Airborne Scanning

LiteMapper 2800-900W, Performance and Accuracy Analysis Report 20.10.2004

This document describes the results obtained in a performance and accuracy test of the LiteMapper 2800-900 system and the procedures used. The system under test was a production system of the LiteMapper 2800 series, equipped with the “large beam divergence” option and the RGB true color option. The analysis was performed using data collected during two test flights performed on Aug. 18, 2004 and Sept. 02, 2004. For the flights the system was mounted below the cabin of a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter. Data was collected at several sites to analyze different aspects of system performance and accuracy.