Demand for employees with education and training in advanced geospatial technologies is at an all-time high, because of the rapid growth of the…
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05.24.2023
Lidar Looks Lively in the Sunshine State
A synopsis of the 13th UF/FL-ASPRS Lidar Workshop
FL-ASPRS/UF FALL 2022 Virtual Lidar Workshop The Florida Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (FL-ASPRS) and the University of…
05.24.2023
Enhancing Visual Intelligence with Efficient Beam Shaping for Automotive Lidar
How to achieve efficient, uniform illumination and iterate quickly with a customized solid-state lidar design As automobiles become more technologically sophisticated, they require…
05.24.2023
UAV Point Clouds at Millimeter Accuracy
Hybrid georeferencing of images and lidar point clouds for deformation monitoring
Note: This is a slightly shortened version of the published paper by the same authors, which is listed as the third reference in…
05.24.2023
100 Years of Innovation in Heerbrugg
Heinrich Wild’s company was founded in 1921
The company “Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik” was founded in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, on April 26, 1921. Over the decades, this company…
02.14.2023
Tools for a Better Tomorrow
The lidar legacy of Martin Isenburg
Founded in 1952 20 km east of San Francisco Bay and 20 km northeast of Silicon Valley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) applies…
02.14.2023
L-Band Locates Leaks
ASTERRA uses radar to find unwanted moisture
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…
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…
