Category Archives: Research

LiDAR Pulse Densities

The folks at Watershed Sciences have created an outstanding white paper entitled, “LiDAR Pulse Densities Comparison”. Continue reading

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Situational Awareness RFI at the Tactical Level

To help address these challenges, DARPA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) about technologies that can help lead to digitization of dismounted squads. Continue reading

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Hardware Compression of LiDAR Data

Hardware compression is considerably faster than software compression, while it also alleviates the processor load. Continue reading

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LiDAR and Sonar

I am working on a video that was taken of the field operation and I have a meeting scheduled to review the data on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading

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$99 LiDAR Design Project on Kickstarter

In a recent LiDAR News article by Fran Rabuck he refers to this Kickstarter project to develop a low cost LiDAR Continue reading

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Using LiDAR to Study Dam Removal

an award winning introductory video on the use of LiDAR to study the effects on the river dynamics from the removal of a dam. Continue reading

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LAS Validation Software Prototype

With this we do not only want to demonstrate our technical capability but also illustrates the way we plan to inject transparency into the development process. Continue reading

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Using LiDAR to Analyze Riparian Vegetation

This is a 30 minute presentation by Jay Mills, Vegetation Data Specialist with Jeodesy GIS, on identifying riparian boundaries and quantifying structure. Continue reading

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A Comparison of Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry

Bottom line – they found that both methods were capable of producing the desired results. It’s definitely worth a look. Continue reading

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Laser Scanners Getting Smaller

The ScanLook Mini from LiDAR USA continues their efforts to disrupt the laser scanning market. Continue reading

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