Low-Price LIDAR devices and Photogrammetry together -- any avantages?

[jupp2000]

Hi Zephyr staff!
Since there are some nice low-bugdet LIDAR devices on the market like this one i would like to ask, if it makes sense to use them combined with photogrammetry?
It is clear, that they must be mounted on a servo-driven 360 degree arm, but with a 3D printer and some Arduino basics this should not be a big problem.
But regarding to the output quality, I could not see any examples of a dense cloud for RPLIDAR etc.
Did you made some experiments with that devices?

Best regards
Stephan

[Andrea Alessi]

Hi,

we don't have direct experience with that specific device.

low-cost lidar tend to bring in a lot of noise, but it can have their use and there's a lot of different devices out there, some better than other.

Unfortunatley without looking at the data it outputs, we're unable to help you in determining if it's a good product. sorry!

[jupp2000]

Hi Andrea,

I didn't mean this device specifically, but whether you can say in general, whether cheap LIDARs are a recommended
add-on for indoor work with high-resolution images that come from a normal camera.

[Andrea Alessi]

Hi Andrea,

I didn't mean this device specifically, but whether you can say in general, whether cheap LIDARs are a recommended
add-on for indoor work with high-resolution images that come from a normal camera.

Hi,

it depends, some people find them useful, some people find them too noisy. It's really up to the device and your use case.

Sorry I don't have a boolean answer