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…
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10.08.2019
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…
10.07.2019
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…
10.07.2019
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…
10.07.2019
Market Report
Lidar Market to Reach USD 6 Billion by 2024
Key Takeaways: • The lidar market is on track for fast growth, driven by robotic vehicles • Massive investments show high expectations for…
10.07.2019
Relevancy in the Age of Change
Recently I heard someone describe my organization as a 36 year-old startup company. That is a pretty good way to define what is…
08.09.2019
Enjoying the Energy
In the last issue, we reflected on the rambunctious nature of our industry and the likelihood that it will enjoy rapid growth over…
08.09.2019
Let’s all do the Z bump!
I just returned from the summer meeting of the Transportation Research Board’s AFB-80 committee. This is a standing committee that deals with high…
06.09.2019
The Right Place and Time
Perusing the news on one’s phone every morning can be a dispiriting experience, as so many of the constants that have safeguarded those…
06.09.2019
“Of course it’s better!”
I have been thinking about the adoption curve of drone lidar systems. To us practitioners, the need for lidar on a drone is…
