Bordered on the north and west by Mexico and on the east by Belize, the lush forests of Guatemala’s Petén region have long…
Category: Feature
11.01.2020
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…
11.01.2020
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…
11.01.2020
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…
11.01.2020
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…
11.01.2020
Lidar Initiatives at the National Center of Cartography Romania
2D–3D data fusion research in the VOLTA project
National Center of Cartography Romania The National Center of Cartography Romania (CNC) offers specialized technical support to develop and update geodetic and cartographic…
11.01.2020
AV Lidar Needs Software Too
DeepRoute spearheads global AV industry with innovative technologies
DeepRoute.ai Ltd., which is based in Shenzen, China, with facilities in Beijing and Fremont, California, takes us further into an area that has…
09.05.2020
Schott at the Sharp Edge
Precision glass-ceramics influence signal strength
Today’s geospatial reality involves a world awash with sensors. As developers seek to embed lidar technology in ever smaller, increasingly mobile installations, the…
09.05.2020
Velodyne’s Journey
Lidar Drives the Autonomous Revolution
We arranged to interview Velodyne Lidar’s new CEO, Dr. Anand Gopalan, in mid-January 2020—only ten days after Anand was promoted and founder David…
09.05.2020
Intel Makes Lidar Too
Renowned chip-maker launches low-cost lidar
As part of our series on lidar players in Silicon Valley, we were keen to talk to Intel Corporation. Our curiosity about the…
