New perspectives in long range laser scanner survey focus on structural data treatment to define rockfall susceptibility

Abstract

Laser scanning techniques are nowadays more and more used in engineering geology in order to describe slope instability assessment. In this study it is described an application of a new Terrestrial Laser Scanner that offers an extremely long measurement range and the procedure applied for geological data treatment. Point cloud, 3D models, “solid images” and DEM generated from Terrestrial Laser Scanner survey were managed with Ad Hoc, a software platform with specific tools for geological and geomechanic analysis.