RiSOLVE
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Combined with the one-touch workflow of
the RIEGL V-Line Terrestrial Laser Scanners,
RiSOLVE enables fully automatic registration and colorization of scan data. This
streamlined process is the fastest solution to acquire, register, and colorize
outdoor 3D scan data.

The Ultimate 3D
Scene Capture Solution
Typical Applications• Accident Investigation • Architecture • Rapid Deployment Scene Capture• Emergency Management Planning • Local Areaea Mapping • Utility Asset Mapping• City Modeling • Archaeology

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RiSOLVE Workflow
ScanImportRegister

1 minute
per position

1 minute
per position<1 minuteper position+ 5 high-resolution images

VZ-400i*ColorPlot<1 minuteper position* @ scan resolution= 0.05 deg

Main Features

Automatic Registration Methods• fully automatic registration• fastest true-color scanning workflow• convenient calibration, registration, and filtering tools• one-touch solutions• 2D measureable PDF plots• simple data import and export• photorealistic 3D scans• Direct Georeferencing• GNSS Backsighting• Backsighting• Automatic Coarse Registration (ACR)

RiSOLVE in PracticeDave Foster, one of the first working with
RiSOLVE and the RIEGL VZ-400 laser scanner as
Senior Collision Investigator UK Police, relays his
real-world experience, “Results to date suggest aregistration time of around 1minute per scan
position, or even slightly faster, with minimal buttonpressing. Think of this workflow: Import scan data >pressregistration >put kettle on >have biscuit >registration
completed >apply color >finish cup of tea >produce
scale plan from scan data.“Foster continues: “I‘m sure there are other tasks which could easily becompleted as the registration/coloring process is under way, but thatis the point; I‘m doing other tasks and processing the data, without
having to work on it directly. The relative simplicity of this workflow will makebroader deployment of laser scanning in the field more acceptable.”

Reduction of Costs & Time Exposure
Metropolitan Police UK is working with RiSOLVE and RIEGL VZ-400 laser scanners since 2012.
The instruments and the software have made a big impact on the investigative process for UK police
officers who have made a significant investment in the technology. A year after the introduction of the scanners they conducted an audit to determine real-world performance of the systems.
The audit found that on scenes where VZ-400s were utilized, roads were opened an average of
44 minutes earlier than with traditional technologies. Even in forensics, time is money! In 2011 the UK
Department for Transportation estimated that each hour of road closure caused economic losses of £50,000.*
As police forces around the globe test and validate the experience of the UK CLEAR project, they areconcluding similar findings: The RIEGL solution is proven, effective and cost efficient.
* Source: Review of Investigation and Closure Procedures for Motorway Incidents

RiSOLVE & RIEGL VZ-400i

The One-Touch Solution© Kantonspolizei Zürich

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User Interface
The software features a very simple interface which is crucial for reducing training time and improving adoption rates
for police forces. With oversized buttons for the automatic tasks, RiSOLVE makes the transition from tradition to state-ofthe-art effortless.

RIEGL VZ-400i - 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanner Highlights• ultra high speed data acquisition with up to 500,000 meas./sec,survey-grade accuracy ≤ 5 mm, 0.5 m - 800 m measurement rangesu• easyeasa y to use / easy to train: user-friendly touchscreen interface,
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RIEGL VZ-400i Technical Dataeye safe operation
at Laser Class 1
800m

1.2MHzmax. measurement
rangepulse repetition rate
PRR (peak)

optional

multiple target
capabilityoptional digitalcamera

Wi-Fi and
3G/4G LTE

online waveform
processing

Eye Safety Class

Laser Class 1*

Max. Range Target Reflectivity 90%

800 m

Max. Range Target Reflectivity 20%

400 m

Minimum Range

0.5 m

Accuracy / Precision

5 mm / 3mm

Effective Measurement Rateup to 500,000 meas./sec

Scan Angle Range0°
vertical: 100° horizontal: 360°

*Class 1 Laser Product according to IEC60825-1:2007
Further information about the RIEGL VZ-400i in the appropriate datasheet.

Typical Applications for RiSOLVE• Architecture• Archaeology• Disaster Response• Construction Site Monitoring• Accident Investigation© Kantonspolizei Zürich

• City Modeling

References:
Review of Investigation

RIEGL VZ-400i
Data SheetRiSOLVE
Data Sheet

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andClosure

ProceduresforMotorway

Incidents-Preliminary

ReportDepartement of Transport, Highways Agency, Association of Chief Police Officers, Home Office
PDF document accessed through: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120607153510/http:/assets.dft.gov.uk/
publications/review-of-investigation-and-closure-procedures-for-motorway-incidents-preliminary-report/review-ofinvestigation-closure-procedures-motorway-incidents.pdf, March 29, 2013

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Brochure, RiSOLVE & RIEGL VZ-400i, 2016-09-21