(2027)UNIVERSITY COLLEGES CAN HELP SMALLER LAND SURVEYINGCOMPANIES IN INTRODUCING NEW DATA ACQUISITIONTECHNIQUES

摘要

The ever developing instruments, techniques and software are at the same time a blessing and acurse for the contemporary land surveyor.Laser scanning is one of these new techniques and although its versatility, speed and accuracy arepraised in articles and on exhibitions, a lot of Belgian land surveyors are somewhat reluctant tointroduce laser scanning in their own company. There is still a lot of uncertainty in regard to theefficiency of this data acquisition method and especially the processing of the data and the productionof deliverables that meet the client’s needs and expectations.University Colleges can contribute to stimulate the smaller land surveying companies to invest ininnovation and thus maintain their competitiveness and consolidate their position in an open Europeanmarket.This article describes how researchers at university colleges translate their knowledge and experiencein such a way that they can support smaller companies, which do not have the resources to do theirown research, in making an educated decision concerning the introduction of laser scanning in theircompany.