River Levees Monitoring Using Three Dimensional Laser Point Clouds with SLAM Technology

Nanoka Akiyama, Satoshi Nishiyama, Koki Sakita, Junsheng Song, Fumiaki Yamazaki

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In recent years, record rainfalls have frequently occurred due to global warming, and river patrols and inspections are becoming increasingly important to prevent large-scale disasters such as levee breaks. The purpose of this paper is to introduce an IoT-based surveying method termed Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for river patrols and inspections. SLAM estimates the position of the technology itself and creates an entire map at the same time. Specifically, by performing the river patrols and inspections using SLAM technology with backpack-type LiDAR sensors, we could obtain the three-dimensional coordinate data of the levee at low cost. We have developed a monitoring method to quantitatively identify the locations of river levee deformations. We can obtain a high density of 56.5 million points with the LiDAR and present the accuracy of three-dimensional levee reproducibility using SLAM technology. In this paper, we demonstrate the usefulness of the LiDAR with SLAM technology based on monitoring data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvancements in Geotechnical Engineering - Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, 2021
EditorsMeng-Chia Weng, Shima Kawamura, Jianwen Ding
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages14-22
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030797973
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021 - NanChang, China
Duration: Jul 19 2021Jul 21 2021

Publication series

NameSustainable Civil Infrastructures
ISSN (Print)2366-3405
ISSN (Electronic)2366-3413

Conference

Conference6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: From Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions, GeoChina 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanChang
Period7/19/217/21/21

Keywords

  • Drone
  • River inspections
  • SLAM
  • Three-dimensional laser point group

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Environmental Engineering

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'River Levees Monitoring Using Three Dimensional Laser Point Clouds with SLAM Technology'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this