A remote road becomes a crime scene. During a shooting, a bullet penetrates the rear window of a vehicle. After the shooting, the defendant’s and a the witness’ statements contradict each other. To verify the statements, the scene is recorded with a laser scanner. With the help of the digital reality, the judge can get an impression what the witness saw from the upper floor of the apartment building at night.

Every year 5,400 people die worldwide in landslides. Radar technology can warn people who live in danger zones and prevent them from being in the danger zone at the wrong time. Monitoring solutions can detect landslides and rock falls in their very early stages and can observe an area equivalent to 400 football fields in real-time. When required, the system can send warnings to close roads, for example.

The central Berlin station “Stadtmitte” is one of 173 underground stations in the city. Thousands of people use it every day. Risk management and evacuation procedures are imperative for passenger safety. An underground station and the underground infrastructure can be captured with a Leica Pegasus:Backpack. The 3D data enables the planning of new escape routes.

In 2017 a powerful earthquake shook Mexico City and neighbouring states. People died and a lot of property was damaged. In order to support the rebuilding work, employees of Leica Geosystems were asked to document the damage using reality capture technology. Modern devices can also save lives, such as after the 2008 earthquake in China. A Leica ADS40 was used in the rescue operations.

Injured people at the scene of an accident. A twisted bicycle on the ground, next to a car with scratches. The situation needs to be carefully documented. As early as the 1930s, photogrammetry instruments such as the C12 stereo camera were used to record crime scenes. The first Wild A4 autograph was commissioned by the Zurich municipal police in 1933. Devices of this sort are still used in many countries to this day.