I really think it is time, particularly in the small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) mapping arena, to make high accuracy colorized 3D point…
Author: Lewis Graham
01.14.2020
Random Points: Beauty is Only Skin Deep
I was recently involved in a detailed discussion of various metrics of processed airborne laser scanning (ALS) data that can be used as…
08.09.2019
Let’s all do the Z bump!
I just returned from the summer meeting of the Transportation Research Board’s AFB-80 committee. This is a standing committee that deals with high…
06.09.2019
“Of course it’s better!”
I have been thinking about the adoption curve of drone lidar systems. To us practitioners, the need for lidar on a drone is…
04.01.2019
Wide Angle Blues
Earlier this year, I gave a talk on interpreting specifications of UAV lidar systems. I promised a few folks that I would write…
01.26.2019
Analyze This!
Our company, GeoCue Group, has been doing a lot of work these past two years in the areas of data processing and management…
11.27.2018
Oh, One More Thing…
For years our company has provided software, consulting services, training and just about everything associated with lidar except the actual hardware. Of course,…
09.24.2018
You Are Breaking Up!
I am writing this from our summer camp on Lake Wheeler in northern Alabama. After a hard day of playing on the lake…
07.16.2018
Metrically Thinking
OK, this article, in keeping with the column title, is truly a Random Point! There has been a lot of talk lately about…
06.16.2018
Convoluted Thinking
Neural Networks - Part II
This month I was going to discuss how to fly and process LIDAR data for 27 cents per km2 but Allen (Cheves, the…
