Accurate geospatial data on surface water and drainage is crucial for planning, engineering, and daily operational activities for every county in every state….
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05.04.2024
Best Practices in Evaluating Geospatial Mapping Accuracy According to the New ASPRS Accuracy Standards
Accuracy assessments must take errors in ground control network into account
This highlight article was inspired by a comment I received from Richard C. Maher, PLS, president of KDM Meridian: “I attended both of…
02.04.2024
Finns Use Lidar in Canada’s Northern Archipelago
Mosquitoes and improvization—arctic field work to scan Muskox Valley
In the historical era of expeditions, simply reaching the unknown and dangerous destination was usually one of the biggest challenges. Scientific research was…
12.31.2023
Transformed Trajectories
Applanix strengthens integration, pushes processing boundaries
As an industry leader in mobile mapping solutions, Trimble Applanix is well known for its pioneering advances in the GNSS/inertial space for land,…
12.31.2023
Lidar Making Waves in Florida Beach Resilience
Lidar helps coastal communities respond to and prepare for extreme hurricane seasons
Editor’s note: For additional discussion with Volkan and Rick, listen to the following podcast: In 2019, Woolpert suggested a novel concept to officials…
12.31.2023
Mapping Florida Waters
Dewberry works with Florida Department of Environmental Protection to map the Gulf Coast of Florida sea floor
Florida boasts the longest coastline of any state in the contiguous U.S., with over 8400 linear miles (NOAA method)1. Florida also has the…
12.31.2023
Multispectral Lidar for Environmental Applications
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute develops systems to explore and analyze critical changes
Lidar typically provides 3D data that facilitates visualization, so that the viewer can interpret geometries and relationships of objects and terrain. Adding color…
12.30.2023
Government, Industry and Academe Advance Florida Lidar
Synopsis of the 14th UF/FL-ASPRS Spring 2023 Lidar Workshop
The Florida Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (FL-ASPRS) and the University of Florida (UF) Geomatics Division continued their…
10.19.2023
In Australia’s Fastest-Growing City, a Digital Twin Guides Rail Expansion
Brisbane team takes advice from London counterparts
The team tasked with designing the first underground railway under the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing city knew it would be a delicate task,…
10.18.2023
Building3D: An Urban-Scale Dataset and Benchmarks for 3D Building Reconstruction from Airborne Lidar
Canadian research team provides invaluable tools for researchers worldwide
3D city models have found a wide range of applications such as smart cities, autonomous navigation, urban planning, and mapping. However, existing datasets for 3D modeling mainly focus on common objects such as furniture or cars.
