RIEGL Upgrades Kinematic Lidar Data Software Suite

RIEGL has recently released its software suite for processing kinematic Lidar data: RiPROCESS 1.9.2. The software and the associated tools provide additional benefits for processing RIEGL kinematic laser scan data.

Due to advances in RIEGL's core database engine RDBLib, the writing speed has increased significantly, thus improving the overall processing time of point clouds. The update is especially beneficial in the case of large volumes of point cloud data, saving precious processing time in big projects.

NIR Attribute for Point Clouds

In rare cases, some measurements have to be assigned a different MTA zone after georeferencing the point cloud. RiPROCESS provides an interactive tool to do so. Thanks to improvements in the level-of-detail feature of the RDBLib, the workflow is now smoother and significantly faster for large datasets.

The new release introduces a NIR attribute for point clouds. The data can be exported as LAS/LAZ files with both RGB colour and additional NIR data (Point Data Record Format 8). This feature is especially useful for RIEGL VQ-1560 II systems with two cameras, an RGB camera and an achromatic camera sensitive at near-infrared wavelengths, for example.