Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring
Improving the resilience of infrastructures is key to reduce their risk vulnerability and mitigate impact from hazards at different levels (e.g., from increasing extreme events, driven by climate change); or from human-made events such as: accidents, vandalism or terrorist actions. One of the most r...
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doaj-fc4f81b5d53044cca7d1bf60f7339c872020-11-25T01:36:58ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112019-09-01445810.3390/infrastructures4040058infrastructures4040058Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure MonitoringMario Soilán0Ana Sánchez-Rodríguez1Pablo del Río-Barral2Carlos Perez-Collazo3Pedro Arias4Belén Riveiro5Department of Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Mining Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainDepartment of Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainImproving the resilience of infrastructures is key to reduce their risk vulnerability and mitigate impact from hazards at different levels (e.g., from increasing extreme events, driven by climate change); or from human-made events such as: accidents, vandalism or terrorist actions. One of the most relevant aspects of resilience is preparation. This is directly related to: (i) the risk prediction capability; (ii) the infrastructure monitoring; and (iii) the systems contributing to anticipate, prevent and prepare the infrastructure for potential damage. This work focuses on those methods and technologies that contribute to more efficient and automated infrastructure monitoring. Therefore, a review that summarizes the state of the art of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging)-based data processing is presented, giving a special emphasis to road and railway infrastructure. The most relevant applications related to monitoring and inventory transport infrastructures are discussed. Furthermore, different commercial LiDAR-based terrestrial systems are described and compared to offer a broad scope of the available sensors and tools to remote monitoring infrastructures based on terrestrial systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/4/4/58mobile laser scannersroad monitoringrailway monitoringpoint cloud processinginfrastructure asset inventory |
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Mario Soilán Ana Sánchez-Rodríguez Pablo del Río-Barral Carlos Perez-Collazo Pedro Arias Belén Riveiro Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring Infrastructures mobile laser scanners road monitoring railway monitoring point cloud processing infrastructure asset inventory |
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Mario Soilán Ana Sánchez-Rodríguez Pablo del Río-Barral Carlos Perez-Collazo Pedro Arias Belén Riveiro |
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Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring |
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Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring |
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Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring |
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Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring |
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Review of Laser Scanning Technologies and Their Applications for Road and Railway Infrastructure Monitoring |
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review of laser scanning technologies and their applications for road and railway infrastructure monitoring |
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Infrastructures |
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Improving the resilience of infrastructures is key to reduce their risk vulnerability and mitigate impact from hazards at different levels (e.g., from increasing extreme events, driven by climate change); or from human-made events such as: accidents, vandalism or terrorist actions. One of the most relevant aspects of resilience is preparation. This is directly related to: (i) the risk prediction capability; (ii) the infrastructure monitoring; and (iii) the systems contributing to anticipate, prevent and prepare the infrastructure for potential damage. This work focuses on those methods and technologies that contribute to more efficient and automated infrastructure monitoring. Therefore, a review that summarizes the state of the art of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging)-based data processing is presented, giving a special emphasis to road and railway infrastructure. The most relevant applications related to monitoring and inventory transport infrastructures are discussed. Furthermore, different commercial LiDAR-based terrestrial systems are described and compared to offer a broad scope of the available sensors and tools to remote monitoring infrastructures based on terrestrial systems. |
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mobile laser scanners road monitoring railway monitoring point cloud processing infrastructure asset inventory |
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