This is where I document observations, technologies and practical lessons encountered through real-world work in reality capture and geospatial technology.

You’ll find field observations, equipment and workflow notes, technology tests, industry events and ideas worth examining beyond a single project.

Some are technical. Some are exploratory. All come from direct contact with the work.

Think of these Field Notes as a working record of what I encounter, test and learn along the way.

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This field recording shows mobile SLAM scanning with a Lixel L2 Pro during a digital cemetery mapping project in Hungary.

The cemetery environment was captured using continuous mobile scanning trajectories rather than fixed terrestrial scan positions. Survey areas were planned with sufficient overlap between neighbouring trajectories to support subsequent point cloud registration and integration.

The environment presented several typical challenges for mobile reality capture, including narrow passages, dense vegetation, trees, irregular burial plot layouts and partially obscured graves.

GNSS-measured control points were used within the wider survey workflow to support georeferencing and refinement of the scanner-derived EOV coordinates.

From Capture to Point Cloud

Field acquisition was only the first stage of the workflow.

Individual trajectory datasets were processed and cleaned in Lixel Studio, then aligned and integrated in RiSCAN PRO. The resulting point clouds were georeferenced, colourised, optimised and checked against the project’s centimetre-level spatial requirements.

The final point density was also reduced to meet the technical requirements of the target cemetery management environment while preserving the spatial information required for documentation.

Selected captured environments were additionally processed into 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) models using LCC Studio (Lixel Cyber Color).

Capture → Processing → Registration → Georeferencing → Optimisation → QA/QC → Delivery

Technology

Mobile Laser Scanning: Lixel L2 Pro
GNSS: Emlid Reach RX2 / RS4
Point Cloud Processing: Lixel Studio
Registration & Integration: RiSCAN PRO
Spatial Reference: EOV
3DGS: LCC Studio (Lixel Cyber Color)

This field recording is part of a larger digital cemetery mapping project covering three cemetery sites in Hungary. I worked within a five-person project team in collaboration with RoaData Kft., contributing to field acquisition and the downstream reality capture and point cloud workflow.

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Every visit to INTERGEO is a reminder of how quickly the geospatial and reality capture industry continues to evolve.

What I find most interesting about events like this isn’t simply seeing the latest scanners, sensors and software. It’s seeing how individual technologies are becoming part of increasingly connected workflows from data acquisition and processing to analysis and final delivery.

After more than 15 years working with 3D laser scanning, point clouds and geospatial data, I still find it valuable to explore new approaches, compare technologies and talk to people solving similar problems in different ways.

Because new technology alone is rarely the answer.

A faster scanner, a different sensor or more automated software can open up new possibilities. But whether a technology is actually useful depends on the problem we are trying to solve and the output the project requires.

That is probably one of the reasons I still enjoy events like INTERGEO. There is always something new to see, question, compare and learn from.

The technology keeps evolving.

The important question remains the same:

What does the project actually need?

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If you work in this field, are exploring these technologies, or simply find this world as interesting as I do, I’d be glad to have you along.

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After completing the required drone training and examinations, I had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the WingtraRAY fixed-wing UAV during a field demonstration for Hungary’s national railway company, in cooperation with RoaData.

Coming from terrestrial laser scanning, mobile mapping and point cloud processing, what interested me most was seeing another approach to geospatial data acquisition in the field.

Every capture technology has its strengths and limitations. The important part is not simply adding another tool to the list, but understanding where it fits into a wider workflow and what problem it can actually solve.

For me, that process of testing, comparing and learning remains an important part of working with reality capture technology even after more than 15 years in the field.

Different tools. Different perspectives. One connected workflow.

Let’s stay connected.

RdesignR is where I share projects, technologies, lessons and practical experience from my work in reality capture and spatial data.

If you work in this field, are exploring these technologies, or simply find this world as interesting as I do, I’d be glad to have you along.

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