Category Archives: LiDAR technology

Leica Announces The Release of The ALS-70

Posted on July 19, 2011 by bloglidar

Hexagon Geosystems Geospatial Division is proud to announce the release of the ALS70, our latest airborne LiDAR system. There are many new innovations in the ALS70 and we wanted to share this news with you. Leica Geosystems announces the release … Continue reading →

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LiDAR Pulse Accuracy

Posted on July 13, 2011 by bloglidar

I had a client talk to me about how to calculate the pulse accuracy. In the industry we do a lot of testing of the relative accuracy and the absolute accuracy as it relates to a complete data set but … Continue reading →

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LightSquared 4G network effects on GPS

Posted on July 8, 2011 by bloglidar

There has been alot of talk about LightSguared 4G network and the problems it will cause for GPS based on the frequency it would operate at. please click on the link below for the article LightSquared 4G network effects on … Continue reading →

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Solar mapping with LIDAR

Posted on May 27, 2011 by bloglidar

There has been alot of talk about using LiDAR for solar mapping and alot of universities have been doing this but I wanted to direct you to a company with a pretty cool process using LiDAR for solar mapping. If … Continue reading →

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New LiDAR blog

Posted on March 14, 2011 by bloglidar

This is an interesting new LiDAR blog. Check it out. They are talking about Flash LiDAR in the latest post. There are some new flash LiDAR at 256×256 but the cost can be very expensive. I think these systems provide … Continue reading →

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Calibration- MAPPS

Posted on February 3, 2011 by bloglidar

Please see correction on the post below per feedback

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American Surveyor – Mobile Mapping Article

Posted on January 28, 2011 by bloglidar

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 … Continue reading →

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DEM/DSM/DTM…NDSM?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by bloglidar

I received a comment about NDSM (Normialized Digital Surface Model). I looked it up and it is a representation of elevation objects on a flat surface. It is genrated by using the difference between the DSM and DTM. Anyone care … Continue reading →

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LiDAR Ground Filtering- Feature Extraction

Posted on December 23, 2010 by bloglidar

This is an interesting paper on Ground filtering along coastal areas. It is posted on LiDAR News and can be found by clicking the link below. Coastal Filtering

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Mission Calibration

Posted on December 13, 2010 by bloglidar

There is several ways to calibrate LiDAR Data wheather it is from a Optech, Leica or Reigl system. The two most common ways are by flying a mission calibration over the base of operation or a cross flight over the … Continue reading →

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