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02.14.2023

Tools for a Better Tomorrow

Founded in 1952 20 km east of San Francisco Bay and 20 km northeast of Silicon Valley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) applies…
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02.14.2023

L-Band Locates Leaks

LIDAR Magazine learned that a startup, ASTERRA1, was using L-band radar (frequency 1-2 GHz; λ = 15-30 cm) to detect leaks and enable…
02.14.2023

Ski Resort Surveying in One Day

A local government client granted BDS Topografie, a leading Romanian surveying company, a project to acquire with a UAV, process and deliver for…
01.18.2023

The Martin I Knew

Silke Kämmerer’s address on the occasion of receiving, on behalf of Dr. Martin Isenburg, the Lidar Leader Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement in…
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12.23.2022

Tennessee Feasts on 3DEP

The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) entered its first year of production in 2016. With the help…
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12.23.2022

The Impact of Open Access Lidar Topography

The rapid increase in high-resolution lidar topography coverage around the globe demonstrates its massive utility for tasks like flood mitigation, infrastructure development, national…
12.23.2022

Digital Twin Comes Of Age

The concept of the digital twin originated in manufacturing industry around 2002 and has been gaining momentum in the geospatial industry since around…
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12.23.2022

High-Density Lidar Finds the Fault

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been actively engaged in collecting and publishing high-quality, lidar-derived elevation data through the 3D Elevation Program…
12.23.2022

Drones and Imagery Bring Precision Agriculture Concepts to Forestry

The revolution of precision agriculture—with its drone-guided application of fertilizer and pesticides and continuous mapping and monitoring of crop needs—has arrived in the…
12.23.2022

UAV-based Watershed Surveying over Florida Forests

FL-ASPRS/UF Spring 2022 Virtual Lidar Workshop The temporal dynamics of creeks are important for understanding the hydrologic processes, predicting floods, and assessing climate-change…
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