r/LiDAR

I’m trying to buy custom walnut for a shotgun (Benelli M4) and the European firm that specializes in the gorgeous stock the I like wants specific measurements of every angle of my shotgun, the stock, the grip, the forend, my hand! My hand inside the shotgun, my shooting stance…. We’re talking 40-50 measurements in cm

What would be the best way of sending them all of these measurements (in terms of using tailors measuring tape, a ruler, some sort of electronic measuring tool, a 3D measuring firm (if they do this sort of work….)?

Thanks for any info

I am currently researching the application of LiDAR technology for conducting road surveys that support the movement of wide‑load and super‑load vehicles. Several companies appear to be using LiDAR for this purpose, and I would greatly appreciate any insights, information, or suggestions you can share.

Background

Our management team is evaluating the ROCK R3 PRO vehicle‑mounted LiDAR system to collect data on Route clearances, Bridge heights, Roadway geometry,

We are open to alternative solutions and would welcome opinions on the suitability of the ROCK R3 PRO compared with other platforms.

Specific Questions

System performance: Have you used the ROCK R3 PRO (or similar setups) for heavy‑vehicle route surveys? What are its strengths and limitations?

Alternative technologies: Are there other LiDAR platforms or sensor configurations you would recommend for high‑accuracy clearance and geometry measurements?

Field‑operation challenges: What common obstacles have you encountered (e.g., GPS multipath, data volume, vehicle integration, weather effects) and how have you mitigated them?

Data processing workflow: Which software tools or processing pipelines have proven most efficient for extracting clearance, bridge‑height, and roadway‑geometry metrics?

Industry contacts & resources: If you know of publications or professionals with relevant experience, could you point me toward them?

Any experience you can share—whether successes, pitfalls, or lessons learned—will be extremely helpful as we refine our approach.

My company surveys above and below water, and the current method for tying both datasets together involves laboriously deleting the lidar/photogrammetry pointcloud points off the surface of the water, then Kriging with the single beam sonar points to create the full model.

The cleaning process is painfully slow using Hypack, and I'd love to find another way of doing it. I've tinkered with using Multispectral imagery to isolate the water and turning it into a polygon mask, but results have been mixed. I'm now seeing whether I can use the point density and intensity of lidar data to remove the bad points, and hope to have better success

Are there other methods or programs that can do this for me?

Test post - please ignore

So i wanted focus my research in Defense Environmental monitoring and wanted to use LIDARs in it, i want some cool unheard problems that you think if solved can really help people out there

Anything that is related to Environmental monitoring hinders defense applications can be good for me

Thank you

How do you perform a flow analysis from point clouds? Generate a Tin? A DTM? Extract vectors and build a surface from it? What key factors you take into account? And what is the most useful output?

As a surveyour, who has little to none experience in the topic, I'm curious, how hydrology engineers utilise the point clouds and how does the outcome looks?

Anyone has splat examples created using the 3Dmakerpro Raven LiDAR Scanner?

I’m interesed in it’s capabilities towards the real state sector, so examples of interiors would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!!