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Accuracy Comparison of Publicly available DEMs and LiDAR DEM for Coastal Flood Risk Assessments

Coasts are experiencing the adverse consequences of hazards related to climate change and sea level rise and will be exposed to increasing risks of coastal flooding. Ten percent of the

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UK Environment Agency Make LiDAR and Environment Data Open for All

The UK Environment Agency (EA) is to make its LiDAR datasets freely available as open data to commercial entities from September this year. Since 2013, LiDAR data has been published for non-commercial

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Contour Connection Method: an automated Method for Landslide Identification with LiDAR

In a study by Ben A. Leshchinsky et. al., from Oregon State University has developed a new algorithm “Contour Connection Method” for automated landslide deposits from LiDAR data. Landslide is

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DARPA Develop Technology to Integrate LiDAR on Microchips

DARPA, American defence research agency has developed a LiDAR system small enough to be integrated on a microchip yet offering better performance than conventional bulky mechanical devices. DARPA’s Short-range Wide-field-of-view Extremely agile

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Updated Global Mapper LiDAR Module Now Supports NIR LiDAR Data

Hallowell, Maine – May 27, 2015 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of an upgrade to the Global Mapper LiDAR Module. Released in conjunction with

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LiDAR Mapping Technique Finds Abandoned Mines in Forest

A project to determine the locations of abandoned mines in the Willamette National Forest could help firefighters and others avoid injuries. The Statesman Journal reports in a story on Saturday

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Airborne LiDAR Datasets Covering Two Volcanic Fields and a River Confluence

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of three new LiDAR datasets covering two volcanic fields in Northern Arizona and Nevada as well as a river confluence in Colorado. The