This paper discusses the use of Airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) equipment for terrain navigation. Airborne LiDAR is a relatively new technology used primarily by the geo-spatial mapping community to produce highly accurate and dense terrain elevation maps. In this paper, the term LiDAR refers to a scanning laser ranger rigidly mounted to an aircraft, as opposed to an integrated sensor system that consists of a scanning laser ranger integrated with Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data. Data from the laser range scanner and IMU will be integrated with a terrain database to estimate the aircraft position and data from the laser range scanner will be integrated with GPS to estimate the aircraft attitude.
Light Detection and Ranging-Based Terrain Navigation A Concept Exploration
2004
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Infrared & Ultraviolet Detection , Aeronautics & Aerodynamics , Detectors , Terrain , Navigation , Mapping , Exploration , Global positioning system , Surveillance , Lasers , Airborne equipment , Optical radar , Flight tests , Avionics , Integration , Aircraft , Data compression , Light , Processing , Aviation safety