Imagine a digital twin. Perhaps you are imagining the digital representation of a chip inside a phone or of a manufacturing shop floor,…
Category: Feature
Lidar DEMs for Continuous Flow Surface Hydrography Feature Extraction
A comparison of different lidar acquisitions in Pinellas County, Florida
Surface-water modeling from lidar-derived DEMs Over the past 20 years, lidar-derived digital elevation models (DEMs) have become the staple of surface-water hydrography and…
Decades of Historic Data Finished
Ohio turns to elevation-derived hydrography
Accurate geospatial data on surface water and drainage is crucial for planning, engineering, and daily operational activities for every county in every state….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…