Note: See the PDF for more graphics Lidar systems based on small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) are rapidly advancing. This research investigates a Microdrones…
Category: Feature
08.18.2021
Lisa Murray, Lidar Impressario: Reflections on Collaboration
Diversified Communications’ geospatial lead moves on
Most readers of LIDAR Magazine have attended a Diversified Communications (DC) event, International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) being the best known. Many of…
08.18.2021
Israeli Automotive Lidar Supplier Leapfrogs into Sight
Innoviz lidar’s price point must raise geospatial eyebrows
We have often acknowledged in these pages the difference that lidar suppliers focused on the automotive sector, on both ADAS (advanced driver assistance…
05.22.2021
Mapping Coastal California
USACE partners with federal and private organizations to optimize data collection and use on the Pacific coast
California’s 1352 kilometers of coastline present varied and challenging mapping environments. These range from the sandy beaches of Malibu to the rocky coasts…
05.22.2021
New Views of California’s Forests
Monitoring wildfire hazards with satellites, lidar and AI
I suspect I have a sympathetic audience in these pages when I state that lidar is a premier technology for forest mapping and…
05.22.2021
A Rewarding Pyramid Scheme
Portable and accurate UAS lidar targets
Researchers at the University of Florida have been working with UAS lidar for several years. This includes low-level investigation into the sensor and…
05.22.2021
Seoul Robotics Makes Lidar Discovery
On 7 January 2021, Seoul Robotics, a Korean start-up, created a stir when it launched Discovery, a first-of-its-kind “plug and play” product in…
05.22.2021
Hurricanes Wreak Change on Puerto Rico’s Coasts
Shoreline mapping with time-series topobathymetric lidar
This is a follow-up to an earlier article by the same authors: Karlin, A., R. Miller and A. Nayegandhi, Measuring Maria’s havoc: evaluating…
05.04.2021
Combating California Crises with Maps
Bay Area consortia leverage lidar to generate critical detailed mapping
San Francisco Bay Area land managers and stewards have the responsibility of caring for one of the most populated, but also most ecologically…
04.20.2021
Lidar Data Processing Made Easy
Microdrones’ mdInfinity transforms raw data into powerful results
Plan, fly, process, visualize. These four steps of the drone surveying workflow from Microdrones have guided professionals in fields like surveying, construction, and…
