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Evolution of Point Cloud
Wikipedia has defined a “Point Cloud” as a set of data points in some coordinate system. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points…
Captured Once, Used Often
Mobile mapping reduces costs, increases efficiency
When mobile mapping solutions were introduced in the year 2000, the city of Amsterdam saw many uses for the 360-degree geo-referenced images. Mobile…
Fusion of Sensor Data Advances Geospatial Technology
The steady climb up the slope of improving sensor technology is generating better geospatial solutions, especially in mobile mapping and machine control, and…
How ASPRS Helps Guide the Lidar Industry
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is a scientific association with a proud and storied history that dates back to…
Airborne Lidar Flies High in Manitoba
The rising popularity of surveys using UAVs has led to great advances in photogrammetric techniques. Airborne lidar, however, still leads the way when…
The RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV—Charting the Evolution of RIEGL Sensors and Systems
Over the last five decades, few can claim to have devoted more to the development of lidar technology than Dr. Johannes Riegl, founder…
Capturing the Past—Historic Livermore Winery Building Lives on in a 3D Point Cloud
Livermore, California has a famous light…or more precisely, a lightbulb. For more than a century now the 4-watt light bulb, called the Centennial…
Coastal Monitoring Project Provides Blueprint for Future Surveys
Though it happened almost 25 years ago, the dramatic collapse of Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, United Kingdom remains a pertinent reminder of…
LIDAR Leader Awards Preview: 2018 Nominee Preview
In conjunction with the first ever co-location of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference and the International LIDAR…