lidar Maps Faults Near Lake Tahoe - Photonics.com
25 May 2012, 1:55 pm
CARNELIAN BAY, Calif., May 25, 2012 — Faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., now pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment and potentially could generate earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.3 to 6.9, according to a new US Geological ...

ISS Welcomes SpaceX Dragon — First Private Spacecraft at Station - Wired News
25 May 2012, 12:01 pm
As time progressed, some questions were raised from the data being analyzed from Dragon’s thermal image sensors and the on-board lidar (light detection and ranging) sensors. The two different devices are used to independently measure the ...

lidar technology reveals faults near Lake Tahoe - EurekAlert
24 May 2012, 11:19 am
CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. — Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake Tahoe ...

Maps to stem flood impact - Fiji Times
23 May 2012, 3:09 pm
DETAILED digital images of the Nadi and Ba basins have been recorded over the past two weeks, courtesy of Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) equipment flown on Island Hoppers helicopters. The survey, an initiative of the Secretariat of the Pacific ...

Optech announces successful completion of field trials for CZMIL bathymetric system - DirectionsMag.com
23 May 2012, 8:21 am
Toronto, Canada, May 23, 2012 — Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the successful completion of field trials for the new airborne Optech CZMIL ...

Learn to Work with lidar Data in ArcGIS 10.1 from Esri - geo community
18 May 2012, 11:05 am
With lidar data becoming more common and affordable, Esri software users now have a greater opportunity to use this 3D content within their geographic information system (GIS) workflows. In ArcGIS 10.1, Esri's upcoming software release, lidar ...

International lidar Mapping Forum Launch Call For Papers - DirectionsMag.com
18 May 2012, 6:25 am
The Technical Committee for the International lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF),which is taking place in Denver, USA, February 11-13, 2013, has announced a Call for Papers and invites any interested parties to submit their abstracts by September 28, 2012 online ...

The Government of Honduras and UTL Scientific, LLC Announce Completion of First-Ever lidar Imaging Survey of La Mosquitia Region of Honduras - Market Wire
15 May 2012, 1:24 pm
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS--(Marketwire - May 15, 2012) - Honduran President Porfirio Lobo convened a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa today to announce that The Government of Honduras and UTL Scientific ("UTL") have completed the ...

Volcanic Ash Cloud Studied Using lidar and Sun Photometers - AZoOptics.com (press release)
15 May 2012, 5:10 am
The ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula, airspace was temporarily closed and airports came to a standstill all over Europe in May 2010. The path of the volcanic cloud was followed at that time by ...

ASC’s 3D Flash lidar camera selected for OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission - NASASpaceFlight.com
13 May 2012, 9:41 pm
The Advanced Scientific Concepts (ASC) 3D Flash lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) range cameras have been selected for the OSIRIS-REx planetary science mission that will return a sample of the carbonaceous asteroid 1999 RQ36. The mission – launching in ...