Across the United States, state and local government agencies are funding the collection of lidar data to create high-resolution, high-accuracy digital elevation models….
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Cyberphysical Systems and Autonomous Mobility
Swiss physicist’s assessment of AV progress to date
The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) intermittently publishes short reports on events or publications of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). Recently SATW…
Surveying Inland Waterways: A Florida Case Study
Topobathymetric Lidar Outperforms Hydrographic Technologies
Since the first of the three editions of Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual was published by the American…
Handheld 3D Imager Supports Historical Façade Restoration
Reality capture brings fresh approach to ancient craft
Jim McMahon, president of Structural Stone Concepts, specializes in the historic façade preservation of schools and other buildings in New York City. Working…
FMCW Lidar Seeks Fortune in the Autonomous Vehicle Market
Alternative method to time-of-flight
As autonomous vehicles approach widespread deployment, lidar technology continues to be one of the crucial enabling technologies. Lidar is often described as the…
Lidar Shows Mayan Civilization in a New Light
Archaeologists solve some mysteries of the Maya
Bordered on the north and west by Mexico and on the east by Belize, the lush forests of Guatemala’s Petén region have long…
Penetrating the Hawaiian Canopy
The challenge of lidar mapping in paradise
After three years of planning and execution by multiple partners, most of the Big Island of Hawaii—from its steep, craggy oceanside cliffs and…
LAS: What’s on the Horizon
How the LAS Working Group works
Since its introduction in 2003, the LAS file format has become the de facto standard format for point-cloud data, with support for it…
Energy at Quanergy
Markets accelerate beyond automotive
Readers of LIDAR Magazine know that suppliers of lidar sensors who cater primarily to automotive customers have been making a big difference to…
Measuring Maria’s Havoc
Evaluating hurricane damage with multi-temporal lidar
USGS and Florida lidar standards The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment Report1 (NEEA) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicated that the greatest national…