As a provider in lidar and drone mapping solutions we constantly monitor the lidar scanner market, searching for the perfect laser sensors to…
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01.24.2021
Accuracies Amaze the Experts
Tough test of lidar sensors and aerial platforms
Technology continues to provide new and improved options for data collection in all areas of geospatial services, leading to better, more complete answers…
01.24.2021
Stormwater Management with Off-The-Shelf Lidar
Cost-effective hydrologic basin characterization using public lidar elevation data
Across the United States, state and local government agencies are funding the collection of lidar data to create high-resolution, high-accuracy digital elevation models….
01.24.2021
Surveying Inland Waterways: A Florida Case Study
Topobathymetric Lidar Outperforms Hydrographic Technologies
Since the first of the three editions of Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual was published by the American…
12.04.2020
Lidar Shows Mayan Civilization in a New Light
Archaeologists solve some mysteries of the Maya
Bordered on the north and west by Mexico and on the east by Belize, the lush forests of Guatemala’s Petén region have long…
11.01.2020
Penetrating the Hawaiian Canopy
The challenge of lidar mapping in paradise
After three years of planning and execution by multiple partners, most of the Big Island of Hawaii—from its steep, craggy oceanside cliffs and…
11.01.2020
LAS: What’s on the Horizon
How the LAS Working Group works
Since its introduction in 2003, the LAS file format has become the de facto standard format for point-cloud data, with support for it…
11.01.2020
Energy at Quanergy
Markets accelerate beyond automotive
Readers of LIDAR Magazine know that suppliers of lidar sensors who cater primarily to automotive customers have been making a big difference to…
11.01.2020
Measuring Maria’s Havoc
Evaluating hurricane damage with multi-temporal lidar
USGS and Florida lidar standards The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment Report1 (NEEA) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicated that the greatest national…
11.01.2020
Lidar Initiatives at the National Center of Cartography Romania
2D–3D data fusion research in the VOLTA project
National Center of Cartography Romania The National Center of Cartography Romania (CNC) offers specialized technical support to develop and update geodetic and cartographic…
