RAIL SURVEYING
Imaginative mobile mapping on track
With time, accuracy and safety big factors when surveying rail assets, Mat Kellett, mobile mapping product manager at Topcon, talks about how collaboration and imagination have brought together a perfect solution for fast surveying options on the track.
T he Topcon IP-S2 mobile mapping solution offers high density point
cloud with colourful image overlay for the ultimate in feature recognition and mapping detail, used for many applications including utility infrastructure,
asset management
and transportation. Working
alongside Topcon, one of the
biggest global positioning and laser scanning equipment providers in the world, was Aquarius Railroad Technologies Ltd (www.railrover. com) a market leader, providing four-wheel drive road rail vehicles for track maintenance.
CATSURVEYS was able to incorporate the use of Topcon’s IP-S2 Mobile Mapping Compact and Unit and Aquarius’s ‘Rail Truck’ to create a unique mobile mapping solution for use on the railways.
Luke Steadman, survey manager at CATSURVEYS, said: “Laser scanning has an endless array of uses throughout the world and it’s great that we as a company can be a part of something new and innovative that will benefit
every member of the railway community. Whether you are a railway service provider or if you simply use trains to commute. This new fuse of technologies will bring about faster maintenance, faster railway management, safer tracks and most importantly cheaper costs.”
Aquarius’ Land Rover RRV is capable
of transporting equipment from depot to trackside then on rail,
conjunction with the expertise of CATSURVEYS.
Abi Broadley, marketing manager at Aquarius, said: “At Aquarius we are passionate about innovation, creating products that are designed to save our clients time and money. This surveying solution does just that, efficiently scanning the whole track and surrounding area in a minimum amount of time.”
On- and off-tracking is easy and quick, with the rail guidance system being activated at the push of a button from within the cab. The double cab allows room for the computer equipment,
making it a
perfect partner for Topcon’s IP-S2 Mobile Mapping unit in
driver and engineers. The scanning equipment is fitted to the rear of the pickup body and creates the height required for data capturing.
With the ability to travel at speeds of 20mph on track, and 15mph in reverse, the data can be collected quickly, easily and safely.
The capabilities of the IP-S2 FOR MORE INFORMATION
Mat Kellet T: 07768 518349 W:
www.topcon-positioning.eu/
solution
are endless, with a little imagination and collaboration.
rail technology magazine Dec/Jan 14 | 83
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