Data Acquisition

Airborne Mapping

Integrated airborne LiDAR and calibrated aerial imaging for large territories, infrastructure corridors and technically demanding mapping programmes.

What we do

Airborne acquisition designed around the final geospatial product

MapSoft plans and executes airborne LiDAR and aerial-imaging campaigns for large territories, infrastructure corridors, rivers, urban areas and land-management projects. Mission design starts from the required product — coverage, accuracy, point density, GSD, control and final use — so acquisition is configured around the project rather than a fixed flight pattern.

LiDAR, calibrated RGB/NIR imagery and GNSS/INS positioning are coordinated with downstream georeferencing, classification, terrain modelling and orthophoto production. The result is one controlled acquisition workflow able to move efficiently from flight operations to engineering-ready spatial data.

Where it is used

Built around the project context.

01

Transport corridors

Railways, roads and associated engineering zones.

02

River & floodplain mapping

Wide terrain capture integrated with banks, bridges and bathymetry.

03

Urban & municipal mapping

High-resolution imagery, LiDAR and building/terrain foundations.

04

Land & environmental programmes

Orthophoto, terrain, vegetation and cadastral-support datasets.

How we work

A controlled path from requirement to delivery.

0101 · REQUIREMENTS

Coverage, accuracy, GSD, point density, datum and final outputs.

0202 · MISSION DESIGN

Flight blocks or corridors, overlap, control and operational constraints.

0303 · ACQUISITION

Simultaneous LiDAR and aerial imaging with direct positioning.

0404 · GEOREFERENCING & QA

Trajectory processing, strip adjustment, aerial triangulation and checks.

0505 · DATA PRODUCTION

Point clouds, terrain models, orthophotos and engineering-ready datasets.

Technology & methods

Technology in a delivery role.

Survey platform

SILA 750 Survey Aircraft

MapSoft's airborne survey platform supports coordinated LiDAR and aerial-imaging missions over large areas and long corridors. Its role is to provide a stable operational platform for integrated sensor acquisition and repeatable project execution.

Airborne LiDAR

Teledyne Optech Galaxy EDGE+

The primary airborne laser-scanning system is used to create dense 3D measurements of terrain, vegetation, infrastructure and other surface features. LiDAR acquisition is integrated with direct positioning and downstream strip-adjustment and classification workflows.

Aerial imaging

Phase One iXU-RS1000

Calibrated aerial imagery is acquired as a metric mapping source and, where required, as a complementary RGB/NIR dataset. Imaging and LiDAR can be collected within the same campaign to support orthophoto, interpretation and multisource production.

Typical outputs

What the client receives.

Georeferenced point clouds

LAS / project-specific structures

Orthophotos

RGB and, where required, NIR

DTM / DSM

Terrain and surface models

Topographic data

Engineering-ready mapping

3D foundations

Buildings, corridors and city models

Quality & control

Geometry is controlled across the complete chain

Quality control combines airborne-system checks with independent spatial control and production-stage validation.

Acquisition & georeferencing

  • Project-specific flight and control design.
  • GNSS/INS trajectory processing and direct georeferencing.
  • Ground control and independent check data where required.
  • Coverage, overlap and mission-completeness review.

Production validation

  • LiDAR strip alignment and consistency checks.
  • Aerial-triangulation and image-orientation control.
  • Point-cloud, DTM and orthophoto completeness checks.
  • Accuracy reporting against project-specific acceptance criteria.
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