http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/23/austrailian-communities-use-lidar-build-hyper-accurate-maps/ Green Tech, Gadgets and News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:25:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/23/austrailian-communities-use-lidar-build-hyper-accurate-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Maps for the 21st Century : I Love Walking in the Mountains Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:04:59 +0000 http://ecotechdaily.com/?p=394#comment-385 [...] LiDAR, as most techno-geeks may be able to tell you, is tangentially related to RADAR, and is an acronym for “Light Detection And Ranging.” The concept is simple– a laser is fired at a target, and the time and distortion of the returning signal reveals the range to, and composition of, the substance that reflected the light. In Coffs Harbour, this is allowing aerial surveyors to create charts at a higher resolution than photographs would have, and to gather crucial conservation data at the same time. Read more [...] [...] LiDAR, as most techno-geeks may be able to tell you, is tangentially related to RADAR, and is an acronym for “Light Detection And Ranging.” The concept is simple– a laser is fired at a target, and the time and distortion of the returning signal reveals the range to, and composition of, the substance that reflected the light. In Coffs Harbour, this is allowing aerial surveyors to create charts at a higher resolution than photographs would have, and to gather crucial conservation data at the same time. Read more [...]

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