In Senegal, one of the world’s largest titanium and zirconium mines is always on the move. The French mining company Eramet, which operates…
Volume 14 Issue 2
May 2024
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FEATURES
06.01.2024
USDA Exceeds Petabyte Milestone for Processing Lidar Data
LP360 leveraged for efficient lidar data management and advanced geospatial analysis
How did the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) address the challenge of processing an enormous volume of lidar data, modernize the output, then manage and catalog the data for its stakeholders?
06.01.2024
Florida Lidar Tradition Continues
A synopsis of the 16th UF/FL-ASPRS Lidar Workshop
The Florida Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (FL-ASPRS) and the University of Florida (UF) Geomatics Division held the…
05.04.2024
Lidar Brings Monticello into Focus
Thomas Jefferson Foundation commends discoveries from laser scanning
Today, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello ranks as one of the most important historical sites in the United States. Two centuries ago, Monticello was a…
05.04.2024
3D AI in the Lidar HD Production Process
How AI improves the point-cloud classification process at IGN, France’s national mapping agency The Lidar HD program Designed to meet the needs of…
05.04.2024
Digital Twins Open Up New Possibilities For Rainforest Conservation
R-evolution uses Hexagon airborne and terrestrial lidar sensors as fundamental data sources
Imagine a digital twin. Perhaps you are imagining the digital representation of a chip inside a phone or of a manufacturing shop floor,…
05.04.2024
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…
05.04.2024
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….
05.04.2024
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…
COLUMNS
From the Editor
09.16.2024
An empty plinth
Ron Roth departs Leica Geosystems/Hexagon
After shepherding nine generations of airborne topographic lidar systems, three generations of hybrid imaging/lidar and one airborne imaging sensor, Ron Roth has departed…
From the Editor
09.16.2024
UN-GGIM 2024
14th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
Along with roughly 350 others, I was invited to represent ISPRS at the 14th session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global…
From the Editor
09.16.2024
A Tale of Two GIs
44th Esri International User Conference – bigger, brighter, more thought-provoking than ever
It must seem to many attendees at the Esri International User Conference that it’s an advantage to live in San Diego. Well, it’s…
From the Editor
07.06.2024
ISPRS Symposia Highlights
Morsels from abroad
Who is really writing this? As I embark on another account of my travels, I am acutely aware that readers may be in…
Rapid Fire
06.18.2024
Rapid Fire: TOPODRONE is Breaking Geospatial Barriers
Alexander Lopukhov is co-founder of TOPODRONE, a Swiss firm at the leading edge of cost-efficient lidar and mobile lidar solutions. A notable example…
From the Editor
05.14.2024
A Tale of Three Meetings
Esri, SDSU/ASPRS and GreenValley host lively events
A perfect, vernal morning on the Berkeley Marina offered stirring views of the Golden Gate Bridge in one direction and the UCB campus…
From the Editor
05.04.2024
A Digital Record
Our cover story is about an archaeological application. Well-known geospatial services company Surdex1 was contracted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to acquire lidar…
Full Coverage
05.04.2024
Full Coverage: The Case For (And Against) Propagated Uncertainty in Aerial Topographic LiDAR
There is a strong case for adding Total Propagated Uncertainty to the LAS specification, but it would almost certainly increase cost. The Geo…