SICK GmbH, founded by Dr. Erwin Sick in 1946, is a large European manufacturer of sensors and sensor solutions, offering a wide portfolio…
Category: Feature
10.07.2019
Automation in UAV-Lidar Unleashes Business Potential
Phoenix LiDAR Systems powers Precision Aerial Compliance Solutions
At the end of 2017, managing editor Stewart Walker visited Phoenix LiDAR Systems to learn about their core competency in integrating lidar systems…
10.07.2019
GNSS/IMU—The Heart of Lidar Integration
Geodetics prospers through science and balanced customer base
Geodetics, Inc. is a technology company based in San Diego, California. Its visionaries are scientists who are experts in geodesy and GNSS/IMU integration….
10.07.2019
Blackmore Leads the Way with FM Lidar for AV Applications
Measuring velocity on every data point
Perception for any robotics task involves both the inference and prediction of reality from a set of imperfect sensors. All sensors seek to…
08.09.2019
Lidar Data Supports Coastal Resilience Planning and Funding
Coastal Communities Require Highly Accurate Elevation Data for Storm-Surge Modeling and Stormwater Initiatives
Coastal resilience is defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service as proactively building a community’s capacity to “bounce…
08.09.2019
From All Sides
Integrating laser scanning and UAV data gives investigators a new 3D view
No one would dispute that courage is at the core of any police officer. It takes a certain braveness to dress for a…
08.09.2019
Skytec Completes Frigid Upper Peninsula Hybrid UAS Success
Longer flights and lidar payloads yield consistent data acquisition for Tennessee team
During a frigid late-November trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,the Skytec team needed UAS and lidar equipment to perform well in harsh weather. The…
08.09.2019
Geomagnetic Declination Using Land Surveys, Lidar, and Stone Walls
My first experience with stone walls was as a young kid (6-10 years old) living in South Deerfield, NH. The family home was…
08.09.2019
Cloud-hosted Web-based Lidar Data Storage and Dissemination Solutions—Part 1
The increasing use of lidar in multiple applications has resulted in a flood of temporal lidar data and has created the logistical challenge…
08.09.2019
SureStar Lidar
Chinese player excels in lightweight sensors
Beijing SureStar Technology Co. Ltd. is headquartered in the northwest corner of Beijing, where you can find many high-tech heavyweights, such as Huawei,…
