ABSTRACT

Mobile mapping has proved to be a significant advance in the field of cartographic data collection methods since its inception, largely due to the speed and efficiency it offers relative to traditional surveying techniques. As with most methods of data acquisition, appraisals of mobile mapping technology naturally tend to focus on the accuracy of the resulting data. Utilizing and combining technologies associated with digital imaging and georeferencing, mobile mapping today provides cartographers with a means of rapidly gathering large quantities of geographical information systems (GIS)-ready data for use in an array of applications. The swift growth of both of these technologies in recent decades has facilitated the streamlining of mobile mapping processes, while increasing their versatility. The resulting data are often of a much larger scale than those of more established remote sensing technologies, given the closer proximity of sensor and target.