Mapping the world in 3D-Lidar
Recent progress in the cartography market
can only be described as radical. The
time-consuming days of mapping by hand
seem numbered, as geographic information
system (GIS) experts, professional land
surveyors (PLS) and others within
the field of cartography awaken to the
advantages of integrating light detecting
and ranging (LIDAR) into their mobile
mapping systems.
LIDAR is similar to radar, except
that the sensor sends out and receives....................