Investigating the accuracy of spatial coordinates of modeled HDS target center depending on the range from terrestrial laser scanner measurements

The paper presents an analysis of the accuracy of the position of High Definition Survey (further HDS) target center in three dimensional space. Precise position of the target center has a significant impact on georeference, the registration accuracy of several point clouds into a complete 3D point cloud and, what is more, on the accuracy of the final results. The measurements were made with the use of Leica Scanstation. During the experiment 15 scans of the fixed target, for each of three distances, were carried out. The results were conducted in two ways: using scanner's software - the Cyclone, and the author's program written in Python. The obtained results were the basis for statistical analysis, namely a confidence ellipsoid in 3D space.