Among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, tropical dry forests serve as vital carbon sinks and are teeming with life that supports human existence….
Category: Feature
12.30.2024
Century-Old Maps of Ochlockonee Shoal Updated with Topobathymetric Lidar
New survey combats dangers to shipping in Florida’s Big Bend
A pronounced shallow area, known as the Ochlockonee Shoal, lies in the Gulf of Mexico about eight miles off the Big Bend of…
12.30.2024
Airborne Lidar: A Tutorial for 2025
Part I: Lidar basics
Since the beginning of the 21st century, airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) has entirely revolutionized topographic data acquisition. National mapping agencies around…
12.30.2024
Finding Connecticut’s Historic Buildings In High-Density Lidar Point Clouds
Today’s point densities and processing tools facilitate new applications
Most familiar lidar applications, such as terrain modeling, land development, and hydrology, focus on the bare-earth model, a digital terrain model (DTM), which…
12.30.2024
Next-Generation Geiger-Mode Lidar Systems
3DEO advancing Geiger-mode lidar technology
Geiger-mode (GM) lidar has been operationally proven by the US military since 20101 and is seeing renewed interest in the commercial geospatial world….
12.30.2024
The U.S. Geodesy Crisis
Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the September 2023 of the Hydrographic Review Panel newsletter The current decline in the geodetic capacity in…
09.22.2024
Vexcel Imaging Enters the Lidar Market
Raptors portfolio enhanced by all-Austrian hybrid while popular industry veteran Michael Gruber retires
Recent Vexcel Imaging announcements Vexcel Imaging, headquartered in the beautiful city of Graz in Austria, is familiar to most readers. Its high-performance aerial…
09.22.2024
A Digital Twin for Nottingham
Harnessing the power of hybrid sensors to optimise urban planning
As urban environments continue to evolve, local authorities require increasingly comprehensive and accurate geospatial data to inform governance, planning, and communication with their…
09.22.2024
Elevations for the Nations Part II
Understanding Europe’s varied approach to lidar mapping
Mapping activities for the United States are centrally regulated for a land area of 3.8 million square miles, whereas lidar coverage of Europe’s…
06.03.2024
French Mining Company Eramet Advances Sustainability with Smart Maps
In Senegal, one of the world’s largest titanium and zirconium mines is always on the move. The French mining company Eramet, which operates…
