Hovermap Backpack is a backpack-mounted deployment mode for Emesent Hovermap mobile mapping.
Target environment: Industrial, mining, AEC and infrastructure sites where a walking scan is preferable to drone or vehicle deployment.
Workflow context: Allows operators to collect LiDAR-SLAM point clouds while walking through assets, using the broader Hovermap mapping workflow.
Customer context: Surveyors, mine-mapping teams, AEC reality-capture teams and inspection contractors.
Deployment model: Accessory/deployment configuration within the Hovermap product ecosystem.
Commercial maturity: Publicly listed Hovermap deployment option and accessory pathway.
Adoption constraints: Not a separate aircraft; compare it as a mounting/deployment configuration for Hovermap rather than as an independent sensor platform.
Market position: Useful alternative capture mode for Hovermap users standardizing one scanner across several access methods.
Adjacent products: Emesent Hovermap, Emesent Hovermap ST-X, handheld SLAM scanners
Audience
Inspectors
Workflow
Allows operators to collect LiDAR-SLAM point clouds while walking through assets, using the broader Hovermap mapping workflow.
Deployment environment
Industrial, mining, AEC and infrastructure sites where a walking scan is preferable to drone or vehicle deployment.
Specifications
System Type: Wearable LiDAR mobile mapping configuration
Positioning: RTK/PPK georeferencing combined with SLAM
Mapping Modes: Outdoor RTK/PPK and indoor or GPS-denied SLAM mapping
Use Cases: As-builts, Scan to BIM, topographic survey, tunnels, sewers and culverts