Indiana Drones Uses LiDAR to Map Ozark Forest

July 14, 2020
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2 min read

This Drone Can See Through Trees | Follow Indiana Drones on YouTube

UAV equipped with LiDAR surveying dense Ozark forest, demonstrating technology's capability to penetrate foliage.

Fly with Indiana Drones on his most recent installment as he explores an Ozark forest to demonstrate the effectiveness of using an unmanned aircraft system with LiDAR to create a bare earth model. The challenge is real as Indiana is tasked with tackling the dense Ozark foliage to determine what lies beneath the tree canopies and brush. Explore the Ozark Mountain Vegetation dataset and see through the trees! For more information checkout the blog post on www.theindianadrones.com

Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNFNVSU6A24

Dataset – http://data.lidargear.com/vegetation.html

Blog post – https://www.theindianadrones.com/post/this-drone-sees-through-trees 

Indiana Drones YouTube channel is where you can find videos to help you learn the ins and outs of using UAV LiDAR systems to gather and analyze data to meet surveying goals. Find technology and equipment reviews and walk through the real world applications for UAV LiDAR systems. Subscribe today and sign up for the newsletter on www.theindianadrones.com!

Aerial Insight Services specializes in surveying, photogrammetry, inspection services and training using UAV LiDAR systems. We are leading the way for high fidelity data accrual using UAV LiDAR systems in situations that have traditionally used land-based data gathering. This allows us to significantly improve crew safety, timeliness to project completion, and the amount of data available for analysis to develop the best information to help our clients accomplish their business goals. 

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