This Sunday May 16, 2010 will mark the 50th anniversary of the invention of the ruby laser.
Archive - May 2010
LiDAR Used as Basis for Salt Lake City Solar Potential Project
1. The following information was supplied by Kevin Bell, GIS Coordinator for Salt Lake City, Utah...
Trenchless Sewer Rehab and LiDAR
1. Typically sewer inspection is being done with CCTV. 2. Laser scanning is being used for pipeline...
LiDAR and the New York Times
1. The New York Times has published 2 articles on the use of LiDAR in 2 days - coincidence or...
Solar Map of the Big Apple
Over the weekend the New York Times reported that Sanborn, a company that got its start creating...
Digital Heritage Preservation
As a regular user of Linked in groups I recently wanted to pass on a blog post about digital...
Video of HMS Somerset Laser Scanning
Just a quick follow up link to a Discovery channel video on the partially uncovered warship the HMS...
Stereo-Aerial Imagery + Lidar = Building Shapes
1. Dr. Habib at the Univ. of Calgary is automatically extracting complex building shapes. 2. The...
Handheld Laser Scanner
Handheld Laser Scanner
LiDAR:Net – Terrestrial Knowledge Exchange Network
According to this announcement Professor Philip Lewis is part of a successful bid to form a...
A Laser Scanning System for Analyzing Wind Breaks
This paper reports on the development of a laser scanning system that measures tree geometric...
Scanning the USS Missouri
Mustang Engineering recently completed a first of its kind complete scan of a historic naval vessel...
LiDAR and Estimating Carbon Stores
The World Wildlife Foundation - WWF in conjunction with the Carnegie Airborne Observatory recently...
New Satellite Scanning LiDAR Sensor Needed
In this BBC News article Dr. Prata of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research builds the case for...
3D Record of Mount Rushmore
BBC News has prepared this short video of the work being done by Doug Pritchard and his team from...
Introductory LiDAR Video
If you are looking for a way to introduce the concept of airborne LiDAR and it application to...
Cities in 3D
1. The Google investment is 3D city models is impressive. 2. They have created a Cities in 3D...