I am not exactly sure what this means, but LiDAR blogs are getting hot. The latest to surface is called Geologic Frothings, and although not technically devoted just to LiDAR the current post makes a great case for still using contours, vs. 3D hill shading.

So as not to steal the author’s thunder, plus the fact that I am out of time today, please see the original post and perhaps bookmark the site.
