NASA plans to launch the Orion spacecraft on a 26-day mission around the moon via the Space Launch System, its new heavy-lift rocket,…
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12.27.2021
Cloud Native Geospatial Lidar with the Cloud Optimized Point Cloud
Lidar consultancy offers efficacious access to big lidar datasets in the Cloud Most point-cloud processing tasks do not require all the data, but…
12.27.2021
DeepRoute on the Road to Making All Transportation Autonomous
Chinese integrator enjoys robotaxi success
Since LIDAR Magazine spoke with DeepRoute VP Nianqiu Liu in July 20201, the company has deployed robotaxis in Wuhan and Shenzhen, and received…
11.20.2021
A New Hybrid Product Approach: Aligning Project Specifications with UAS, Photogrammetry and Lidar
Woolpert makes best use of multiple data types in roadway surveys
This paper discusses research on a new and creative method of merging geospatial data from differing backgrounds and with varied accuracy specifications. The…
11.15.2021
Airborne Hybrid Sensor Maps the Country
Multiagency effort to test a potential new hybrid 3DEP-NAIP sensor
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is a partnership program with many state, local, and Federal partners, managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)…
11.15.2021
Tough Requirements Call for New Solutions
G2: A solution for difficult terrain, dense vegetation and restricted airspace
When the Merrick-Surdex Joint Venture (JV) saw the call for proposals for a US government 3DEP survey to deliver classified point clouds and…
11.15.2021
Mapping the Era of Sustainable Sustenance
Precision agriculture’s next chapter
Agriculture, one of humanity’s oldest industries, remained largely unchanged for tens of thousands of years, until a century ago. Then, it underwent a…
11.15.2021
Lidar for Housing Valuations
Zibber uses Leica BLK2GO to provide fast house measurements to Dutch realtors
Lidar is now being used to address an age-old problem that impacts nearly everybody—real-estate valuations. As accuracy improves and form factors get smaller,…
11.15.2021
Watching the Great Lakes Shorelines
USACE National Coastal Mapping Program provides critical, repeat-mapping data to address regional monitoring needs
Record high water levels in the Great Lakes of the United States increase shoreline erosion, reduce efficacy of natural shoreline protection, and threaten…
11.15.2021
Energetic Data Acquisition in Florida
Updates from agencies on lidar collections
The spring 2021 FL-ASPRS/UF Lidar Workshop was held remotely on 17 June 2021 and attended by 140 participants. While the majority were from…
