RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV Nominated for 2024 INTERGEO Award

September 16, 2024
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Updated February 9, 2026
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WICHMANN INTERGEO INNOVATIONS AWARD 2024: VOTE FOR THE RIEGL MINIVUX-3UAV WITH RILOC-E!

This fully integrated RIEGL system for UAV-based data acquisition, makes an impression with high data accuracy and extreme user-friendliness, leading to a nomination for the Wichmann INTERGEO Innovations Award 2024!

RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV LiDAR system in flight, nominated for the Wichmann INTERGEO Innovations Award 2024.

Please find here more information on the Wichmann INTERGEO Innovations Award nomination for RIEGL’s RiLOC-E in English, followed by a German version.

The RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV with RIEGL-subsystem RiLOC-E is a turnkey solution that fully integrates a Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), a GNSS unit, and RIEGL developed software that provides a simplified user-friendly workflow. Post-processing of both the trajectory and scan data is fully within RIEGL’s RiPROCESS, eliminating the need for any 3rd party software to obtain a precisely aligned and calibrated point cloud. Completely enclosed within the housing of the well-established miniVUX-series, RiLOC-E offers RIEGL‘s lightest weight UAV LiDAR system to date at only 1.75 kg (3.86Ibs), providing an entry-level and cost-effective solution for your surveying and mapping needs.Watch the video to get some first impressions!

RIEGL RiLOC-E, an IMU/GNSS solution for miniVUX series laser scanners, mounted on a UAV.

The RIEGL RiLOC-E was selected by an independent jury of experts as one of the three products in the hardware category. More information on the award is available here.

The jury’s assessment accounts for 60% of the final score. However, 40% is determined by public voting.We count on your voice!Vote here for the RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV with RiLOC-E! 

Voting is possible until September 25th at 8 p.m.

As a small thank you, the publisher is also giving away some attractive prizes amongst the participants, so please make your voice heard.

Thank you for your support and together we can be the winner!Watch video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXx_xnPK7bA

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