Why abandon well-worn mapping methods in current use? It has to be for one or more forms of gain: time, money or staffpower. UAV-borne lidar can save a lot of field time, eliminate the need for site ...

The researcher took advantage of maps available freely online. Takeshi Inomata identified this ancient Maya site, dubbed La Carmelita, using LiDAR maps, seen here in both low and high resolution.

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

“This is it—the paradigm shift,” archaeologist Chris Fisher told Ars, following a comment by researcher Arlen Chase. “Just like the advent of radiocarbon dating, LiDAR will have the same impact.” ...

RIT effort could extend NASA science capabilities for planetary applications Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As lidar company Luminar pushed ahead to meet its goals for 2022 — milestones that included locking in new commercial contracts ...

The Three Sisters has been getting some attention this year from mapmakers. Earlier this year, Scott Rapp of Adventure Maps of Salem released the which primarily focuses on the Three Sisters but also ...

Ford’s current autonomous research vehicles already have LiDAR built into them for 3D mapping, but those sensors are big, spinning spikes on the roof of the car. At CES in Las Vegas last week, Ford ...

What does this LiDAR map of London have to do with the rediscovery of a centuries-lost Roman Road in Lancashire, connecting Ribchester and Catterall? Back in 43AD, after the Roman conquest of Britain, ...

Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, in collaboration ...