For energy providers, transformer substations are an integral component of the energy grid, securely and reliably transmitting electricity to homes, businesses, schools, hospitals,…
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Airborne Lidar: A Tutorial for 2025
Part IV: UAV-Lidar
In recent years, both the miniaturization of sensors and advances in remote-controlled aerial platform technology have enabled the integration of scanning lidar instruments into unmanned aerial vehicles…
A Lidar Professional’s Roadmap to a Successful ArcGIS Migration
Migrating to ArcGIS is a strategic necessity for today’s lidar professionals. Esri’s older platforms are being retired, and remaining on legacy systems risks…
RoyOMartin’s High-Tech Forestry Approach Poised to Meet America’s Housing Crisis
A century-old family business like RoyOMartin survives and succeeds by recognizing risks and opportunities. Today, as the US faces a critical housing shortage,…
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 3, 9 October 2025 - Part 3 of 3
This is the third part of my personal journal about Intergeo 2025. I entered the halls on the last day, 9 October 2025,…
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 2, 8 October 2025 - Part 2 of 3
As explained in part 1 of this account, this is a personal journal of a visit to the Intergeo 2025 event in Frankfurt….
Intergeo 2025 – a retrospective
Day 1, 7 October 2025 - Part 1 of 3
So much happens at the annual Intergeo event in Germany – enormous exhibition, conference, company events and more – that it’s impossible to…
Leveraging InSAR Technology to Optimize Lidar Data Collection
How InSAR improves efficiency, coverage, and cost-effectiveness in lidar surveys
InSAR: an old technology with new applications Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), once limited to specialized research and military reconnaissance, has emerged as…
Breaking Through: Integrating Mobile Mapping and Ground-Penetrating Radar for Better Infrastructure Intelligence
Three use cases demonstrate how combining mobile and subsurface mapping technology produces comprehensive 3D digital twins to document utility and transportation infrastructure. For…
Elevations for the Nations Part III
Understanding Europe’s varied approach to lidar mapping
Mapping activities for the United States are centrally regulated for a land area of 3.8 million square miles, whereas lidar coverage of Europe’s…
