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05.24.2023

Topobathymetric Lidar Reveals Hidden Springs in Florida

We would always tease hydrogeologist colleagues that in southwest Florida there are probably 1000 types of rocks, 999 of which are limestone, because,…
05.24.2023

Innovations in Lidar Education and Research at the University of South Florida

Demand for employees with education and training in advanced geospatial technologies is at an all-time high, because of the rapid growth of the…
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05.24.2023

Lidar Looks Lively in the Sunshine State

FL-ASPRS/UF FALL 2022 Virtual Lidar Workshop The Florida Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (FL-ASPRS) and the University of…
05.24.2023

Enhancing Visual Intelligence with Efficient Beam Shaping for Automotive Lidar

How to achieve efficient, uniform illumination and iterate quickly with a customized solid-state lidar design As automobiles become more technologically sophisticated, they require…
05.24.2023

UAV Point Clouds at Millimeter Accuracy

Note: This is a slightly shortened version of the published paper by the same authors, which is listed as the third reference in…
05.24.2023

100 Years of Innovation in Heerbrugg

The company “Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik” was founded in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, on April 26, 1921. Over the decades, this company…
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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