Content Types: Industry Insight

Real-Time LiDAR Monitoring for Infrastructure

A stopped vehicle inside a tunnel, a worker entering an…

August 5, 2026

Reality Capture Workflows Reimagined with Mach9

Reality capture workflows have changed dramatically over the past decade.…

July 27, 2026
The latest version of the Reality Capture Game, with clear setup positions and links between them representing cloud-to-cloud registration

Reality Capture Game Teaches Lidar Scanning Trade-offs

I built a free browser game called Reality Capture Game,…

July 22, 2026
The four stages of 3D Gaussian Splatting reconstruction, visualised as a single progression. A sparse point cloud provides the initial spatial skeleton (left); large overlapping Gaussian primitives are seeded from those points and begin to occupy volume (second); the optimiser densifies and refines those primitives, packing them tighter as the form converges (third); finally, alpha-compositing from the correct viewpoint produces a photorealistic render with no visible primitives remaining (right). The primitives never disappear, they simply become coherent. This is not a surface mesh, not a voxel grid, not a neural network at render time. It is millions of learned ellipsoids, each carrying position, shape, rotation, colour and opacity, composited in depth order at real-time frame rates. Image: Mike Devers / Cr8ive Media

Gaussian Splatting and LiDAR: A Practitioner’s Field Guide

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is one of the most talked-about…

June 23, 2026
Fully NDAA-compliant UAV solution featuring the Phoenix RANGER-Flex and Harris Aerial H6E.

What is NDAA-Compliant LiDAR?

In the United States, NDAA-compliant LiDAR has become an increasingly…

June 17, 2026
LiDAR for smart cities elevated lidar monitoring

LiDAR for Smart Cities: From Vehicles to Intelligent Infrastructure

For many people, LiDAR is still strongly associated with autonomous…

June 9, 2026

AI and Lidar in Forestry: The Future of Forest Data

Key Takeaways: Artificial intelligence and lidar are transforming forestry from…

June 2, 2026

Lidar in the Wild: Experts to Everyone

Jordan Regenie, a geospatial strategist and advisor, explores how lidar…

May 12, 2026

Inside Acoustic Drone Detection with David Hall

Lidar News speaks with Chief Scientist and CEO David Hall…

May 11, 2026

Lidar for Snow Grain Size and Reflectivity Estimates

Researchers compare lidar reflectance data with imaging spectroscopy to improve…

April 29, 2026

Vicki Lukas on 3DEP and the Future of Mapping

A 35-year career, the completion of 3DEP, and what comes…

April 21, 2026

What Is a COPC File? (Point Cloud Format)

Cloud Optimized Point Cloud (COPC) is a file format designed…

April 4, 2026
Quantum Lidar

What is Quantum Lidar?

Summary Quantum lidar uses entangled photon pairs to push beyond…

March 31, 2026

Predicting Wavefront Error in Optical Coatings

Written by the Alluxa Engineering Team An analytical approach to…

February 26, 2026
Russell White enjoying in-person training with Phoenix Lidar Systems

From Land Surveying to UAV LiDAR: A Surveyor’s Journey

Summary The rise of drone LiDAR and laser scanning technology…

February 1, 2026

Geospatial Data – Who Owns Yours?

Geospatial Data – Who Owns Yours? In the digital era…

January 31, 2026

Can We Improve Archeological Exploration?

Can We Improve Archeological Exploration? Could archeological exploration be more…

January 27, 2026

Preserving Monuments with 3D Laser Scanning

Preserving Monuments with 3D Laser Scanning Construction companies need accurate…

January 27, 2026

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