Category Archives: Lidar

LevelS3D Delivered Beyond Spec Using Mobile Lidar

Posted on September 27, 2020 by lidar

LevelS3D delivered results that exceeded the project requirements on a recent project where they mapped a Paris metro station using the NavVis M6. LevelS3D is a French company founded in 2012 which develops 3D scanning applications for the next-gen tablets … Continue reading →

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Principles of Remote Sensing and Mapping Using Drones

Posted on September 25, 2020 by lidar

Since the FAA Part 107 rules were released, the future of UAS commercial data collection is looking up. Although the size of the UAS market under Part 107 is a mere fraction of what it will become once beyond visual … Continue reading →

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Monitoring the Elderly in Their Homes Using Lidar

Posted on September 24, 2020 by lidar

The overall idea of monitoring the elderly using lidar sensors to allow them to stay in their homes is a noble effort, but I have to question a number of the statements in this article. From an article in Autoblog. … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Applied to Lidar Data – A RIEGL Podcast

Posted on September 23, 2020 by lidar

In this installment of the RIEGL RiCAST, Michael Sitar, RIEGL USA’s Executive Management Consultant speaks with Nick Ferguson, VP of Strategy & BD from Enview Inc. about artificial intelligence. Enview Inc. offers data analytics and remote sensing solutions. The company … Continue reading →

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Full Ship 3D Laser Scan of USS San Diego is First Step

Posted on September 21, 2020 by lidar

A team from NSWC PHD recently worked with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on the first full ship scan of an LPD-class ship using the laser light sensing technology known as lidar—the first step in a 3D scanning project … Continue reading →

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Precision Agriculture Informed with Drone Lidar

Posted on September 20, 2020 by lidar

The RedTail LiDAR Systems’ RTL-400, designed specifically for use on small drones, is a cost-effective tool that provides high-resolution, accurately geolocated images needed to make informed business decisions. Precision agriculture is one area where it is well suited. As the … Continue reading →

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AI is Unlocking the Potential of Lidar Point Clouds

Posted on September 19, 2020 by lidar

When it comes to big data, LIDAR is right up there with the biggest generators. But outside of a few niche use cases, LIDAR–which uses lasers to build a three-dimensional model of physical objects–has not been widely adopted. Now, a … Continue reading →

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Cruise Announces the Continuous Learning Machine

Posted on September 18, 2020 by lidar

Driverless startup Cruise today detailed a homegrown tool — the Continuous Learning Machine — that tackles on-the-road prediction tasks. Cruise claims the Continuous Learning Machine, which automatically labels and mines training data, allows some of the AI models guiding Cruise’s … Continue reading →

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Waymo Lidar Guru Explains Why He Returned to California

Posted on September 16, 2020 by lidar

When Simon Verghese moved east for a postdoctoral spot at MIT, the UC Berkeley-trained physicist figured on being back in California before too long, but then Waymo started calling. “I thought it would be two years,” he said in an … Continue reading →

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Venice to Live Forever Thanks to 3D Laser Scanning

Posted on September 15, 2020 by lidar

Look out over the water from the Doge’s Palace in Venice and you see the island of San Giorgio, home to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, with its archives, rare books, music and high-level international conferences. It has nearly completed a … Continue reading →

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