There are now female bosses in 41 of the Fortune 500 companies1. The ceiling has been shattered, seemingly, but there is a long…
Category: Column
04.30.2022
Licensing, Certification and New Technologies
Education and professional development in the geospatial community1 It is a challenge in the current environment of fast-paced technological advancement to ensure that…
04.30.2022
New Author Introduction: Amar Nayegandhi, CP, CMS, GISP
LIDAR Magazine is pleased to announce that Amar Nayegandhi has agreed to join our team of contributing writers. Amar is a senior vice…
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,…
02.06.2022
Thought Leader: How Can We Use Lidar on the Moon?
Readers of this magazine already understand the utility of lidar for producing digital terrain models and for autonomous navigation. The same things that…
01.24.2022
LAS Exchange: LAS Working Group Releases Standard ExtraByte Registry
2021 was not the post-pandemic year we all hoped it would be. As covid fatigue settled in, committee participation and other non-essential work…
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…
12.27.2021
In Memoriam: Martin Isenburg, 1972–2021
Lidar visionary and activist passes unexpectedly
“ His tools were easy to use; they worked and scaled; and they drove standards and became the foundation of countless lidar processing…
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…
