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Boost your knowledge as you learn from our expert Reality Capture team of qualified instructors with technical training courses designed to deliver professional development and key industry skills.

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Reality capture is a growing market and requires a high level of technical expertise. Join our expert instructors on one of these courses and take your knowledge to the next level.

Synopsis:

Get hands-on experience with the operation of 3D laser scanners and accompanying post-processing software solutions. From capturing data in the field right through to the creation of high-quality digital deliverables in the office, this course will provide beginners with best-practice techniques and workflows to ensure accurate and reliable deliverables are realized in the most efficient manner possible.

What you'll learn:

Planning and Operating Scans
Planning a scan job
Operating a laser scanner in the field
Post-Processing Techniques
Registering scans together
QA/QC of data
Geo-referencing of data
Generating suitable formats for downstream consumption

Duration:

1 Day

Cost:

$1,500 (Including Scanner Hire)

Experience level: 

Professionals with no prior laser scanning experience.
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Synopsis: 

Learn to use more advanced data management and registration techniques, which may be required to meet the more challenging project specifications, particularly on larger projects or when basic cloud-cloud registration falls short. 

What you'll learn:

Grouping data on large projects

Target based registration techniques

Using modelled objects as targets

Dealing with noise in cloud-cloud constraints

Estimating Registration Errors

Raising the accuracy of a registration

Advanced QA/QC procedures

Advanced Geo-referencing

Registration First-Aid 

Duration: 

1 Day

Cost:

$1,500 (Including Scanner Hire)

Experience level:

Users with previous laser scanning and registration experience looking for a deeper understanding of software workflows.

 

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Synopsis:

Get hands-on experience with the operation of quadcopter or fixed-wing UAV’s and Reality Capture software for creating rich, spatially accurate 3D digital deliverables that can be trusted.

What you'll learn:

Field

UAV flight planning

Image capture settings

Layout and measurement of ground control

Use of SmartFix for RTK UAV’s (cm level positioning)


Office

Image Processing & Reality Modelling

Use of Geoid files for orthographic heights (in terms of local height datum)

Integrating point clouds from laser scanners

Quality Assurance procedures

Generation of digital deliverables (point clouds, reality meshes, DSM’s, DTM’s, orthophotos, CAD files)

Duration:

 1 Day

Cost: 

$1,500

Experience level: 

Professionals looking to enter or extend their offering in the UAV industry with a focus on delivering spatial data that can be trusted.

 

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Synopsis:

Modern software allows for a wide range of rich deliverables to be derived from point cloud data. From simple cleaning and visualization of the raw point cloud right through to advanced 3D modelling and analysis, this course can be customized to suit the requirements and experience of the attendees.

What you'll learn:

Manual and semi-automatic point cloud cleaning

3D Meshing tools (including DSM/DTM creation

Mesh refinement and improvement

Inspection and measurement (including flatness, verticality)

Domain-centric workflows for AEC, Survey and Tank Inspection, such as Scan-to-Plan, Clash Analysis, Building Extractor, Cross Section Analysis and more

Feature extraction (including CAD deliverables)

Best fit modelling (patches, cylinders, pipe runs etc.)

Contour extraction

Stockpile Volume reporting

Reverse engineering

Report creation and customisation

Duration:

 0.5  - 2 Days

Cost:

$1,000 - $3,000

Experience level: 

Anyone from beginners to experts looking to extract valuable and actionable deliverables from point cloud data.

 

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Synopsis:

The role of the Surveyor is changing, along with the use cases of reality capture information. Clients are not always after high precision deliverables. This training courses offers insight into different ways reality capture data is being used with a focus on visualisation.

What you'll learn:

Dispelling myths (e.g. point and shoot, point clouds are all the same)

The changing roles of surveyors (Surveyors as the data managers?)

Use cases of reality capture beyond Survey

VR for stakeholder engagement

Digital Twin solutions

Strategies for widening reality capture applications in your business.

Automation Is the future! Where is this all going?

Basics of reality capture methodologies; getting ready for the industry 4.0

Basics of reality capture deliverables

Duration:

 0.5 Day

Cost:

$1,000

Experience level: 

Professionals with no prior laser scanning experience. Digital technologies looking at expanding the use cases of reality capture across the business.

 

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Synopsis:

The world of Reality Capture software is always changing. It has recently been announced that the addition of new features to Leica Cyclone Core will be discontinued in 2023. New features will soon only be added to Cyclone Register 360. Leica’s aim is to make Leica Cyclone Register 360 a one stop shop for all point cloud processing needs. Considering this, migrating across may provide your business many benefits. This training allows the trainer to go through a workflow comparison and help you make the transition.

