Mara Vance
This section tracks application conditions, control questions, deployment choices, and handoff requirements. Search the current section for a named environment, deliverable, or workflow issue.
Route ledger
| Route | Destination | What it contains |
|---|---|---|
| By environment | Mining & underground → | Obstructed access, mine routes, safety planning, and closure checks. |
| By deployment mode | Backpack, vehicle, robot, drone → | Platform constraints, preflight questions, and route planning. |
| By workflow stage | Field QA & processing → | Registration review, coverage checks, and coordinate confirmation. |
| By intended deliverable | Buildings, BIM & facilities → | Point-cloud packaging, scan-to-BIM handoff, and facility records. |
Field note catalog
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From Jet Point Cloud to CAD or BIM: A Deliverable-First Workflow
A lean point-cloud modeling workflow for coordinates, source provenance, extraction rules, IFC exchange, layered QA, and a usable final package.
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Build an Independent Jet Accuracy Test the Crew Can Repeat
A repeatable accuracy-test design with a representative field, independent checkpoints, frozen protocols, spatial residuals, and an operating envelope.
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Jet Scan-to-BIM Handoff: What the Field Team Must Capture
A model-oriented field workflow that turns BIM scope into observable surfaces, connected routes, controlled coordinates, attributes, and clear gaps.
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A No-Surprises Jet Capture Plan for Congested Industrial Facilities
An operations-first capture plan for industrial cells, permits, occlusion recovery, coordinate control, asset identity, and progressive QA.
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Mobile LiDAR vs. Terrestrial Scanning: A Field-Decision Matrix
A practical comparison of moving and stationary LiDAR workflows based on site geometry, feature needs, access, field time, QA, and hybrid capture.
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Hands, Packs, Vehicles, Robots, or Drones: Choosing a Jet Deployment
A field decision guide for matching Jet deployment to access, viewpoint, crew exposure, regulations, recovery, and the required deliverable.
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From Jet Capture to Survey Deliverables: Control, Checks, and Handoff
A survey handoff framework that preserves raw observations, separates control from checkpoints, tests coordinates, and delivers usable files.
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Close the Loop: A Practical Jet Topographic Survey Field Plan
A feature-led field plan for topographic mobile LiDAR, covering control, loops, mixed deployment, checkpoints, and defensible survey handoff.
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Construction Progress Scans That Stay Comparable Week After Week
A repeat-capture system for keeping routes, coordinates, QA, zones, and progress reports comparable as the construction site changes.
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LiDAR, 3D Laser Scanning, or Photogrammetry? Start With the Deliverable
A deliverable-first comparison of LiDAR, laser scanning, photogrammetry, and hybrid capture for measured clouds, textured models, BIM, and change evidence.