Since the first of the three editions of Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual was published by the American…
Tag: Airborne
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Has Lidar Viz Come of Age?
The nice thing about hardware is you can pick it up, feel its heft, move it around in your hands, scare the booth…
More gems from lidar online events
Fall 2020 LiDAR Workshop and more
I’ve written before, on this site, as well as in the print editions, about the stream of rich content that has become available…
Green Laser is Helping to Save an Endangered Sparrow
Topobathy lidar fits the bill to monitor nesting sites
The Cape Sable seaside sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis (Figure 1), one of nine surviving subspecies of seaside sparrows (the Dusky seaside sparrow was declared…