What you'll learn:

Review of your Cyclone Core Workflow Overview
Cyclone Register 360 - Leica Cyclone Core Workflow comparison
Cyclone Register 360 functionality
Cyclone Register 360 processing
Converting your Cyclone Core QAQC workflow to Cyclone Register 360

Duration:

1 Day

Cost:

$1,500

Experience level: 

Professionals proficient in Leica Cyclone Core wanting to transition to Register 360

 

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Synopsis:

Get hands-on experience with the operation of UAV-mounted Aerial LiDAR. This course guides you through the best-practice workflow for capture, processing and delivery of creating rich, spatially accurate 3D digital deliverables that can be trusted.

What you'll learn:

Flight Planning, Lidar & Image Capture

Mission Planning
Lidar/Image Capture settings
Use of SmartFix and local base stations for reference data

 

LiDAR Processing (CHC NAV CoPre software)

Managing Coordinate Systems and Height Datums (Geoids)
PPK Processing of LiDAR trajectory
Point Cloud generation and image geotagging
Strip Adjustment
Refinement of point cloud to ground control points and use of check points
Quality Assurance (Interpreting Quality Report, Slicing Data)
Export of finalised 3D point cloud & orthophoto

 

Creating Actionable Deliverables with Cyclone 3DR (Optional)

Point cloud cleaning and classification
Ground Surface Extraction
Mesh Creation and refinement
Virtual Surveying (creating traditional topographical plans)

Analysis & Reporting

Duration:

1 Day

Cost:

$1,500 for up to 4 people

Experience level: 

Professionals looking to enter or extend their offering in the UAV industry with a focus on delivering spatial data that can be trusted.

 

 

Synopsis:

Get hands-on experience with the operation of handheld SLAM laser scanners. This course guides you through the best-practice workflow for capture, processing and delivery of creating rich, spatially accurate 3D digital deliverables that can be trusted.

What you'll learn:

Introduction to SLAM Technology
How SLAM algorithms work
Explanation of sensors fused into modern SLAM-based scanners
Target applications for SLAM scanners

Best Practice Capture Techniques
Site preparation and mission planning
Preparation of device and phone/tablet
Initialisation of the SLAM
Best-practice capture techniques
Dealing with challenging environments for SLAM
Measurement of control points

Software Processing
Import settings
Registration of multiple captures
Refinement of point cloud (cleaning, filtering)
Georeferencing
Quality assurance
Export of finalised point cloud

Duration:

0.5 Day

Cost:

$1,500 for up to 4 people

Experience level:

Everybody from complete novices to experienced professionals looking to enter or extend their offering in the laser scanning industry
S+SNZ CPD Training Provider (400 x 400 px)

Earn CPD points for attending Global Survey training courses

CPD points can be claimed for receiving training from Global Survey and for attending ARCH NZ events and webinars. 

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  • Customised Survey Workflows

  • Customised Captivate Stylesheets

  • Customised Pointcloud Workflows

Talk to us about your training requirements and how we can tailor a course to fit your specific project or team.

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For product specific training, Leica E-Learning offers a comprehensive range of training courses and e-learning opportunities to all Leica customers. 

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Enquire here for more information on our Reality Capture training courses.

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Indent Triangle 20x20 No background (2)TRAINING FEEDBACK

“Lennon was extremely knowledgeable with the content of the training. Very through in answering all the questions fired at him, from a different range of backgrounds with respect to Drone and Laser Scanning."

“Kirsty was very helpful dealing with our client and helping them out with the deliverables.”

“The team was very impressed with the training and excited to learn the new software, the training was presented very well and it has encouraged the guys to take more time learning the software.”

“Extremely interactive and informative.”

MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

Tap into decades of knowledge and technical expertise with our team of qualified industry experts.

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Bruce Robinson

Director & Survey Manager

With more than 30 years experience as a Surveyor, Bruce's specialist areas of interest include geomatics, geodesy, HDS, BIM, IT, and communication technology to improve spatial data capture and analysis. Bruce has been instrumental in developing the SmartFix RTK network.

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Lennon Bedford

Reality Capture Specialist

Lennon is a Technical Specialist and Christchurch Branch Manager at Global Survey. Lennon's  areas of expertise are in terrestrial and aerial data capture, hybrid processing of point cloud and imagery datasets and the refinement of work-flows for extracting value out of results.

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Kirsty Mackie

Reality Capture & Autonomous Survey BDM

Kirsty has experience planning, managing and capturing Reality Capture data on projects of varying scales. This has primarily been for high precision topographic survey, asset management (e.g. digital twins, GIS and BIM), and visualisation purposes.

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