New to this site, and cannot quite find a category that suits my question, basically I want to buy a Lidar scanner so I can use it for projects at home and maybe as a business tool once proficient, I have been looking at various ones that are 3D, 2D, etc. starting at about £70+, which is a good starting point, well to start for me anyway.
I just want to know what I can expect from the output, I have read that slowing down the scan rate can achieve better results than a higherr speed scan and does it matter how long you leave the scanner running or does the point cloud used determine a maximum resolution output to achieve maximum results, can someone show me some examples of their output from the most basic ranging to mid level etc. any advice would be great? For instance do some(or all), 360° scanners allow both 3D and 2D(if/when) needed?
Adjusting the scanning frequency would certainly affect the resolution but reducing the frequency doesn’t always result in a better resolution (there’s a range of frequencies that you can control)
This one for an example has a range (5:8 Hz):
Most of the 360° scanners are 2D, only a few and very expensive ones are 3D.
Thanks very much for replying and giving some good advice, much appreciated, I might try out the YLIDAR X2 36o scanner, it seems reasonable to get started and I can play around see what I get. Are there any examples you know of or have that I can look at to see what they may be capable of please, no worries if you don’t?
The range also sounds good for what I want to look at, just old buildings, personal house design stuff, etc…
