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LIDAR

April 24, 2018

LIDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging. It is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges to the Earth. The technology is used to map the land and is used to measure seafloor and riverbed elevations. Two types of LIDAR are topographic and bathymetric. Topographic LIDAR typically uses ..

Topics: Atmospheric lidar • Bathymetry • Cartography • Lidar • Physical geography • Remote Sensing • Robotic sensing • Seafloor mapping • Synthetic aperture radar • Topography