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Mobile Mapping of cycle paths and roads for public authorities
Municipalities and road authorities are already beginning to reap the benefits of our revolutionary Mobile Mapping technology and the associated PointView® web viewer. It has never been easier to perform surveying and design tasks, and the results have never been so detailed.
Around 20 road authorities in Denmark have already had parts of their road networks mapped using LE34’s Mobile Mapping. Two of these are Fredericia Municipality and Aalborg Municipality.
Aalborg Municipality: design and analysis free from surprises
Aalborg Municipality wants to improve parking facilities on Fyensgade. At the same time, it needs to optimise the gradient of pavements and road surfaces to reduce the volume of runoff water flowing into nearby basement wells. The municipality therefore needed a survey of the existing conditions that was not merely detailed but accurate to the millimetre for x, y and elevations.
They chose LE34’s new Mobile Mapping technology, which collected huge volumes of data and 360-degree images of the road and its surroundings in a very short time.
The result is a 3D model that sets completely new standards for the engineering design process. It enables the municipality’s road engineers to design the new parking facilities down to the smallest detail because the model is accurate to the millimetre in all planes.
For example, the 3D model contains detailed information about elevations and gradients, which is essential for managing drainage on Fyensgade. The municipality has designed a new road-marking plan for the area and carried out detailed design of a future cycle path, underground waste containers and new pavement surfacing to be included in the sewer project in 2022–2023.
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Mobile Mapping
LE34’s latest surveying technology, Mobile Mapping, collects all data about your road network in a complete, user-friendly digital overview that allows you to take precise measurements directly from the screen. It is the market’s best and fastest tool for efficient road operation and design – available only from LE34.
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PointView™
Imagine a web-based solution that gives you access to vast amounts of data in a simple, user-friendly overview. Such a solution has been missing when exchanging and working with point clouds, 3D models and detailed interactive maps. That is why we developed PointView®.
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Mads Rytter Asferg, engineer, Aalborg Municipality
“An accurate survey was important so that we could carry out detailed design of future pavements, kerb clearance and a new cycle path in preparation for protecting the many basement wells against runoff water. Mobile Mapping gave us that.”
Fredericia Municipality: design of two cycle paths in no time
LE34 used Mobile Mapping in Fredericia Municipality to survey several kilometres of road network. As a result, the municipality now has fully updated images of the road section to support the design of new roads and infrastructure. The system produces much more data than traditional land surveying methods.
For example, the 3D model generated by Mobile Mapping data shows stairways, basement windows, road markings and signs.
Besides providing accurate, detailed data, Mobile Mapping is an extremely efficient surveying method. LE34 can produce razor-sharp results even at 80 km/h. This means that a road section which previously would have taken two employees 25 to 30 days to survey using traditional methods can now be surveyed in a morning.
This efficient survey process benefits clients. In Fredericia Municipality, it significantly accelerated the design process – two cycle paths were designed in only a few weeks.
Morten Kurtzman Svanborg, Head of Roads and Parks, Fredericia Municipality
“The roads were surveyed using Mobile Mapping on the Tuesday, we put the files into PointView®, and the consulting engineer started designing on the Monday. All in all, we surveyed and designed two cycle path projects in three and a half weeks and then began construction work. We could never have done that using traditional land surveying methods.”
PointView® makes it easy to use survey data
The huge volumes of data we collect using Mobile Mapping can cause a standard computer to crash. That is why we developed the PointView® web viewer, which gives our clients access to the data through their browser. Staff at Fredericia and Aalborg municipalities can perform surveying, registration and design activities easily and intuitively without needing to be 3D specialists or use special software.
At any time during the design phase, staff can open PointView® to take a measurement or check a detail – without leaving the office or ordering a new survey because the elevation of a pavement was initially omitted. With Mobile Mapping, everything is surveyed in one fell swoop and remains readily available throughout the work process – both to the municipality’s own employees and to affiliated consultants.
Mobile Mapping covers many kilometres of road. Therefore, the data received by Aalborg and Fredericia municipalities can be used for much more than the current construction projects. It can also be used for future projects in the same area because it is already available in PointView®, eliminating the need to order a new design basis.
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Construction work rests on a detailed foundation
The high degree of accuracy and the many details in the 3D model in PointView® make it possible to design new pavements, cycle paths, roads and parking spaces down to the smallest detail. This minimises the risk of errors and the need for adjustments during construction.
Read more about PointView®Mads Rytter Asferg, engineer, Aalborg Municipality
“The data collected in the form of images and a point cloud in PointView® has substantially reduced our need for inspections and our own surveys in the field.”
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Contact us
You are welcome to contact project manager Anders Nygaard Møller if you would like more information about Mobile Mapping and PointView®.
Anders Nygaard Møller
Chartered land surveyor and partner
Director, LE34 Engineering Surveying
+45 5131 4212
am@le34.dk
