Category Archives: Lidar

Novel Lidar Data Improves Understanding of Tropical Forests

Posted on October 19, 2018 by lidar

Dr. Kim Calders and his team have just completed 2 months of field work in Australian tropical forests collecting both terrestrial and UAS lidar data to support a novel lidar data fusion methodology. Forest ecosystems contain more biomass than any … Continue reading →

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Scanning for Construction at Bentley’s YII 2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by lidar

I met Andrew Evans, Product Manager at Topcon at the Year in Infrastructure Awards today. He offered this blog post on Scanning for Construction, plus a look at the GLS 2000 scanner with its ability to set up over a … Continue reading →

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Going Digital is Theme of Bentley’s YII 2018 Conference

Posted on October 15, 2018 by lidar

As only Greg Bentley can do, he kicked off the YII 2018 conference in London this morning with an impressive vision of transformation that is being simply referred to as “Going Digital.” LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 … Continue reading →

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Year in Infrastructure 2018 Starts with Media Day

Posted on October 15, 2018 by lidar

Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2018 conference kicks off in London on Monday with typically more than 100 members of the press in attendance. Jurors met today to go over their selections and lobby for their favorite projects. In the … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Haulage from Caterpillar at FMG Solomon Mine

Posted on October 14, 2018 by lidar

Rob Lawton, Senior Mine Surveyor for FMG Solomon reports from western Australia that that they have 62 autonomous haulage Cat trucks using LiDAR systems on the front (Velodyne HDL-64E mapping system). Be sure to watch the video to see this … Continue reading →

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Year In Infrastructure Awards 2018 in London

Posted on October 12, 2018 by lidar

Bentley Systems is hosting the Year in Infrastructure Awards 2018 conference in London next week. There are Academy sessions on Monday and keynotes on Tuesday.  Nirvana for the civil engineer. Bentley has been sponsoring the Year in Infrastructure conference for … Continue reading →

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Lidar Mapping Google Group Invitation

Posted on October 11, 2018 by lidar

Simon Ritchie has recently created the  Lidar Mapping Google discussion group about the use of Lidar for geographical mapping. He would like to invite you to join. For those not familiar with Google groups, they are online discussion forums. The … Continue reading →

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Chris Glantz – “Spotlight on a Young Geospatial Professional”

Posted on October 7, 2018 by lidar

This interview of Chris Glantz is the second Lidar News Young Geospatial Spotlight Interview. Congratulations to Chris for what he has accomplished in a short time and please think about sharing your story. Please provide a recap of your post … Continue reading →

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3D Coordinate Systems for Lidar Sensor Explained

Posted on October 5, 2018 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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Waymo Patent Claims Rejected by USPTO

Posted on October 2, 2018 by lidar

Over the past 12 months the Waymo vs. Uber lawsuit has resulted in an agreement by Uber to re-design its lidar so as not to infringe on the key “936 Waymo patent,” as well as a payment of $245 million … Continue reading →

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