THE N EXT L EVEL

OF P ERFORMANCE

Industrial area, Toronto, Ontario, flown with Optech’s

ALTM 3100 (right). Image features (from top to bottom)
color-coded elevation; composite color/intensity;
and intensity image.
A L T M 3100 :
A LT M 3 1 0 0 S p e c i f i c a t i o n s
Airborne Module
Operating altitude
Horizontal accuracy
Elevation accuracy
Range resolution
Range capture
Intensity capture
Scan frequency
Scan angle
Scanner Product
Roll compensation
Swath width
Position Orientation System Applanix - POSAV 510 including
Spot distribution
Laser repetition rate
Data storage hard drives
Beam divergence
Laser classification
Power requirements
Operating temperature
(air temperature)
Storage temperature
Humidity
3,500 m a l t i t u d e ! 100,00 0 laser pulses per second!
Control Rack
80 - 3,500 m nominal Vibration-isolated case:
1/2,000 x altitude; 1 sigma Dimensions/weight 65 cm x 59 cm x 49 cm/53.2 kg
<15 cm at 1.2 km; 1 sigma (in-flight) covers removed, with removable hard
<25 cm at 2.0 km; 1 sigma drive installed
<35 cm at 3.0 km; 1 sigma Cables/laptop 7.6 kg/3 kg
1 cm
Up to 4 range measurements for each Sensor Head
pulse including last
Fits standard camera mounts or mounts directly to floor
12 bit dynamic range for
Overall dimensions/ 26 cm x 19 cm x 57 cm/23.4 kg
each measurement
weight (in-flight) (incl. sensor insulating jacket)
Variable; maximum 70 Hz
Minimum opening 19.2 cm x 25.5 cm (flight direction)
Variable from 0 to ±25°, in
increments of ±1°
Processing Software
Scan angle x scan frequency ≤1,000
5 Hz update rate REALM Survey Suite Differential kinematic GPS solution
(Scan angle + Roll comp. angle Trajectory optimization from multiple
= 25°, i.e., ±20° scan allows ±5° base stations
compensation) XYZ point calculations module
Variable from 0 to 0.93 x altitude m Vegetation classification/
extraction feature
Internal 12 channel dual frequency Windows NT/2000/XP compatible
2 Hz GPS receiver GPS Ground Support
Sawtooth, uniform across 96%
Multiple base stations Any dual frequency receiver
of scan
with Rinex output
33 kHz (max. altitude (AGL) 3.5 km)
50 kHz (max. altitude (AGL) 2.5 km)
Available Options
70 kHz (max. altitude (AGL) 1.7 km)
100 kHz (max. altitude (AGL) 1.1 km) 4k x 4k Digital camera Integrated metric frame camera
Ruggedized removable hard drive to deliver geo-referenced (X,Y,Z)
Minimum 7 hr. continuous log time color or color-IR images with
@ 100 kHz sub-pixel accuracy
Dual divergence 0.3 mrad (1/e) or Intelligent Waveform
0.8 mrad (1/e) Digitizer 8 bits @ 1 nsec sample interval per
Class IV (FDA CFR 21) pulse (maximum 50 kHz)
28 VDC, 35 A (maximum)
Note: to meet its stated accuracy, the ALTM must receive GPS data of sufficient quality.
Control rack: +10°C to +35°C GPS data quality shall be viable only when all of the following conditions are met:
Sensor head: -10°C to +35°C -At least four satellites are in lock (tracked by the reciever) throughout the survey
-Elevation of the satellites is good (i.e., PDOP <4)
(assuming the use of thermal jacket) -Aircraft stays within 30 km of the GPS base station
-10°C to +50°C If one or more of these conditions is not met, or if any source of electromagnetic inter-
ference causes the GPS receivers to repeatedly lose lock, the specified accuracy of the
0 - 95% non-condensing ALTM will be compromised.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
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