Researchers at the University of Florida have been working with UAS lidar for several years. This includes low-level investigation into the sensor and…
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Seoul Robotics Makes Lidar Discovery
On 7 January 2021, Seoul Robotics, a Korean start-up, created a stir when it launched Discovery, a first-of-its-kind “plug and play” product in…
Hurricanes Wreak Change on Puerto Rico’s Coasts
Shoreline mapping with time-series topobathymetric lidar
This is a follow-up to an earlier article by the same authors: Karlin, A., R. Miller and A. Nayegandhi, Measuring Maria’s havoc: evaluating…
Combating California Crises with Maps
Bay Area consortia leverage lidar to generate critical detailed mapping
San Francisco Bay Area land managers and stewards have the responsibility of caring for one of the most populated, but also most ecologically…
Lidar Data Processing Made Easy
Microdrones’ mdInfinity transforms raw data into powerful results
Plan, fly, process, visualize. These four steps of the drone surveying workflow from Microdrones have guided professionals in fields like surveying, construction, and…
The Next Decade with lidar
LIDAR Magazine interviews keynote presenter James Van Rens, SVP, Riegl USA
The keynote at the Workshop was given by James Van Rens of RIEGL USA. LIDAR Magazine (LM) interviewed James (JVR) and put questions…
The Florida ASPRS Lidar Workshops
9th in series goes virtual
The five Water Management Districts (WMDs) in Florida—Northwest Florida (NWFWMD), St. Johns River (SJRWMD), Suwannee River (SRWMD), South Florida (SFWMD), and Southwest Florida…
Lidar Actors in Florida
Updates from agencies on lidar collections
The workshops traditionally begin with representatives of the five Water Management Districts (WMDs)—Northwest Florida (NWFWMD), South Florida (SFWMD), St. Johns River (SJRWMD), Suwannee…
3D Life in 3D GIS & Digital Twins
Sanborn illustrates the next dimension
Although physicists have recently determined the theoretical possibility of a two-dimensional (2D) universe, most of us are perfectly happy living in our three-dimensional…
UAV Drone Lidar—Improving Point Cloud Data Quality via Smoothing
GeoCue refines data from automotive-grade lidars
Drone lidar—the use of compact, lightweight lidars on small unmanned systems—is an active area of research and commercial development. The use of drone…