Airborne lidar scanning has exposed sprawling ancient settlements across three continents, from Bolivia’s Llanos de Mojos to ...

Lightweight but tough, weather-sealed, and covering an almost spherical field of view, Emesent’s recently unveiled LiDAR mapping and surveying payload boasts of being able to map the harshest, most ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of lidar system that simultaneously measures the location, speed and material ...

Emesent’s AL2 for Hovermap Leverages Velodyne Lidar to Access the Inaccessible SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced that Emesent’s newly introduced Autonomy Level 2 ...

“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.” ...

The flood risk maps put out by the federal government are notoriously outdated. Many elected officials have suggested fixing the problem by prioritizing funding for a mapping technology called LiDAR.

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, ...