LIDAR Basics
LIDAR Scanning - as shown in my review about the 3DMakerPro Eagle Pro - is measuring millions of dots with LASER and creating 3D landscapes with 2cm accuracy. Additional use of cameras can help colorize these scans to make them look even better. Find out if this is something for you!
"Gaussian splatting" takes it to another level and create even more impressive landscapes!
Learned all of this while researching for my review - covered a lot of topics - so the limits of a youtube description box were reached swiftley ;)
LINKS:
JimuMeta (3DMaker): https://scene.jimumeta.com
https://gauss.jimumeta.com Demo scene Lake
(online platform starts March 2025)
3DMakerPro "RAY-Studio" Software: (usage guid and tips below!)
early alpha tool, not very polished
Download my "monument" pointcloud sample data for your own tests!
Cloud Compare (open source! - best pointcloud tool I found during research)
my FINDINGS:
- micro SD slot: Scans are automatically stored there - so you don't have to export using the (slow) USB Stick export method
- Size of internal memory: 32gb
- SD slot should be accesible even if grip-base part ist attached
- Button on grip: used to take Panoramic pics - not used in scan mode
- Calculations in Software (RayStudio 1.01) are slow - they don't use all of your CPU and almost none of your GPU power. My i9-9900K CPU was around 14% - and there was no core at 100% usage (aka singlecore usage).
SCANNING TIPS:
- stay below 20kph
- below 4.5 minutes (to keep the filesize low)
- check exposure for good textures
- move steady and slow and make multiple runs (with different angles)
- "look behind stuff" to fill unknown areas
- Combine multiple scans into one scenery?
yes, but only manually aligning is available (I used Cloud Compare)
TECH SPECS:
SMA connector on top (antenna, GPS?)
Lidar Dome in front
Accuracy 2cm for 10 meters, 3cm for 20 meters, 5cm for 40 meters
Scan radius 40-70 meters (>10% reflectivity or >80% reflectivity)
Scan range 10-140 meters
Scan angle Horizontal 360°, Vertical 59°
Point cloud frequency 200,000 points/second
Laser light source 905 nm
Eye safety level Class 1 (IEC60825-1:2014) Eye Safety
Color texture 48MP 4-camera system, 360° x 300° support 16K panoramic
photo output
4x 48MP cams (180°, F2.0) but pics seem to be 12mp (4000x3000 super wideagle) (Front, 120° left and right, top)
HDR mode Support (3-5 exposure values)
USB C interface x 2
Data: here you PLUGIN your USBc NTFS stick - not a cable to your PC!
Power: for charging or power during use
Built-in battery 12000 mah, supports 1 hour of work, supports external
Network support Wi-Fi 5
Screen size 3.5”
Output format 3D Color Point Cloud PLY
3D Gaussian Splatting PLY
3D Colored Polygonal Model OBJ
3D Panoramic Tour Data (OBJ)
Volume 115mm x 181mm x 107mm
Weight 1.5 kg
Configuration 8 Cores 2.4GHz 32GB
MicroSD Card slot on bottom (card must be NTFS!)
Battery indicator
Competions products:
Leica BLK2GO 30k€?
FJD Trion P1 LiDAR 3D Scanner ~ 10k€
