Predicting the future by analysing the past

Working as a team
帮助ITG team on the expedition were French and Italian Leica Geosystems technicians, in particular, manager Farouk Kadded. An experienced mountaineer and climber, Kadded could assist the team with their questions and they were able to learn a lot from him.

“We have been using Leica Geosystems instruments since 2011. Working together and receiving assistance from specialists such as Farouk had made us fully understand the difference of working with dedicated assistance from Leica Geosystems versus working with a company that only wants to sell instruments,” said Santagata.

行业领先的Leica Cyclone软件用于将数据处理成高度详细的3D点云模型。它通过一步准备和清洁数据来简化整个帖子处理工作流程。旋风有能力：

• Registering the original scans extremely fast
• Cleaning unnecessary information from large amounts of data
• Stitching together the scans seamlessly

“使用3D Reshaper软件使网格三角形的粗糙边缘平滑，使结果看起来很现实。它与旋风无缝集成，实际上与整个解决方案无缝集成，从而为我们节省了很多时间和不必要的步骤，” Santagata说。“我们还可以创建ICE地形模型并制作时间序列，以监视五年甚至10年的变化。

The team now has the first complete 3D model of the cave. The team also has ice samples and records of one year’s monitoring with data loggers. This is the starting point for all future comparisons, providing important information on climate change and morphological changes happening within the Dolomites. Currently, there are no similar projects offering such data anywhere.

“We are very happy with Leica Geosystems instruments. We are always sure that when we come down from that mountain, the instruments have collected exactly what we need. I can’t say that about any other brands.”

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Story: Predicting the future by analysing the past
Chapter 1:介绍
Chapter 2:Documenting the effects of time
Chapter 3: Working as a team