Author: Amar Nayegandhi

Amar Nayegandhi, CP, GISP is a senior vice president with Dewberry. He leads the Geospatial and Technology Services group and provides program oversight for the execution of all remote sensing projects for federal, state, and local clients. As an expert in topographic and topobathymetric lidar data acquisition and processing, Amar was the director of the ASPRS Lidar Division. He co-edited the ASPRS DEM Users Manual, 3rd Edition6 and authored the chapters on airborne topographic lidar and airborne lidar bathymetry. From 2001-2011 he managed operations and was involved in the research and development of the EAARL sensor. In 2011-2012, he developed Dewberry’s Lidar Processor (DLP) to process airborne bathymetry data, which included correcting for refraction of the green lidar signal.