Sam Hackett, Associate Surveyor and Mobile Mapping Manager from Wood

Welcome to our first international edition of the popular series “Road Trips with Josh and the VMX”. Today's journey is off the interstate maps as we travel to the southernmost Polynesian island: New Zealand!

Joshua France, RIEGL USA’s MLS Segment Manager is joined today with Sam Hackett, Associate Surveyor and Mobile Mapping Manager from Wood. Sam’s office is based out of Auckland, New Zealand, and his company has over 50-years of experience in urban design, architecture, engineering, planning, surveying and geospatial services.Learn about some of the unique surveying challenges in New Zealand and Australia, and how RIEGL’s VMX has assisted on various projects!Tune in now and enjoy this Mobile focused RiCAST!

About RIEGL:

RIEGL is an international leading provider of cutting-edge technology in airborne, mobile, terrestrial, industrial and unmanned laser scanning solutions.

RIEGL has been producing LiDAR systems commercially and focuses on pulsed time-of-flight laser radar technology in multiple wavelengths.

RIEGL’s core technology, the digitization of LiDAR signals (“Waveform LiDAR”), provides unique methodologies for resolving range ambiguities, multiple targets per laser shots, optimum distribution of measurements, calibrated amplitudes and reflectance estimates, as well as the seamless integration and calibration of systems.

RIEGL’s Ultimate LiDARTM 3D scanners offer a wide array of performance characteristics and serve as a platform for continuing Innovation in 3D for the LiDAR industry.

From the first inquiry, to purchase and integration of the system, as well as training and support, RIEGL maintains an outstanding history of reliability and support to their customers.

Worldwide sales, training, support and services are delivered from RIEGL’s headquarters in Austria; main offices in the USA, Japan, China, Australia and Canada; and a worldwide network of representatives.