Abstract
Planetary surfaces consist of rough terrain and
cave-like environments. Future planetary exploration
demands for accurate mapping. However, recent
backpack mobile mapping systems are mostly tested in
structured, indoor environments. This paper
evaluates the use of a backpack mobile mapping
system in a cave-like environment. The experiments
demonstrate the abilities of an continuous-time
optimization approach by mapping part of a lavatube
of the La Corona volcano system on Lanzarote. We
compare two strategies for trajectory estimation
relying either on 2D or 3D laser scanners and show
that a 3D laser scanner substantially improved the
final results.
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