Author: Dr. A. Stewart Walker

Dr. A. Stewart Walker

Stewart is the Managing Editor of the magazine. He holds MA, MScE and PhD degrees in geography and geomatics from the universities of Glasgow, New Brunswick and Bristol, and an MBA from Heriot-Watt. He is an ASPRS-certified photogrammetrist. More articles...

12.27.2021

Mixed Feelings at Year’s End

Lidar shines despite global turbulence

We couldn’t hide disappointment as 2021 drew to a close. US politics are deadlocked. Travel remains risky and limited. There is uncertainty, indeed…

12.27.2021

GeoWing Mapping Prospers with UAV-Photogrammetry

Bay Area startup executes lidar projects through partners

On a recent visit to several Bay Area lidar players1, I was privileged to meet up with Rebecca A. (Becky) Morton, co-founder and…

12.27.2021

Book Review: The Essentials of SAR

TomAger LLC, Lewes, Delaware, 2021. 253 x 178 mm, xvi + 291 pp, 257 color and black and white illustrations, 4 tables, index….

11.24.2021

RIEGL Ribbon-Cutting

Eminent lidar supplier celebrates new US HQ

LIDAR Magazine was honored with an invitation to RIEGL USA’s Official Grand Opening, to celebrate the formal inauguration of its new building in…

11.15.2021

Back on the Road

Growing anticipation of face-to-face events

Sometimes I wonder, sitting in my office enjoying the sunset through the California palms, whether it is such a blessing to be back…

11.08.2021

Esri Imagery Summit in Redlands

Lidar and SAR offerings blossom

For some years, Esri has run an Imagery Summit over the weekend prior to the International User Conference in San Diego. This attractive…

09.22.2021

Viva Las Vegas!

Commercial UAV Expo effervesces f2f

Diversified Communications is the very model of a modern conference company, but even its most experienced managers must have harbored slivers of doubt…