Velodyne Lidar Technology Generates Point Cloud Data
YellowScan Surveyor Easily Adaptable to Any Drone
Delivers 100 Data Points per M² with Accuracy Below 5cm

On the 23rd, Velodyne Lidar announced that YellowScan's YellowScan Surveyor has utilized Velodyne's sensor technology to collect precise mapping data for an infrastructure construction project on one of the busiest roads in Central Europe.

The YellowScan Surveyor, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveying system, collects precise and detailed topographic data through efficient methods, delivering superior results compared to time-intensive manual surveying work of the past.
This project collecting data from a 47-kilometer section of the M1 highway (E60, E65, E75) in northwestern Hungary was conducted by Ventus-Tech using the YellowScan Surveyor.

Data collected by launching unmanned aerial vehicles 88 times over one month enabled engineers to design plans to expand the highway from two lanes in each direction (2+2) to three lanes in each direction (3+3).

The YellowScan Surveyor is equipped with Velodyne Lidar's "Puck," a compact, multifunctional sensor that accurately measures and analyzes all terrain features and provides high-resolution 360-degree surrounding view imagery.

Pierre d'Hauteville, CEO of YellowScan, stated: "The YellowScan Surveyor is a true turnkey solution for advanced applications like highways, preventing organizations from conducting costly and risky manual surveying. Using Velodyne's lidar technology, we can provide accurate and dense data and generate georeferenced point cloud data in real time," he said.
In this project, the YellowScan Surveyor equipped with Velodyne's Puck sensor delivered 100 data points per square meter with accuracy below 5 centimeters. Detailed accuracy is particularly important when redesigning existing roads, as existing infrastructure, drainage networks, and vegetation must be considered. The project is currently in the design, planning, and approval phase, with final design approval expected by mid-2019 and construction completion planned by 2022.

Mike Jellen, President and Chief Communications Officer (CCO) of Velodyne Lidar, stated: "Industry-leading companies rely on the rich data captured by Velodyne's computing to provide surveying systems with minimized complexity. YellowScan's robust and fully integrated system is designed to meet the demanding requirements of complex surveying and topographic applications, and the YellowScan Surveyor easily adapts to any drone, generating data whenever and wherever customers need it," he said.

Balint Vanek, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Ventus-Tech, stated: "The YellowScan Surveyor enables us to conduct surveying quickly and efficiently while minimizing disruption to road traffic, supplying detailed 3D data that accurately depicts the terrain. Without YellowScan's support, we would not have been able to undertake such a complex large-scale project," he said.