Lidar/Slam on iPhone 15 Pro

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Hello!

My old iPhone stopped working as it should so I had to get a new one so it fell on a iPhone 15 Pro that have Lidar.

And I had to try it out for work related use.

I found the app RTAB, it uses lidar and slam computation. After adjusting some settings it worked well.

It does NOT replace photogrammetry but it’s a nice complement for smaller areas.

Found a very interesting YouTube video where a guy compared handheld scan with a gimbal scan. Having the phone in a gimbal helped a lot since he removed the hand-shakes and therefore got better IMU data when scanning.

There’s also RTAB for windows that can be used for post processing.

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Successfully scanned my apartment but will need a scan at work with known points to know how accurate it is.

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There’s som similarities to ODM in post processing like “Sift” and Bundle adjustment.

Sadly no geo referencing but that can be done in CloudCompare.

RTAB-Map combines IMU, LiDAR and image data somehow, it’s very interesting.

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