International LIDAR Mapping Forum

ILMF Announces Conference for April 25-26, 2005

January 27, 2005 – Houston, Texas – The International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) is an industry group whose goal is to advance the education and knowledge of LIDAR mapping technology and applications. The fifth annual conference, April 25 26, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will bring together LIDAR professionals from around the world to network and hear about the latest technology and issues affecting LIDAR Mapping.

Speakers will give presentations on all aspects of LIDAR Mapping such as:

The State of the Industry
Urban 3D Modeling
Quality Assurance and Control
Sensor Fusion
LIDAR Mapping Applications and Projects
Mapping Operations
Bathymetric LIDAR Mapping.

Concurrent workshop/tutorials will cover bathymetric LIDAR and airborne LIDAR fused with land-based (horizontal) LIDAR or hyperspectral imagery.

Conference sponsors are 3001, Applanix Corporation, Dynamic Aviation, GeoSpatial Solutions, GITC, John Chance Land Surveys, Leica Geosystems, Merrick & Company, NIIRS10, Optech, Riegl USA, Spectrum Mapping and TopoSys GMBH.

For further information, please contact Andy Bogle, ILMF Organizer, at 713-785-6820 or organizer@lidarmap.org or visit the ILMF website at http://www.lidarmap.org.