Does the economic law of diminishing marginal returns apply to lidar point density? Economics 101 teaches us the law (or principle) of diminishing…
Tag: Airborne
12.30.2024
Mapping Green Carbon
How lidar is saving Ecuador’s tropical dry forests
Among the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, tropical dry forests serve as vital carbon sinks and are teeming with life that supports human existence….
12.30.2024
Century-Old Maps of Ochlockonee Shoal Updated with Topobathymetric Lidar
New survey combats dangers to shipping in Florida’s Big Bend
A pronounced shallow area, known as the Ochlockonee Shoal, lies in the Gulf of Mexico about eight miles off the Big Bend of…
12.30.2024
Airborne Lidar: A Tutorial for 2025
Part I: Lidar basics
Since the beginning of the 21st century, airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) has entirely revolutionized topographic data acquisition. National mapping agencies around…
12.30.2024
Finding Connecticut’s Historic Buildings In High-Density Lidar Point Clouds
Today’s point densities and processing tools facilitate new applications
Most familiar lidar applications, such as terrain modeling, land development, and hydrology, focus on the bare-earth model, a digital terrain model (DTM), which…
12.30.2024
Next-Generation Geiger-Mode Lidar Systems
3DEO advancing Geiger-mode lidar technology
Geiger-mode (GM) lidar has been operationally proven by the US military since 20101 and is seeing renewed interest in the commercial geospatial world….
12.30.2024
The Case For (and Against) Propagated Uncertainty in Aerial Topographic Lidar, Continued!
Total Propagated Uncertainty must take into account the relationships between the datums defined by the ground control points and the inertial navigation system,…
12.27.2024
Florida Lidar in the Fall
Synopsis of the 17th UF/FL-ASPRS Lidar/Geospatial Workshop
State agency updates The Workshop started with 10-minute briefings from several state agencies focused on Florida-based projects. Suwannee River Water Management District (Paul…
09.22.2024
Vexcel Imaging Enters the Lidar Market
Raptors portfolio enhanced by all-Austrian hybrid while popular industry veteran Michael Gruber retires
Recent Vexcel Imaging announcements Vexcel Imaging, headquartered in the beautiful city of Graz in Austria, is familiar to most readers. Its high-performance aerial…
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…
