The benefits of a “fly lidar first, fill-in with sonar” philosophy to obtain full bathymetry coverage Over the past few decades, airborne topographic…
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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…
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…
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…
Creating Forensic Accident Perspectives with Lidar-Based Modelling
When a serious car accident results in significant damages to one or more parties, an insurance or legal case is opened to determine…
Jeffrey Yates Retires From DAT/EM
Geospatial veteran moves on to further adventure
Jeff Yates retired as general manager of DAT/EM Systems, Anchorage, Alaska, on June 2, 2023. This changing of the guard comes close on…
Lidar’s Revolution of Forensic Ballistic Trajectory Analysis
Analysis after shooting events benefits from laser scanning
Trajectory analysis is a key element to accurately reconstructing a shooting event. Most often, police investigators or forensic experts perform this analysis by…
New Author Introduction: Jason Fries
LIDAR Magazine is pleased to announce that Jason C. Fries has agreed to join our team of contributing writers. Fries is the CEO…
SimActive: The Ferrari of Photogrammetric Innovation
“We want to keep pushing. And with the success we’ve had in the last couple of years, it’s exponential. All we see is…
Quarterly Forecast
This issue marks our shift to four print issues per year—to bring you more substantial magazines, with more articles in each. This issue’s…