Category Archives: LiDAR mapping

link to original article on Ciudad Blanca

Thanks Dave Tewksbury from Hamliton College for this Link

Ciudad Blanca

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‘Lost City of Gold’ LiDAR

This is an article on CNN’s New site about using LiDAR to find a lost city. Currently, several Companies and agencies use LiDAR for this application.

LOST CITY OF GOLD

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Using LiDAR for Archaelogy

Historic sites have been found using LiDAR around the world. Keith Cummingham found a horse track in some Douglas County, Kansas data. Some folks in Minnesota, Iowa and Ohio have used LiDAR to find Indian grave sites with LiDAR. The link below is an article below shows additional information

Archaelogy with LiDAR

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LiDAR in Google Earth

The following is a picture of LiDAR surface model imported into Google Earth and the surface has all the functionality of Google Earth. clock on image to make larger.

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Hydro-Flattening versus Hydro-Conditioning

I have been asked the difference between these to terms. My initial understanding that these terms meant the same thing but some folks say they are different. I was looking for people’s opinion on this or if anyone knows if there are any papers on these topics. More later once I get more information.

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American Surveyor – Mobile Mapping Article

The following article is about a mobile mapping survey done when I was with The Sanborn Map Company. The analysis was done while at my current employer AeroMetric. Please click on the link below to read. It will also be run in Quality Digest with by premission of American Surveyor. There is a link to the PDF for a full version of the article at the location below.

Using the Lynx mobile mapper to Survey a Levee

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NERC

I am going to be posting some information about the NERC regulations and Transmission mapping. Please feel free to comment and I will post information others have as well. Also, look for information on regulations on the side menus as well.

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