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Low and Slow: Helicopter-based Lidar for Snow & Ice Observations

October 17, 2023 2 comments

Adam LeWinter – Research Physical Scientist and Lidar Team Lead US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research & Development CenterCold Regions Research & Engineering LaboratoryRemote Sensing & GIS Center of Expertise72 Lyme RdHanover, NH 03755 Where there are glaciers and deep, persistent snow, you’ll almost always find equally impressive topography: high-relief mountainous terrain, glacial carved valleys, dense forest. Navigating and […]

HANDHELD LIDAR IN THE LAND OF ICE AND SNOW (AND COLD)

January 27, 2020 One comment

HANDHELD LIDAR IN THE LAND OF ICE AND SNOW (AND COLD) Sooner or later, you are bound to face rain, snow, wind, or another harsh weather condition that will stop you from working on your 3D capture job. But how cold can it get before your scanner stops working and forces you indoors? To answer that question, we talked to WIESO, […]

Self-driving Cars Face a Major Problem – Snow

January 1, 2017 Leave a comment

Since 2009 Google has logged more than 2 million self-driving miles with their test vehicles. In fact, last week they spun this project out to a new business. Waymo is the new company, but it still faces the same major hurdle – inclement weather…Read More at In The Scan