How 3D reality capture supports fast, fault-free hyperscale construction Data center construction has become a defining segment of contemporary infrastructure work. Growth in…
Tag: Terrestrial
06.09.2026
Accuracy Isn’t A Setting
Applying lidar data with intent, validation, and judgment: Why the Level of Accuracy (LOA) framework and practitioner’s guide are changing how accuracy is…
07.31.2025
Historic Preservation Meets Digital Archaeology in the Jungles of Guatemala
Revisiting a Mayan Digital Twin
3D scan data can do more than just help with historic preservation—it can also act as a record of history and archaeology. In…
11.15.2021
Airborne Hybrid Sensor Maps the Country
Multiagency effort to test a potential new hybrid 3DEP-NAIP sensor
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is a partnership program with many state, local, and Federal partners, managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)…
11.15.2021
Lidar for Housing Valuations
Zibber uses Leica BLK2GO to provide fast house measurements to Dutch realtors
Lidar is now being used to address an age-old problem that impacts nearly everybody—real-estate valuations. As accuracy improves and form factors get smaller,…
08.18.2021
Why Optical Phased Array is the Future of Lidar for Autonomous Vehicles
Lidar enables the future of AVs—it is a key technology that will help make self-driving cars safe, efficient, and reliable. Until recently, however,…
01.12.2021
Handheld 3D Imager Supports Historical Façade Restoration
Reality capture brings fresh approach to ancient craft
Jim McMahon, president of Structural Stone Concepts, specializes in the historic façade preservation of schools and other buildings in New York City. Working…
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
AV Lidar Needs Software Too
DeepRoute spearheads global AV industry with innovative technologies
DeepRoute.ai Ltd., which is based in Shenzen, China, with facilities in Beijing and Fremont, California, takes us further into an area that has…
03.26.2020
The Role for Lidar in Lunar Exploration and Beyond
NASA is returning to the Moon with the Artemis Program. By 2024, NASA has been directed to land the first woman and the…
