Our March/April edition has much to do with the Geo Week 2020 series of conferences, originally slated for March 22-26 in Washington D.C….
Category: Column
03.26.2020
Finding the Value in Our Forests
We’re racking up a huge ecological debt due to mass deforestation. The Earth is losing rainforests at a rate of 30 football fields…
03.26.2020
The Role for Lidar in Lunar Exploration and Beyond
NASA is returning to the Moon with the Artemis Program. By 2024, NASA has been directed to land the first woman and the…
03.26.2020
Accuracy Isn’t One Dimensional
We have built dozens of True View 410 3D imaging Systems (3DiS) for sUAS over the past several months. With each unit, we…
03.11.2020
Los Angeles Geospatial Summit
USC Hosts Annual Showcase
On 28 February, I braved LA traffic to attend the Los Angeles Geospatial Summit 2020, a one-day event at the University of Southern…
02.12.2020
Random Points: What Is a 3DiS Anyway?
I really think it is time, particularly in the small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) mapping arena, to make high accuracy colorized 3D point…
01.28.2020
The Advantages and Complementarities of SAR
Quick Takes with Dr. Joerg Herrmann of Capella Space
For this installment of Quick Takes, we discuss the commercialization of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with Dr. Joerg Herrmann, Senior Vice President, Special…
01.28.2020
2020 – Starting at the top
Never a News Famine in Silicon Valley
2020 started at the top for LIDAR Magazine! Managing editor Stewart Walker was invited to attend the GeoBuiz Summit, which took place from…
01.14.2020
So Much to Read, See and Learn!
In addition to the contributions of valued partners and customers to our annual Aerial Showcase, this issue includes articles that are exemplars of…
01.14.2020
Random Points: Beauty is Only Skin Deep
I was recently involved in a detailed discussion of various metrics of processed airborne laser scanning (ALS) data that can be used as…
