Abstract

This paper, by critically reviewing different years (from 2010 to 2020) of research activities performed with Mobile Laser Scanning system, aims to review existing systems and how they are exploited in multifaceted domains. To such extent, the work defines five field domains where Mobile Laser Scanning have been used: Built and urban environment, Cultural heritage and Archaeology, Underground environment, Environmental monitoring, Forestry and Agriculture. Besides, this paper sheds the light on the pros and cons for each domain field, providing useful guidelines for those researchers involved in three-dimensional data collection with innovative systems. To achieve these purposes, research papers, were analysed, mainly considering geosciences related journals. The comparison among them revealed that, despite the incredible potential of Mobile Mapping System, the human intervention is still mandatory, and post-processing actions are needed to achieve the desired results, regardless the domain field. Moreover, our study provides insight into the technical and methodological limitations that raise a general scepticism on Mobile Mapping System for three-dimensional surveying, highlighting that in most of cases supplementary data are required to make the final result trustworthy. Such obstacles, hampering Mobile Laser Scanning diffusion, point towards unexplored areas for further investigations, serving as useful guidelines for future research directions.

摘要

本文通过批判性回顾不同年份（从 2010 年到 2020 年）使用移动激光扫描系统进行的研究活动，旨在回顾现有系统以及如何在多方面利用它们。为此，该工作定义了使用移动激光扫描的五个领域：建筑和城市环境、文化遗产和考古学、地下环境、环境监测、林业和农业。此外，本文阐明了每个领域的优缺点，为那些使用创新系统参与三维数据收集的研究人员提供了有用的指导。为了达到这些目的，我们对研究论文进行了分析，主要考虑与地球科学相关的期刊。他们之间的比较表明，尽管移动测绘系统具有令人难以置信的潜力，但人工干预仍然是强制性的，无论领域领域如何，都需要进行后处理才能达到预期的结果。此外，我们的研究提供了对技术和方法限制的洞察，这些限制引起了对用于三维测量的移动测绘系统的普遍怀疑，强调在大多数情况下需要补充数据才能使最终结果值得信赖。这样的障碍，