3D Risk Mapping approaches the community by contributing and providing ‘ICT-supported learning training tools’ that can be used and adopted by academic institutions in their current curriculum.

In the long term, this will improve the capacity that ‘spatial information’ is acquired by adapting advanced three-dimensional recording techniques, such as laser scanning. Spatial information is a very important component for better ‘meet expectations that they can improve decision making’, especially in studying the built environment.?In addition, the project also seeks to link the needs for risk awareness in studying the built environment and the development in high precision measurement.

Risk management in this proposal is associated to the need of identifying and/or characterizing ‘hazards’ posed by the current state of our built environment. By improving the amount knowledge gathered using these advanced mapping instruments the characterization of those risks will be improve a better informed decision will be taken. We propose the following didactic material to contribute in better understanding our rich built environment.

• Chapter 1 serves as a general introduction to laser scanning and the applications for which it can be used.
• Chapter 2 is a theoretical exposé of different laser scanner types and how they work. It also explains the different metrological aspects that need to be taken care when scanning and clarifies their origin.
• Chapter 3 explains the process of performing a laser scanning job. Every step of the process is explained in detail providing tips and tricks based on expert experiences.
• Chapter 4 provides a view on the problem of data management. Based on expert experiences, a set of meta-data tags is defined that are important for the dissemination and archiving of laser scanner data.

• Heritage Case Study (St.James Church): the heritage case focuses both on the registration phase and the post processing of the data. The scale of the church and the inside-outside relationship provide an excellent challenge for linking scans taken from different positions. On the other hand, the level of detail requested and the required deliverables ask for a time consuming post-processing phase using highly specialized software.
• Industrial Case Study (FPSO vessel): this case study explains the possibilities of using laser scanning in surveying hazardous  industrial sites. An extensive overview is given of possible uses of the processed data during the engineering phase: it also tackles the actual scanning itself using a software tool that simulates a laser scanner, providing insight on how to setup the scanner and settings the correct parameters.
• Civil Infrastructure Case Study (Hydroelectric Dam): this case study describes the use of laser scanning data for monitoring deformations over time. Since the scanner records surfaces in stead of single points, it provides a higher accuracy. Special focus is put on the determining the optimal laser scanning and target locations and on comparing different datasets for monitoring purposes.