The Fierce Rise of Airborne Lidar

a View on Status, Developments and Trends

Journal article (2017)

Authors

M.J.P.M. Lemmens OLD Department of GIS Technology
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OLD Department of GIS Technology
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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OLD Department of GIS Technology

Abstract

Today, automatic matching of overlapping aerial imagery and airborne Lidar are the main geodata technologies for capturing dense point clouds of the Earth’s surface. The sampled points are used for the generation of bare ground representations which are often augmented with buildings and trees. Airborne Lidar is flourishing as a prevalent geodata acquisition technology and continues to show a fierce rise in terms of advancements and applications. This article discusses the main technological advances of today’s operational systems and surveys the state of the art, developments and trends.