Mobile Laser Scanning Systems for Underground Applications
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 March 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: LiDAR; geomatics; 3D modelling; spatial data infrastructure; geodesy and surveying; web GIS applications
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Dear Colleagues,
The industrial activities carried out in underground environments require the digitization of their infrastructure for the more efficient management of these environments. Thus, digital twins have been introduced in the mining industry to increase mining productivity, efficiency, and safety. A key role in this process is played by the 3D mapping of infrastructure using advanced technologies, such as laser scanning, which enables the creation of accurate and detailed digital models. This technology will be the spearhead of the underground applications of the future, including space mining, deep-sea mining, riverbed mining or urban mining, which are areas that are gaining traction in both industry and academia worldwide.
This Special Issue aims to explore how the use of mobile LiDAR systems is transforming underground applications. The Special Issue is particularly relevant to researchers and professionals in the following areas:
- Civil engineering;
- Remote sensing and geospatial sciences;
- Mining industry.
Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Underground applications: Static terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) vs. mobile laser scanning (MLS).
- Handheld LiDAR systems: Developments in data processing.
- Lidar-based 3D SLAM algorithms in underground environments.
- Integration of artificial intelligence in the characterization of underground environments.
- Underground space monitoring and 3D /2D mapping using TLS/MLS.
- Digital Twins using TLS/MLS: New tools to extract and update 3D spatial objects in underground environments.
- The applicability of multi-sensor technologies in underground mines.
- Quantitative evaluations of LiDAR-based SLAM systems for underground geo-monitoring.
- Development of smart solutions using LiDAR-based SLAM systems.
- Actual and future challenges with acquiring accurate point clouds in underground environments.
Prof. Dr. Sandra Buján Seoane
Dr. Chester Andrew Sellers
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital twins
- TLS
- MLS
- 3D modeling
- 3D mapping
- geo-monitoring
- handheld LiDAR
- mobile mapping technologies
- non-contact geomatic methods
- mine/tunnels surveys
- mine infrastructure planning and monitoring
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