Automated surveys and integrated auto-location by Laser Scanner and GPS

The present contribution is mainly based on studies, research and applications aimed to a “quick” resolution of an integrated problem oriented towards the self-localization and perimetration through mobile devices. The methodology adopted is applied on a real case study (outdoors) by using the following surveying tools: a kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS) and a Laser Scanner supporting a “mobile platform” (deployed on a mobile platform). A “GS14” GPS receiver provided by Leica Geosystem and a two-dimensional Laser Scanner provided by the Automation and Control Laboratory of the University “Mediteranea” of Reggio Calabria were positioned on an experimental mobile system specifically designed to simulate the behaviour of a future and fully automated platform. The study focuses on the experimental development of a “quick” methodology to use in order to conduct the traditional land surveying through a Laser Scanner alongside with GPS receivers in a three dimensional centimetric resolution within one single system of reference made up of individual scans operated by a “Stop-and-Go “ device.