LIDAR Magazine learned that a startup, ASTERRA1, was using L-band radar (frequency 1-2 GHz; λ = 15-30 cm) to detect leaks and enable…
Category: Feature
02.14.2023
Ski Resort Surveying in One Day
Romanian firm offers fast turnaround from airborne lidar
A local government client granted BDS Topografie, a leading Romanian surveying company, a project to acquire with a UAV, process and deliver for…
01.18.2023
The Martin I Knew
Silke Kämmerer’s address on the occasion of receiving, on behalf of Dr. Martin Isenburg, the Lidar Leader Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement in…
12.23.2022
Tennessee Feasts on 3DEP
Data for today’s efforts and future USGS initiatives
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) entered its first year of production in 2016. With the help…
12.23.2022
The Impact of Open Access Lidar Topography
The rapid increase in high-resolution lidar topography coverage around the globe demonstrates its massive utility for tasks like flood mitigation, infrastructure development, national…
12.23.2022
Digital Twin Comes Of Age
Key to 21st-century city planning and operations; centerpiece of smart city evolution
The concept of the digital twin originated in manufacturing industry around 2002 and has been gaining momentum in the geospatial industry since around…
12.23.2022
High-Density Lidar Finds the Fault
Probe based on collections before and after seismic event in North Carolina
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been actively engaged in collecting and publishing high-quality, lidar-derived elevation data through the 3D Elevation Program…
12.23.2022
Drones and Imagery Bring Precision Agriculture Concepts to Forestry
With drones, experts help grow forests of timber with precision
The revolution of precision agriculture—with its drone-guided application of fertilizer and pesticides and continuous mapping and monitoring of crop needs—has arrived in the…
12.23.2022
UAV-based Watershed Surveying over Florida Forests
High-density lidar facilitates new avenues of study
FL-ASPRS/UF Spring 2022 Virtual Lidar Workshop The temporal dynamics of creeks are important for understanding the hydrologic processes, predicting floods, and assessing climate-change…
12.23.2022
Integrated Sensors Emerge in Pompeii
Lidar gives new insight into Archaeological Park
Archaeology has always been the way to bridge the past with the future. Without learning from the past, we can’t advance architecture, engineering…
