There are now female bosses in 41 of the Fortune 500 companies1. The ceiling has been shattered, seemingly, but there is a long…
Category: From the Editor
03.22.2022
Survival of the GEDI
On Earth, back on the road
The ASPRS 2022 Virtual Conference kicked off with some inspiriting sessions, including one about high-definition maps for autonomous vehicles, chaired by Qassim Abdullah,…
02.07.2022
Panglossian?
It’s a good time for lidar
Many of you, I hope, will read this during the Geo Week conferences in Denver in February 2022. At the time of writing,…
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…
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…
09.14.2021
Green, Green My Valley Now
Lidar surging in the Bay Area
Richard Llewelyn published the fourth and last novel in his series about life in the mining communities of the South Wales valleys in…
08.18.2021
At B.1.617.2’s Mercy
Covid regroups; lidar is SPAC to the future
We had hoped by now to have returned from the pandemic to normal life and the hot summer. Delta, however, has scuppered that…
