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Archive - April 2010
Preparing Mt. Rushmore for Laser Scanning
The US National Park Service is doing the prep work for a 3D laser scanning data collection at...
Point Clouds as Basis for 3D Computer Graphics Breakthrough
1. Unlimited Detail claims to have software that is capable of producing 3D graphics without the...
An Analysis of Laser Scanning Field Methods
1. Sea cliff erosion presented this research team with a number of field challenges. 2. The public...
How Atmospheric LiDAR Works
I came across this PowerPoint presentation by Dana Tilley in which he explains how atmospheric...
New Jersey To Expand Use of LiDAR
The Press of Atlantic City reports that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is...
Met’s LiDAR-Equipped Jet Unavailable During Crisis
According to this report from the Sunday Times the UK weather service the only LiDAR-equipped jet...
LiDAR Finds World’s Tallest Eucalyptus Tree
Just short of 100 m Rashid reports that this makes this tree the world's tallest flowering plant.
LiDAR Navigation
The researchers, who call the technology 3D LIMS (3D LIDAR Imaging and Measurement System), foresee...
V-Shaped Economic Recovery
1. The economy is accelerating, led by the consumer. 2. Autodesk's stock has taken off this week. 3...
Spanish and Portuguese Researchers Expand LIDAR Network
In the past much of this work relied on computer models. With LiDAR the atmosphere can be sampled...
Using Airborne Laser Scanning for Navigation
By using two laser scanning sensors, one looking forward and the other nadir the IMU drift can be...
ASPRS Mobile LiDAR Mapping Meeting
1. The first ASPRS Mobile Mapping System Committee meeting will be held on April 27, 2010. 2. Over...
Laser Scanning and the 3D History Blog
I found this article on the 3D History blog to be quite interesting, especially with regards to the...
Swiss Researchers Coordinating Use of LiDAR
1. The volcano is providing weather researchers with a real world experiment that they could only...
NOAA Seeks LiDAR System
1. The evidence is mounting that the economy is starting to pick up the pace. 2. I have noticed a...
Update on Flying Conditions in Europe
This BBC article contains detailed information on the current conditions and why it is so dangerous...