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Advantages of Lidar Mapping Services

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Nathan Davis
Advantages of Lidar Mapping Services

It’s a remote sensing process by which light from a laser is used to take highly accurate measurements of the surface of the earth.

With Lidar, a sensor transmits a laser beam toward to the surface of the earth along a predefined survey route.

The receivers “record the precise time from when the laser pulse left the system to when it is returned to calculate the range and distance between sensors and target.”

This process provides a highly accurate aerial mapping technique.

Lidar has revolutionized terrain mapping and is increasingly used in industries as diverse as urban planning, landscape ecology, survey assessments, floodplain mapping, forest inventory and coastal engineering.

Lidar offers several advantages including:

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