping and SUE services performed in San Antonio, Texas.
