07.12.2020

Rethinking Error Estimations in Geospatial Data: The Correct Way to Determine Product Accuracy

Surveying and mapping technologies have advanced tremendously over the last century, resulting in improved product accuracy. Yet some antiquated practices and processes continue,…
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06.14.2020

Green Laser is Helping to Save an Endangered Sparrow

The Cape Sable seaside sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis (Figure 1), one of nine surviving subspecies of seaside sparrows (the Dusky seaside sparrow was declared…
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06.14.2020

When To Collect New Lidar?

The utilization of lidar has evolved dramatically, as technology has paved the way to higher accuracy, increased point density and lower costs. These…
06.14.2020

Repeated Imaging Success in Schiphol

In 2018, Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands recorded 499,444 commercial air flight movements, an average of about 1,350 take offs and landings per…
06.14.2020

The Real Advantages of UAV-lidar

Routescene’s Marketing Manager, Jason Rogers, interviewed Michael May and Ben Bishop from FlyThru1, a Routescene2 customer, whilst on location surveying a proposed cycle…
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05.11.2020

Quantum Spatial Survives the Pandemic

For this installment of Quick Takes, LIDAR Magazine accepted an invitation from Quantum Spatial Inc. (QSI) to interview senior vice president Mark Meade….
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04.11.2020

Lidar and GIS grow closer together

Lidar is a major source of geographic information, yet its voluminous data sets and their characteristics, which are different from those of image…
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03.26.2020

Addressing Dire Coastal Mapping Needs on The Last Frontier

The U.S. has more than 95,000 miles of coastline1, and its effective management is vital to the economy, environment and safety of the…
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03.26.2020

Ready Willing Able: The SWAT Team of Lidar

In 2009, a client request for high-resolution video of an electrical transmission circuit drove this group of aerial cinematography experts to consider and…
03.26.2020

UAVs and AVs Fuel Direct Georeferencing Boom

Taking advantage of travel to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a meeting of the Council of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,…
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