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LiDAR

DARPA to Develop Ultracompact LIDAR Systems

Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) lighter and cheaper technology to replace a large, heavy and expensive light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems. The primary goal of the newly-announced Modular Optical Aperture Building

Business

Bluesky’s 3D Aerial Maps Inform Flood Risk Assessments for Planning Applications

Aerial photography and detailed 3D height models are being used to assess the risk of flooding, and help development projects progress through the planning process. Working with Betts Hydro, part

Remote Sensing

German-French MERLIN Mission at COP 21- Paris

On Tuesday 8 December at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference COP 21 in Paris, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the French space agency

GIS LiDAR

LiDAR Scanning Can Help Identify Structurally Heterogeneous Forest Areas

The inequality of tree sizes in a forest is an important factor affecting its structure and ecology. Forest management practices favouring natural regeneration can result in greater heterogeneity and complexity

Business

Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Large and severe tundra fires cause top down permafrost thaw, playing a major role in altering Arctic landscapes according to a new study led by the U.S.

Webinars

RIEGL USA Invites You to Join Terrestrial LiDAR Webinar

RIEGL USA Invites You to Our Terrestrial LiDAR Webinar 19 November 2015, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Eastern Time In the fields of surveying, engineering, and construction, terrestrial LiDAR has become a

GIS GIS Data

OpenTopography Releases Raster Datasets for California, Colorado, New Hampshire and Washington

Recently OpenTopography has to announce the release of seven new raster datasets. These datasets are available for areas in California, Colorado, New Hampshire and Washington. All datasets were collected between 2010 and 2012.

LiDAR

Wine Industry Adopted UK Open LiDAR Data to Boost High Quality Grapes

The UK Environment Agency open LiDAR data is to be used by wine industry to identify suitable land for vineyards. The Environment Agency now has an extensive archive of aerial LIDAR data covering

LiDAR

Updated Global Mapper LiDAR Module with Power Line Classification and Extraction

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper LiDAR module version 17.0. Released in conjunction with Version 17.0 of Global Mapper, the latest edition of the module includes

Business

LizardTech Publishes Industry Survey Results on Raster Imagery and LiDAR Data Challenges

LizardTech, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has published the results of a survey into the preferences and challenges of raster and