On 7 January 2021, Seoul Robotics, a Korean start-up, created a stir when it launched Discovery, a first-of-its-kind “plug and play” product in…
Category: Feature
05.22.2021
Hurricanes Wreak Change on Puerto Rico’s Coasts
Shoreline mapping with time-series topobathymetric lidar
This is a follow-up to an earlier article by the same authors: Karlin, A., R. Miller and A. Nayegandhi, Measuring Maria’s havoc: evaluating…
05.04.2021
Combating California Crises with Maps
Bay Area consortia leverage lidar to generate critical detailed mapping
San Francisco Bay Area land managers and stewards have the responsibility of caring for one of the most populated, but also most ecologically…
04.20.2021
Lidar Data Processing Made Easy
Microdrones’ mdInfinity transforms raw data into powerful results
Plan, fly, process, visualize. These four steps of the drone surveying workflow from Microdrones have guided professionals in fields like surveying, construction, and…
04.01.2021
The Next Decade with lidar
LIDAR Magazine interviews keynote presenter James Van Rens, SVP, Riegl USA
The keynote at the Workshop was given by James Van Rens of RIEGL USA. LIDAR Magazine (LM) interviewed James (JVR) and put questions…
04.01.2021
The Florida ASPRS Lidar Workshops
9th in series goes virtual
The five Water Management Districts (WMDs) in Florida—Northwest Florida (NWFWMD), St. Johns River (SJRWMD), Suwannee River (SRWMD), South Florida (SFWMD), and Southwest Florida…
04.01.2021
Lidar Actors in Florida
Updates from agencies on lidar collections
The workshops traditionally begin with representatives of the five Water Management Districts (WMDs)—Northwest Florida (NWFWMD), South Florida (SFWMD), St. Johns River (SJRWMD), Suwannee…
04.01.2021
3D Life in 3D GIS & Digital Twins
Sanborn illustrates the next dimension
Although physicists have recently determined the theoretical possibility of a two-dimensional (2D) universe, most of us are perfectly happy living in our three-dimensional…
04.01.2021
UAV Drone Lidar—Improving Point Cloud Data Quality via Smoothing
GeoCue refines data from automotive-grade lidars
Drone lidar—the use of compact, lightweight lidars on small unmanned systems—is an active area of research and commercial development. The use of drone…
04.01.2021
Topobathymetric Lidar Fits Well with Hydrographic Survey
Woolpert uses object detection to compare topobathymetric lidar and multibeam sonar in Tonga
In 2018, Woolpert and iXblue teamed up to map the coastline of Tonga in support of nautical charting for Land Information New Zealand…
