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Philipp Amon

RIEGL Manager ULS Business Division

RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH

About the Speaker

Englisch: 

Philipp Amon is working with RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH located in Horn, Austria, since 2010, currently as Manager ULS Business Division.

He holds a B.Eng. (Bachelor of Engineering) in Industrial Engineering from the HFH Hamburg.

He is responsible for the Unmanned Laser Scanning division at RIEGL and focuses on unmanned applications considering platforms and payload integrations with LiDAR to drive RIEGL’s UAS/ULS development further.

His publications are focused on UAS/UAV applications of laser scanning, but also related to terrestrial and mobile laser scanning, and applications of laser scanning and photogrammetry.

 

Deutsch:

Philipp Amon ist seit 2010 für die RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH in Horn, Österreich, tätig, derzeit als Manager Business Division ULS.

Er hält einen Bachelor Abschluss in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen von der HFH Hamburg.

Sein Zuständigkeitsbereich umfasst alle Tätigkeiten im Bereich unbemanntes Laserscanning, Aufbau von Plattformen sowie diverse Systemintegrationen um RIEGL’s ULS Produktportfolio auf- und auszubauen.

Seine Publikationen konzentrieren sich auf UAS/UAV-basiertes Laserscanning, aber auch auf terrestrisches und mobiles Laserscanning sowie auf die kombinierte Anwendung von Laserscanning und Photogrammetrie.

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Attending

Hydrography & LiDAR Applications

Safe and efficient railway surveying through drone-based laser scanning during ongoing operations

ExpoStages
ExpoStages
München / Germany
Thursday, Sep 17, 2026
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM | Europe/Berlin
B5 | Main Stage | B5L033

Speaker's Sessions (1)

Exhibitor event
Hydrography & LiDAR Applications
Thursday, Sep 17, 2026
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM | Europe/Berlin
Vortrag // Presentation
B5 | Main Stage | B5L033
English

Safe and efficient railway surveying through drone-based laser scanning during ongoing operations

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München, Germany
The precise surveying of railway infrastructure under live operating conditions represents a significant challenge. Strict safety requirements, limited accessibility, and operational constraints considerably restrict conventional measurement methods. The use of drone-based laser scanning provides an innovative and practical solution. UAV-based LiDAR data acquisition from outside hazardous areas significantly enhances personnel safety while enabling efficient capture of large track sections within short timeframes. High absolute accuracies are achieved through the integration of kinematic UAV scan data with terrestrial laser scans. Georeferencing is performed via track survey control points, which are automatically detected and incorporated within the terrestrial datasets, ensuring a robust and consistent overall geometry. The presented method combines safety, efficiency, and precision, offering substantial benefits for end users in the digital acquisition, analysis, and planning of railway infrastructure - even under real operating conditions.
Bauwerks- und Brückenmonitoring // Structural and Bridge Monitoring
Digitale Zwillinge // Digital Twins
GNSS
Laserscanning und LiDAR // Laser Scanning and LiDAR
Reality Capturing // Extended Reality
Sensoren // Sensors
Unbemannte Systeme // Unmanned Systems
Ingenieurgeodäsie // Engineering Geodesy
LiDAR
Speaker (1)
Philipp Amon
RIEGL Manager ULS Business Division, RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
Moderator (1)
Dimitri Ravin