laser rangefinders (distance measuring devices)

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Scope note
Laser-based instruments operating on the time of flight principle for determining the distance from an observer to particular objects; used for topographic measurement as used, for example, by space probes to profile the surface of Mars.
laser rangefinders
Accepted term: 17-Mar-2025