Posts tagged as:
FME 2011, the spatial data extract, transform and load tool from Safe Software, takes on LiDAR point cloud data support with their 2011 release. The initial plans for the 22nd release of this powerful integration-enabling software didn’t include LiDAR data manipulation, but after talking with customers on a road tour in June the company ramped [...]
{ 2 comments }
NASA’s laser-based imager, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is creating a precise and complete map of the moon. The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) propagates a single laser pulse through a Diffractive Optical Element that splits it into five beams that then strike and are backscattered from the lunar surface. The LOLA electronics determine the time [...]
{ 0 comments }
The model building power of LiDAR is still in its infancy, but judging by the explosion of hardware adoption, that won’t be the case for long. Today’s hardware does a good job of capturing a precise 3D reality from the air, from mobile platforms, and from stationary tripods from different perspectives and for different purposes, [...]
{ 0 comments }
Earlier this week LizardTech launched a new version of their GeoXpress 8 image compression software, along with a new MrSID compressed data format MG4 (for MrSID Generation 4). The new format supports the compression of hyperspectral data (up to 255 bands), alpha channels, and improved mosaicking. This is the first new MrSID data format from [...]
{ 0 comments }
New York City just completed a LIDAR mapping project that was spurred largely by preparation for climate changes, including more rain and increased coastal flooding due to sea level rise. The project was part of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC project for a “greener, greater New York.” The climate change portion of the initiative include: Expansion of [...]
{ 0 comments }
A combination of aerial and terrestrial LIDAR are being used to monitor forests in the research work conducted by Monika Moskal, professor at the University of Washington and director of the Remote Sensing & Geospatial Analysis Laboratory. The detailed modeling of forests in the Pacific Northwest are being used for a variety of purposes, including [...]
{ 0 comments }
The fusion of both LIDAR and hyperspectral imagery for the creation of realistic urban models for simulation purposes was the focus of a presentation this morning at ILMF by Raul Campos-Marquetti, senior hyperspectral scientist at Merrick & Company. The ultimate purpose of this model was a simulation for military training purposes by the U.S. Army’s [...]
{ 0 comments }
Ken Hudnut of the U.S. Geological Survey discussed the use of LIDAR for both the Chilean and Haiti earthquakes at the ILMF event. Using the same scale, he showed the dramatic difference in size and shake pattern between these quakes. The Chilean fault size area was 60,000 sq km vs. 600 sq km in Haiti. [...]
{ 1 comment }
Cost of entry into Mobile Mapping work is a considerable expense according to Lewis Graham of GeoCue from the ASPRS Hot Topics Session at ILMF 10 in Denver. $750 to 900K for the mapping system Vehicle $50K Production hardware $150K Production software $125K (can share some hardware and software if you already have airborne) Personnel [...]
{ 0 comments }
