I really think it is time, particularly in the small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) mapping arena, to make high accuracy colorized 3D point…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
ASPRS Pecora 21 – ISRSE 38
Remote sensing of critical changes to our planet
ASPRS held its 21st William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium in conjunction with the 38th International Symposium for Remote Sensing and Environment…
Quantum Acquisition Summit 4.0
More types of data more often
LIDAR Magazine was invited to attend Quantum Spatial’s fourth user conference, entitled Acquisition Summit 4.0, in the university town of Corvallis, Oregon, on…
Action for Planet Earth
Scribblings from Stuttgart - INTERGEO 2019
After a weekend in rural Switzerland with my old Leica Geosystems colleague Peter Fricker and his family – Peter was involved in sales…
57th Photogrammetric Week
Scribblings from Stuttgart - PhoWo 2019
Thanks to a kind invitation from Prof. Dr. Uwe Sörgel, I was able to attend the 57th Photogrammetric Week in Stuttgart, capital of…
The More Things Change…
LIDAR Magazine—so what’s that about? Over the years, when asked this question, I’ve honed my response to inquire as to one’s familiarity with…