This presentation showcases the 21st Civil Engineer Squadrons Engineering Support Office High-Definition Surveying™ (HDS™) capabilities that support Air Force GeoBase program objectives. The GeoBase program ensures the provision of and access to common, accurate and current geospatial information for all Air Force installations, ranges and property and consists of a Common Installation Picture and mission specific geospatial data: Mission Data Layers and Mission Data Sets. The use of High-Definition Surveying equipment has proven invaluable to the Engineering Support offices mission to maintain the installations Common Installation Picture and Mission Data Sets. This force-multiplier allows a single individual to capture millions of geo-referenced vector points in minutes with accuracies that exceed installation mapping requirements. This presentation will provide a field-to-finish perspective of the High-Definition Surveying operations performed by Engineering Support personnel at Peterson AFB.

2. The evolution of a vision
HDS provides superior aircraft mishap survey support, expedient site planning,
topography development, and enhanced force protection capabilities.

3. The Honeymoon!
HDS georeferencing is accomplished from GPS Control Points onsite. The C10
ScanStation scans medium resolution (shown) in 7.5 minutes, image collection is the
same for a total run time of 15 minutes. With a range of 1000’, Technicians can edit
hundreds of features during a single editing session.

4. The 21st Engineering Support Office innovative pursuits now include
High-Definition Surveying™ (HDS™) capabilities designed to increase
productivity and accuracy for Common Installation Picture (CIP),
Mission Data Sets (MDS), and Facility as-built updates.
Equipment: Leica ScanStation C10 scanner - Compact, pulsed, dual-axis compensated, very high speed
laser scanner, with survey-grade accuracy, range, and field-of-view; integrated camera and laser plummet.
Accuracy of single measurement:
Position: 6 mm
Distance: 4 mm
Angle (horizontal/vertical): 60 μrad / 60 μrad (12” / 12”); Modeled surface: 2 mm; Target acquisition: 2 mm std. Deviation
Laser Scanning System
Type: Pulsed; proprietary microchip;
Color Green, wavelength = 532 nm; Laser Class 3R (IEC 60825-1);
Range 300 m @ 90%;
Scan rate Up to 50,000 points/sec, maximum
Scan resolution Spot size: From 0 – 50 m: 4.5 mm (FWHH-based); 7 mm (Gaussian-based)
Point spacing: Fully selectable horizontal and vertical; <1 mm minimum spacing, through full range; single point dwell capacity
Field-of-View
Horizontal: 360° (maximum); Vertical: 270° (maximum)
Aiming/Sighting: Parallax-free, integrated zoom video
Scanning Optics: Vertically rotating mirror on horizontally rotating base; Smart X-Mirror™ automatically spins or oscillates
for minimum scan time
Data storage capacity: 80 GB onboard solid-state drive (SSD) or external USB device
Communications: Dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) Address, Ethernet or wireless LAN (WLAN) with external adapter
Integrated color digital camera with zoom video: Single 17° x 17° image: 1920 x 1920 pixels (4 megapixels);
Full 360° x 270° dome: 260 images; streaming video with zoom; auto-adjusts to ambient lighting
Onboard display: Touchscreen control with stylus, full color graphic display, QVGA (320 x 240 pixels)

5. Facility As-built reconstruction
Composite Facility High-Definition Model

6. Facility As-built reconstruction
Main Hallway
Interior facility scans provide asset
inventory and composite floor plan
updates.

7. Facility As-built reconstruction
Mechanical Hallway

8. Common Installation Picture
North Gate Reconstruction

9. Common Installation Picture
North Gate Reconstruction

10. Common Installation Picture
Curb and Gutter Data Collection

11. Common Installation Picture
High-Definition Silhouette
Building and Vegetation

12. Common Installation Picture
Base Operations
New ATFP project at Base Operations; notice the paver detail on the Compass Rose
and Red Carpet! We performed 14 scans in this area to supplement CIP GPS surveys

13. Common Installation Picture
Additional investigation provided updates to the building outline for Bldg 122

14. What you see you input!
TruSpace pictures from Lieca Software. Scene can be referenced while digitizing
for greater data population and awareness.

15. Two scans, millions of points!

16. Build it and we’ll capture it!
Scanning project captures interior features prior to wall sheeting

17. The end of an era; we got this!

18. The end of an era; we got this!
“The level of detail and visual representation exceeds
our expectations every time!”
“It’s truly a “What You See Is What You Get” capability
that’s 100% credible!”
The C10’s comprehensive vector and image capture
operation was an invaluable asset during the Air Force
Surveillance Site surveys accomplished in August 2011.
The teams completed 80 scans at 10 sites across the
southern United States
“We’re able to go back to each site immediately and
extract additional data from the scans right here in
Colorado which is a huge benefit for our organization.”