Software

The Limulator software is having a rich GUI user interface so that a user can use this software with  ease. A help tool  is available with this to guide the user. Being operating system  independent software is an additional feature of Limulator.

Some screen shorts and results are shown below:

1. Terrain generator:

2. Setting platform attitude and acceleration:

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3. Sensor selector:

4. Output in various common formats including LAS and data viewer:

Results

1. Raster terrain created by simulator and displayed in Surfer:

2. LiDAR data of the above terrain displayed in Terrascan:

3. Fractal surface generated by Limulator and displayed in Surfer:

4. LiDAR data of the above fractal surface displayed in Terrascan:

5.Effect of error in LiDAR data (Top without error, bottom with error):

6. Effect of high attitude (Top no change in attitude, bottom change in attitude):

7. Effect of different flight directions:

8. Effect of different scan angles:

8. LiDAR data for trees: