A LiDAR survey confirms a gunpowder-era bastion fortress hidden in eastern Poland near the Bug River frontier.

A research team led by University of Tsukuba has developed a new method to estimate long-term debris supply from steep slopes by measuring debris accumulated on decades-old abandoned roads. Debris ...

Emergency evacuations during natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis increasingly rely on advanced technology to ...

Announced this season, a new platform unites optical capture with laser ranging in one unit. From Leica Geosystems, the Leica MultiMapper arrives as a compact hybrid platform for use aloft, fitting ...

Lidar-maker Ouster has acquired StereoLabs, a company that makes vision-based perception systems for robotics and industrial applications, for a combination of $35 million and 1.8 million shares. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ...

Abstract: Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point cloud maps are extensively utilized on roads for robot navigation due to their high consistency. However, dense point clouds face challenges of high ...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...

Christopher Hernandez received funding from the National Science Foundation (grant number SPRF 1715009) for the lidar work in Puerto Bello Metzabok. Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at ...

When it comes to drone surveys, accuracy and reliability in positioning data are critical. Recently, we had the opportunity to test the new Emlid Reach RS4 Pro base station paired with the Pilotless ...