Toronto - Optech announced the release of the Optech Pegasus
HA500 ALTM, a purpose-built wide-area mapping sensor that is expressly focused
on maximizing collection efficiency.
Capable of altitudes up
to 5000 m AGL (16,500 ft), this powerful new sensor has the unique ability to
collect multi-beam LiDAR data throughout its entire operating envelope, for
point cloud density and accuracy at any altitude. With two new high-performance
lasers and an embedded 60-MP digital metric camera, the efficiency of the
Pegasus HA500 is increased.
“Our clients have been
demanding an active sensor for day/night use that not only combines high
altitude collection efficiency with high point density, but also provides the
point precision, accuracy and tree canopy penetration that only a LiDAR sensor
can provide,” commented Michael Sitar, Optech's airborne business and product
manager. “The Pegasus HA500 is the culmination of that effort, in that its unique
twin-laser configuration ensures the same data fidelity and measurement
precision irrespective of the number of beams, unlike lesser single-laser
multi-beam designs."
The Pegasus HA500 also incorporates many of the same productivity-focused
performance features as the Optech Orion ALTM sensors. The Orion sensors are
popular for their ultra-compact size, flexibility in installation and
scalability with external peripheral sensors, which enable custom yet seamless
multi-sensor configurations. Performance features common to both ALTMs include:
real-time point display for in-air true coverage verification; a real-time
in-air LAS file generator for rapid response applications that demand immediate
high-accuracy data delivery possible only with its OmniSTAR-enabled POS system;
LiDAR auto-calibration software incorporating rigorous least-squares adjustment
methods for data quality and accuracy quantification; and
full compatibility with the latest true 12-bit Optech IWD-2 Intelligent
Waveform Digitizer.
Optech Releases Pegasus HA500 ALTM
December 3, 2012
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