“ His tools were easy to use; they worked and scaled; and they drove standards and became the foundation of countless lidar processing…
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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…
11.15.2021
We Need New Lidar Testing Criteria
I have been in the business long enough to watch lidar point density go from single-line profilers with perhaps a point every few…
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…
07.14.2021
Remote events really do exceed expectations!
ISPRS, Esri and Photonics Media lay on sumptuous fare
In the last post here I had begun to participate in the XXIV ISPRS Congress 2021 Digital Edition. I am pleased to report…
07.05.2021
Transitioning Back
Ample Opportunities from ISPRS and ASPRS
A year ago, I was writing about the high quality of online material, both remote events and commercial webinars, enabling us to remain…
