The first part of the tutorial (lidar basics) reviewed the fundamentals of airborne lidar, also referred to as airborne laser scanning (ALS)1. We…
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02.09.2025
The Magic of Bayes
Niche lidar software supplier celebrates 10th birthday
What makes BayesMap Solutions special? The geospatial community is most rewarded when academic know-how meets engineering realities to provide actionable data that can…
02.09.2025
From Water to Air: Terra Brasil Integrates Lidar and Bathymetry Technology
Comparing airborne lidar with bathymetric data: how Terra Brasil uses LP360 for merging, QA/QC, and deliverables Since its establishment in 2009, Terra Brasil…
12.30.2024
Mapping Green Carbon
How lidar is saving Ecuador’s tropical dry forests
Among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, tropical dry forests serve as vital carbon sinks and are teeming with life that supports human existence….
12.30.2024
Century-Old Maps of Ochlockonee Shoal Updated with Topobathymetric Lidar
New survey combats dangers to shipping in Florida’s Big Bend
A pronounced shallow area, known as the Ochlockonee Shoal, lies in the Gulf of Mexico about eight miles off the Big Bend of…
12.30.2024
Airborne Lidar: A Tutorial for 2025
Part I: Lidar basics
Since the beginning of the 21st century, airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) has entirely revolutionized topographic data acquisition. National mapping agencies around…
12.30.2024
Finding Connecticut’s Historic Buildings In High-Density Lidar Point Clouds
Today’s point densities and processing tools facilitate new applications
Most familiar lidar applications, such as terrain modeling, land development, and hydrology, focus on the bare-earth model, a digital terrain model (DTM), which…
12.30.2024
Next-Generation Geiger-Mode Lidar Systems
3DEO advancing Geiger-mode lidar technology
Geiger-mode (GM) lidar has been operationally proven by the US military since 20101 and is seeing renewed interest in the commercial geospatial world….
12.30.2024
The U.S. Geodesy Crisis
Editor’s Note: The following appeared in the September 2023 of the Hydrographic Review Panel newsletter The current decline in the geodetic capacity in…
09.22.2024
Vexcel Imaging Enters the Lidar Market
Raptors portfolio enhanced by all-Austrian hybrid while popular industry veteran Michael Gruber retires
Recent Vexcel Imaging announcements Vexcel Imaging, headquartered in the beautiful city of Graz in Austria, is familiar to most readers. Its high-performance aerial…
