Commercial Acceptance of Floating LiDAR

AXYS Technologies (Canada) has recently completed another two successful validation campaigns for its FLiDAR 6M wind assessment platform. This latest achievement marks the 9th and 10th independently reviewed offshore validations undertaken by AXYS to advance the commercial acceptance of its FLiDAR technology for offshore wind resource assessment in support of project financing. These campaigns took place at FINO 1 in the North Sea and at West of Duddon Sands in the Irish Sea, adding 11 more months of validation data to AXYS’ body of evidence for commercial acceptance. Both validation campaigns achieved over 98% data availability through harsh winter storm... (read more)

2016-03-01 09:15:00

Merrick & Company Awarded LIDAR Contract

Merrick & Company was awarded a US$345,000 contract to deliver raw and processed LIDAR data, 2-foot contours, and a DEM for 1650 square miles of Stearns County, Minnesota and a small portion of two neighboring counties, Sherburne and Benton. The project is funded by Stearns County, seven local municipalities, a watershed district, and a soil and water conservation district. The new LIDAR and derived data will be used throughout the county by various public and private entities for flood insurance analysis, planning and zoning studies for new subdivisions, watershed management, assessing land value based on production potential in agricultural zones,... (read more)

2006-06-29 12:00:00

Pushing Lidar to the Limits

High-resolution Bathymetric Lidar from Slow-flying Aircraft

Airborne bathymetric Lidar is an ideal tool to study underwater features in the usually rather clear waters along the coast of Australia. Due to the remoteness of many of the continent’s coastlines, this is often the only economically viable option for large-scale bathymetric mapping at high resolution. A new toolkit consisting of two airborne Lidar systems flown on a small and slow-flying research motorglider was trialled in NW Western Australia. The same technology will be used over the next three years in the context of a comprehensive study of submerged archaeological landscapes of the so-called ’Sea Country’, more than 1,000km... (read more)

2017-02-06 09:15:23

RIEGL Lidar 2012 User Conference

RIEGL USA is to host the RIEGL International Airborne and Mobile User Conference from 28th February to 1st March 2012 in Orlando, USA, at the Hilton Orlando. Attendees will be offered three days of learning and networking sessions that cover various topics ranging from best practices to teambuilding. These intensive sessions will provide an opportunity to optimise current systems' investments through in-depth training and Q & A sessions. During this year's event, users will learn more about all the instruments introduced by RIEGL at the Intergeo 2011 conference. There will be offered the chance to see the... (read more)

2011-09-28 11:37:33

RIEGL LiDAR 2015: Abstracts Sought

The RIEGL LiDAR 2015 user conference will be held from 5-7 May 2015 in Hong Kong and Thursday 7-8 May in Guangzhou (Canton), China. RIEGL is putting together the agenda for RIEGL LiDAR 2015, proving the broad usage of RIEGL Lidar equipment in applications such as airborne scanning, bathymetry, UAV scanning and more. Users are invited to submit abstracts. Professionals who are interested in presenting at the Hong Kong and/or Guangzhou conferences should submit their abstracts by 31 January 2015. RIEGL will be unveiling brand new products and major software updates during RIEGL LiDAR 2015 to its international community. A... (read more)

2014-12-08 10:18:41

Technology in Focus: Bathymetric Lidar

Bathymetric Lidar is the most effective and cost-efficient technology to capture both the land and sea floor simultaneously, in order to provide a continuous, detailed 3D elevation model along the coastline. With sea-level rise and increases in the severity of extreme natural events, there has been a renewed push to further our understanding of the coastal zone. Fundamental to understanding risk in areas of high vulnerability is capturing the near-shore land and sea surface. Bathymetric Lidar is the most effective and cost-efficient technology to capture both the land and sea floor simultaneously to provide a continuous, detailed 3D elevation model... (read more)

2016-10-19 10:46:47

MARS Lidar Data Management Software

The GeoSpatial Solutions (GSS) division of Merrick & Company has made the new version 6.0 Merrick Advanced Remote Sensing (MARS) software suite available online. Geospatial users interested in evaluating MARS may download either the 32-bit or 64-bit software installers directly from the Merrick website. Developed to support users working with very large light detection and ranging (Lidar) datasets, the MARS software suite is a robust, production‐grade Windows application designed to manage, visualise, process, and analyze Lidar data. Boasting powerful visualization capabilities and excellent data processing performance, MARS also supports high-resolution orthoimagery, GIS/CAD vector data and hyperspectral imagery. Parties wishing... (read more)

2009-12-24 10:15:29

Coastal Mapping During Lidar Conference

Over two days the European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF), taking place at the Salzburg Congress, Austria on 29th and 30th November 2011 will focus on the use of Lidar during two whole sessions dedicated to Coastal Zone, Flood Plain and Bathymetric Lidar. The gap between land and sea is amongst the most challenging data to acquire. Todd Mitchell, Remote Sensing Manager from Fugro Consultants, addresses the subject of how best to gather survey data in the land/water interface with a review of mobile laser scanning, satellite imagery and airborne geophysical surveys. He will include the advantages and disadvantages... (read more)

2011-11-16 02:36:37

LIDAR Bathymetry in Norwegian Waters

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) has and will be utilising airborne LIDAR bathymetry in connection with the ongoing effort to modernise the maritime infrastructure along the Norwegian coast. This article describes the benefits and limitations of the technology, the results of a pilot project conducted in Norwegian waters in 1998 and operational data collection in Norway in 2002. The long-term plan for the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) is by 2006 to have the Norwegian coast covered with ENCs and paper charts based on source data from modern surveys. The Enhanced ENC Project was established in 1999 and is responsible for... (read more)

2008-01-01 01:00:00

Acquiring and Integrating Bathymetric Lidar

Developing a Seamless Coastal DEM from Topographic and Bathymetric LiDAR Data

We investigated the most significant issues affecting the creation of a littoral zone digital elevation model from overlapping bathymetric and topographic Lidar (light detection and ranging) data. The main challenge was found to be the use of different methodologies used to establish vertical datums, as well as the narrow overlap between the two data sets, lack of ground control points and data gaps. We identified the main causes of gaps in bathymetric Lidar data and outline a new procedure for quantifying their occurrence. The Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information in Australia has been collaborating with the Victorian Department of... (read more)

2009-02-12 03:04:48