Emesent Hovermap -

Hovermap is a smart mobile scanning unit which can be walking scans or mounted to a drone to provide autonomous mapping in challenging inaccessible areas. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors or out, Hovermap is your complete mobile LiDAR mapping solution.

Hovermap has its heritage in CSIRO’s Data61, a world leader in data science research in Australia, where many years of SLAM-based(*) development has resulted in the Hovermap unit we have today. This development has also been aided and boosted by Emesent’s involvement with Data61 in the USA-based DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Subterranean Challenge.

(*) SLAM – Simultaneous Localization And Mapping

Mapping Specifications

SLAM mapping	Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) based LiDAR mapping +/- 0.03% drift
LiDAR range	0.40 m to 100 m
LiDAR accuracy	+/- 30 mm
Mapping accuracy	+/- 20 mm in general environments +/- 15 mm in typical underground and indoor environments +/- 5 mm for close range scanning
Angular field of view	360° x 360°
LiDAR data acquisition speed	300,000 points/sec
Maximum data capture travelling speed	Vehicle: 40 km/h; flight: 5 m/s above ground, 2 m/s underground or confined spaces
Start / stop scanning while in motion	Yes
Outputs	Full resolution point clouds, decimated point clouds, trajectory
Point cloud file format	.las, .laz, .ply, .dxf
Point cloud attributes	Intensity, range, time, return number and ring number
Processing parameters	Pre-set profiles with 20+ adjustable parameters
File size	300MB/min
USB3	High speed data offload
Storage	480 Gigabytes – approximately 12 hours of sensor data
Operating temperature	0-50°C

Keywords: Mobile Mapping System (MMS), Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), Drone, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)