Category Archives: Laser Scanning

How to Specify 3D Laser Scanning Services

Posted on January 20, 2020 by lidar

How to Specify 3D Laser Scanning Services: It has to be all or nothing Make it performance vs. prescriptive – results, not methods Rely on the expertise of the laser scanning services provider Must provide results that the client can … Continue reading →

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Digital Technology is Protecting our Nation’s Forests

Posted on January 19, 2020 by lidar

From paper goods to lumber and wildlife habitat to recreation, our forests provide value in countless ways. However, forest management is a complex science. It requires advanced digital technology, collaboration, and an eye toward sustainability. From an article in Grit … Continue reading →

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Steering a Laser Beam with Optics has Many Advantages

Posted on January 18, 2020 by lidar

Imagine a flashlight shooting through a prism, illuminating the scene in front of it — now imagine you could focus that flashlight by selecting which color came out of the prism, sending more light to the top part of the … Continue reading →

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Lidar as a Service May Be the New AV Business Model

Posted on January 17, 2020 by lidar

Subscription sales have helped countless software companies rack up big-time revenue. Are autonomous-driving technology startups about to borrow a page from that playbook? Some think lidar as a service may become the new business model for some of the cash … Continue reading →

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Cameras and HD Maps Are Lidar Alternative

Posted on January 15, 2020 by lidar

A lot of media coverage of self-driving technology has focused on a handful of big companies with well-known brands: Google, Uber, Tesla, and GM. But there’s another company working on self-driving technology that might ultimately prove even more important. That … Continue reading →

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Waymo Database Access for Academic Research

Posted on January 11, 2020 by lidar

Academic researchers have now been granted access to the Waymo database, amassed by its fleet of self-driving cars. The move is a way to “give back to the community,” says Drago Anguelov, Waymo’s head of research, “not an admission in … Continue reading →

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Levels of Driving Automation – There’s a Standard

Posted on January 8, 2020 by lidar

With all of the news about autonomous vehicles coming from CES 2020 this week I thought it would be of value to re-publish this article on standards for driving automation. Unlike many technical markets, such as the lidar and 3D … Continue reading →

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3D Coordinate Systems for Lidar Sensor Explained

Posted on January 7, 2020 by lidar

Time to brush up on some calculus. Thomas Paul explains the basics of 3D coordinate systems in a Hackernoon blog post so that everyone can understand how it works. “When a laser pulse is emitted, its time-of-shooting and direction are … Continue reading →

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Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Has Developed a Lidar Sensor

Posted on January 5, 2020 by lidar

Auto-parts maker Bosch is getting into the lidar business, the company said in a Thursday announcement. That’s significant because Bosch is a “tier 1” supplier—one of the few companies with the scale and infrastructure to supply parts directly to global … Continue reading →

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Rain on Lidar Sensors – What is the effect on Performance?

Posted on January 3, 2020 by lidar

This paper looks at the influence of rain on a lidar sensor using a mathematical model to predict the degradation of the performance. Among the many challenges involved in the development of safe, reliable advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), sensing … Continue reading →

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