Concerns about airspace security in Afghanistan literally brought a LiDAR-based survey operation
down to the ground. Fashioning a truck-back system, Canadian engineers used GPS and inertial
measurement to time and locate the laser-ranging “hits” that would construct a digital elevation model of the badly damaged highway. The return to an earlier prototype now affords a quick, costeffective solution for other survey situations.
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GIS Weekly Magazine
Susan Smith
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Look for the next issue of GIS Weekly Magazine on May 28, 2012.
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