The year began with informative visits to Geo Week in Denver in February and the YellowScan LiDAR Convention 2026 (YLC) in Aix-en-Provence in…
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Accuracy Isn’t A Setting
Applying lidar data with intent, validation, and judgment: Why the Level of Accuracy (LOA) framework and practitioner’s guide are changing how accuracy is…
Another Wavelength
Ouster recently announced the new REV8 OS product family, billed as the ‘World’s First Color Lidar’. This might not sound like a significant…
Lidar is All Around
LIDAR Magazine wishes all readers a happy, healthy, fulfilling 2026. We appreciate you taking time to browse our pages. Composing this during the…
2026 AEG Trends Across Industries Highlight Increasingly Interconnected World
Building on the outstanding response to Woolpert Chief Scientist Qassim Abdullah’s annual article on forecasting geospatial trends (on page 8 of this issue),…
Lidar Flies Above Uncertainty
As 2025 draws to a close, we can look back on a fascinating year—and look forward to the continuance of current trends. One…
Geospatial Data for Hurricane Response and Resilience
When hurricanes strike, geospatial data becomes an essential tool for both immediate disaster response and long-term coastal resilience. After a storm, two phases…
Lidar, InSAR, GPR – Better Together
During my editorship, I have attempted to provide readers with material not only on lidar, but also on other active sensors, such as…
Airborne Lidar: An Evolution of Technology and Applications
In the coming months, Hexagon will unveil the next-generation single-photon lidar (SPL) airborne sensor. An upgrade from our extremely popular Leica SPL100 wide-area…
Hexagon LIVE Global 2025, Las Vegas, 16-19 June 2025: A Retrospective Part 4
Geospatial behemoth delivers innovations and updates in fine setting – ground-penetrating radar
LIDAR Magazine, unsurprisingly, is focused on lidar, but we like to publish about other active sensors too. We have tried for some years…
