f Mobile dynamic applications for ground-based geomatics

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been using mobile laser scanning techniques for a variety of geoscientific applications since 2000. This technology has become an established part of our research capability, and has been used on a variety of projects such as the monitoring of actively growing volcanic lava domes and rapidly retreating glaciers, coastal erosion and platform evolution, inland and coastal landslide modelling, mapping of geological structures and fault boundaries, rock stability and subsidence feature analysis, and geo-conservation. As a tool of modern geoscience it allows unprecedented resolution and accuracy.