(Optech: Toronto) -- Optech Inc., a  manufacturer of advanced light detection and ranging (LIDAR) survey instruments, has released the new Intelligent Laser Ranging and Imaging System-Long Range (ILRIS-LR). This long-range 3-D laser imaging system has greater range and higher point density capability than any other tripod-based terrestrial scanner currently on the market. The design of the ILRIS-LR now enables surveyors to scan ice, snow, and wet surfaces with the proven high accuracy and precision of all ILRIS products.

“We are excited to make this new scanner available to our clients because it enables them to expand their scanning expertise and research into environments that, up until now, presented challenges to terrestrial surveyors. With the new ILRIS-LR, we will see a significant increase in avalanche and glacier studies, along with the traditional geological and mining applications,” says Dave Adams, Optech’s product manager.

The ILRIS-LR is the latest addition to the ILRIS family of products, and complements the ILRIS-3D and ILRIS-HD terrestrial laser scanners. No other scanner on the market can achieve the range results of the ILRIS-LR while still maintaining a 10 kHz laser repetition rate.

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