A frenetic conference year lost no momentum as LIDAR Magazine attended Commercial UAV Expo Americas 2019, held in the usual Westgate Las Vegas…
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Democratizing Photogrammetry
Quick-takes with Phillipe Simard of SimActive, Inc.
Thanks in no small part to drones, more and more professionals are becoming interested in photogrammetric data collection. For many, once data has…
Time on the Rails
Quick-takes with Joshua France of RIEGL USA
Between October 14-17, RIEGL USA hosted their first North American Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida, an event aimed at bringing power users together…
SICK: The World’s Largest One-Stop-Shop for Industrial Lidar Solutions
Incredibly durable sensors known for toughness and quality
SICK GmbH, founded by Dr. Erwin Sick in 1946, is a large European manufacturer of sensors and sensor solutions, offering a wide portfolio…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…