Who is really writing this? As I embark on another account of my travels, I am acutely aware that readers may be in…
Category: Column
06.18.2024
Rapid Fire: TOPODRONE is Breaking Geospatial Barriers
Alexander Lopukhov is co-founder of TOPODRONE, a Swiss firm at the leading edge of cost-efficient lidar and mobile lidar solutions. A notable example…
05.14.2024
A Tale of Three Meetings
Esri, SDSU/ASPRS and GreenValley host lively events
A perfect, vernal morning on the Berkeley Marina offered stirring views of the Golden Gate Bridge in one direction and the UCB campus…
05.04.2024
A Digital Record
Our cover story is about an archaeological application. Well-known geospatial services company Surdex1 was contracted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to acquire lidar…
05.04.2024
Full Coverage: The Case For (And Against) Propagated Uncertainty in Aerial Topographic LiDAR
There is a strong case for adding Total Propagated Uncertainty to the LAS specification, but it would almost certainly increase cost. The Geo…
02.12.2024
Celebrating World Lidar Day
You may have picked up LIDAR Magazine at Geo Week, or you may be an existing subscriber. Or both. Thank you. In the…
02.12.2024
The Quest For “Wall-to-Wall” Coverage for Hydrospatial Applications
The benefits of a “fly lidar first, fill-in with sonar” philosophy to obtain full bathymetry coverage Over the past few decades, airborne topographic…
02.04.2024
The Quest For “Wall-to-Wall” Coverage for Hydrospatial Applications
The benefits of a “fly lidar first, fill-in with sonar” philosophy to obtain full bathymetry coverage
Over the past few decades, airborne topographic lidar has been the “go to” technology to create high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) of land…
12.31.2023
Communications Trifecta
We have become a podcaster!1 Three episodes of The LIDAR Magazine Podcasts have been recorded. These podcasts are sponsored by rapidlasso GmbH2, the…
10.14.2023
Model Behavior
The winds of change continue to blow through the lidar industry. In this year’s Sensor Integration Spotlight, we’ve addressed a handful of the…
