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Continuous acquisition from a vehicle

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Efficient mobile survey for stockpiles, highwalls and haul roads.

Maptek Drive enables continuous acquisition of laser scan data using a Maptek laser scanner mounted on a moving vehicle. It is designed for mining, quarry and civil operations that require efficient coverage of stockpiles, highwalls, haul roads and other survey areas.

Using an Inertial Navigation System, scans are automatically georeferenced and displayed in the vehicle cab so operators can confirm point density and coverage while work is in progress.

Drive provides a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to dedicated mobile scanning systems, with workflows suited to common mining deliverables. Maptek laser scanners can also be mounted on standard site vehicles without the INS for stop-go scanning deployments.

Drive Overview

Common applications, operating priorities, and expected deliverables.

Built for
Mobile mining & civil survey

Built for operations that require efficient mobile capture across stockpiles, haul roads, highwalls, corridors and bulk earthworks environments.

Use for
Flexible site-wide data capture

Use Drive for continuous vehicle-based scanning, stop-go deployment and repeatable survey workflows that fit active site conditions.

Delivers
Faster coverage with practical deliverables

Support stockpile reconciliation, top of coal capture, surface updates and other common mining deliverables with less interruption to site activity.

Capture more ground with flexible mobile workflows.

Drive combines vehicle-based laser scanning with workflows tailored for mining and civil survey, helping teams collect more data, reduce setup overhead and maintain momentum across active sites without leaving the vehicle.

Continuous acquisition from a moving vehicle
Faster site coverage

Capture survey data continuously from a moving vehicle so large areas can be covered more quickly. Deliverables can be applied directly within Maptek point cloud and surface processing workflows.

Efficient survey deliverables
Operational continuity

Complete multiple survey applications in the same pass and minimise interruption to site activities, helping survey work fit active production environments.

Features & benefits

Features

  • Automatically georeference captured data into real-world coordinates
  • Use in-cab visualisation tools to confirm coverage and point density as work progresses
  • Apply workflows tailored for stockpile reconciliation, top of coal capture and surface model updates

Benefits

  • More flexible and cost-effective than comparable dedicated mobile systems
  • Use the same laser scanner for stockpiles, open pits, quarries, corridors, roads and geological mapping workflows
  • Deploy the same scanner across tripod, vehicle-mounted stop-go, rail or hatch-mounted survey, and continuous scanning modes

From mobile capture to survey-ready outputs.

Drive supports efficient mobile acquisition across active mining, quarry and civil environments. Automatic georeferencing and in-cab visibility of scan density and coverage help teams collect data confidently while staying productive in the field.

Common applications include stockpile volumetrics, end-of-month reconciliation, top of coal mapping, haul road survey and highwall mapping. Stationary scans can also be used to collect data for updating surface models.

Because the same scanner can be used across continuous vehicle-based capture, stop-go deployment and more traditional survey modes, Drive offers a practical path to broader site coverage without requiring a separate dedicated mobile system.

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Contact Maptek

Contact Maptek to discuss Drive capabilities, system options and support for continuous vehicle-based scanning workflows.