Category Archives: Education

FAA National Drone Safety Awareness Week

Posted on October 21, 2019 by lidar

About Drone Safety Awareness Week – November 4 – 10, 2019 The FAA has developed what they are calling a Stakeholder Playbook 2019 to highlight FAA national drone safety across the U.S. and encourage all stakeholders to engage. The Federal … Continue reading →

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STEM Program Learns About the Use of 3D Laser Scanning

Posted on October 20, 2019 by lidar

Wednesday afternoon University of Arkansas Fort Smith Students in the STEM Living Learning Community convened at the Fort Smith Regional Airport to experience 3-D Laser scanning, also known as light detection and ranging technology (LiDAR,) in action. The UAFS Science, … Continue reading →

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RIEGL North America Training Symposium Recap

Posted on October 18, 2019 by lidar

Billed as a training symposium, the RIEGL North America event this week was all of that and much more. These relatively small, customer-focused events are the best for gaining knowledge, making connections with the vendor and networking with your peers. … Continue reading →

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A Brighter Perspective on Technology From Industry Veteran

Posted on October 5, 2019 by lidar

This is a guest blog post from good friend Richard Rybka who provides a brighter perspective on technology than some of the critics. Great to have you back on the team Richard. Recent research has found that some people are … Continue reading →

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Second Annual World Safety Summit is This Week

Posted on September 30, 2019 by lidar

The Second Annual World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology, hosted by Velodyne Lidar convenes a host of high-profile business, government, public safety and community leaders to address safety issues and public concern in the realm of autonomous vehicles. The event is being held … Continue reading →

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Year Up – A Program to Address the Opportunity Divide

Posted on September 14, 2019 by lidar

I spent five plus hours in my car today. I heard two attention grabbing reports. The first involved an in-depth study on the potential effects of climate change (too political and scary) and the second an inside look at Year … Continue reading →

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USIBD LOA vers. 3 Certification Training Next Week

Posted on September 12, 2019 by lidar

USIBD will be offering LOA V.3 Certification Training LIVE in St. Louis, MO as part of their Symposium in conjunction with the BIMForum next week in St. Louis, MO. USIBD is offering a FREE training session on the newly-published LOA … Continue reading →

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Airborne Commercial Lidar – The Early Development Days

Posted on September 7, 2019 by lidar

I was doing some research on the early days of airborne commercial lidar and luckily remembered Todd Neff had done all that work for me. Todd’s book is “The Laser That’s Changing the World,” and it is a must read … Continue reading →

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Earth Archive Would Map Earth with Lidar

Posted on September 5, 2019 by lidar

Colorado State University archaeologist Chris Fisher was in the beginning stages of unearthing an ancient “megalopolis” in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, a decade ago when he ran up against a tough reality: it would take him the rest of … Continue reading →

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Geomatics Career Opening at the U.S. Military Academy

Posted on August 31, 2019 by lidar

If you are looking for a truly once in a lifetime, geomatics career opportunity please read on. Having visited the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY this spring I can tell you there is a 200+ year old … Continue reading →

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