Why abandon well-worn mapping methods in current use? It has to be for one or more forms of gain: time, money or staffpower. UAV-borne lidar can save a lot of field time, eliminate the need for site ...

The researcher took advantage of maps available freely online. Takeshi Inomata identified this ancient Maya site, dubbed La Carmelita, using LiDAR maps, seen here in both low and high resolution.

“This is it—the paradigm shift,” archaeologist Chris Fisher told Ars, following a comment by researcher Arlen Chase. “Just like the advent of radiocarbon dating, LiDAR will have the same impact.” ...

RIT effort could extend NASA science capabilities for planetary applications Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester ...

The Three Sisters has been getting some attention this year from mapmakers. Earlier this year, Scott Rapp of Adventure Maps of Salem released the which primarily focuses on the Three Sisters but also ...

Details of the working practices for drivers of Apple's fleet of mapping vehicles have been revealed, showing how the company's cars capture 3D data for Apple Maps and for training its self-driving ...

Johnson’s Reef on the northwest shore of St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands forms colorful peaks in this lidar image recorded by NASA’s Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) in ...

Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, in collaboration ...