Surveying
The reconstruction of the Ashaiman Roundabout to Akosombo Junction section of Ghana’s Eastern Corridor is…
An Attempt to Restore a Basis of Elevation using GNSS, Aerial Lidar, and Historical Survey…
LIVERMORE, Calif. — February 16, 2026 — Topcon Positioning Systems has introduced the CR-S1, a handheld scanning…
Summary The rise of drone LiDAR and laser scanning technology has transformed how surveyors capture…
Mobile Mapping Italy’s Fiber Network at National Scale In this article, we cover: Transportation and…
Mines function like self-contained cities, generating massive amounts of geospatial data through a complex array…
Autonomous Vehicles
The maritime industry recently witnessed a historic milestone with the successful demonstration of the Suzaku,…
IM Motors Automotive Vision with 3D Lidar The IM Motors flagship LS9 isn’t just a…
Advances In LiDAR And Radar Accelerate Driving Autonomy – Forbes Magazine recently posted this article…
Volkswagen autonomous shuttles are moving closer to real-world deployment thanks to a new partnership with…
Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer and renowned science communicator, has made a very entertaining…
Mercedes-Benz Partners with Hesai LidarHesai Technology, a Shanghai-based leader in lidar manufacturing is making headlines…
Drones
GLENVIEW, Ill. — Women and Drones will bring five authors to its booth at Commercial…
Using high-resolution drone-based lidar, researchers uncovered the layout of a sprawling medieval city hidden within…
Autonomous navigation has been built largely on optical sensing. Cameras, lidar, and sensor fusion systems…
Lidar News speaks with Chief Scientist and CEO David Hall about Hall Lidar’s recent announcement…
AI-powered platform delivers covert, precise drone detection, using the most advanced acoustic, radar, manufactured in…
Summary Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations are beginning to transform several industries.…
BIM
Cutting Through the Hype in Construction TechToday’s construction industry is overflowing with tech solutions promising…
USIBD Announces Acquisition of Scan to BIM University (STBU) from ClearEdge 3D, Strengthening Industry Education…
Enhancing Infrastructure with Scan to BIM and LiDAR TechnologyGuest Blog post by Mohit AgravatIntroduction The…
Leveraging the USIBD Level of Accuracy (LOA) v3.1 to Enhance Laser Scanning Project Specifications Written…
Webinar: Leveraging Pocket Lidar for Construction Inspection and Digital As-Builts – Phase 1 The Federal…
Guest blog post by Mohit AgravatTop 5 Tips to Cut Construction Costs While Maintaining QualityBalancing…
iPhone
From Point Clouds to Practical BIMAnyone familiar with traditional Scan-to-BIM knows the challenges. A typical…
In this guest post, Ian George of Cosmic Oak Media takes us on a journey…
Accurate burn wound measurement is critical for effective treatment, but traditional 2D imaging techniques often…
iPhone Face ID Lidar or Something Else? Many assume the iPhone uses face ID lidar…
If you have an iPhone 12 Pro or later model, you probably know you can…
Apple’s new series marks a significant leap in iPhone repairability, reflecting the company’s response to…
Robotics
Researchers are bridging the gap between robotic vision and natural language using a breakthrough framework…
The 2026 World Ag Expo in Tulare recently showcased a transformative shift in agricultural technology:…
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is taking infrastructure maintenance to new depths using underwater robots…
Lidar Robot Vacuum Privacy Breach Exposed by Engineer A recent deep-dive into a bricked robot…
The General Robotics Lab at Duke University has introduced WildFusion, a robotic system designed to…
Rethinking Lidar at the Human ScaleSony’s recent announcement of the AS-DT1 miniature lidar depth sensor…
Environmental Mapping
River corridors are among the most challenging environments to survey because no single technology can…
A University of Florida research team spent two weeks in June and July 2026 collecting…
UAV vs terrestrial lidar is an ongoing question in forest measurement: can a drone effectively…
Editor’s Note: The Klamath River lidar project is capturing one of the most significant river…
Editor’s Note: Lidar is helping researchers better understand landslides along California’s coastline. A four-year monitoring…
Glacier mapping often begins where conventional field surveys reach their limits. There’s a moment in…
Cultural Heritage
Indian heritage preservation is evolving rapidly as geospatial technologies transform how historical sites are documented,…
CyArk has launched the America 250 Tapestry Collection, a digital heritage initiative celebrating the nation’s…
By Łukasz Huchrak Imagine standing where a pivotal moment in history unfolded—and seeing absolutely nothing.…
3D specialists at the University of Glasgow have initiated a project to digitally preserve the…
What was once hidden beneath nearly two centuries of forest growth is beginning to reappear…
The Baltinglass Hillfort complex in County Wicklow is the focus of groundbreaking archaeological research that…
