Precise mapping: ALTM Orion establishes a new standard in airborne lidar performance

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference 2010: Opportunities for Emerging Geospatial Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 946-955

  Ussyshkin, Valerie ^a   Theriault, Livia ^a  

^a Optech Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D POINT CLOUD; AIRBORNE LIDAR; AIRBORNE LIDAR SYSTEMS; AIRBORNE SURVEYS; DATA ACCURACY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION RATES; DATA QUALITY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN; FIELD STUDIES; GROWING DEMAND; LASER DESIGNS; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LIGHT WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RAW LIDAR DATA; SCAN PATTERNS; SMALL OBJECT DETECTION; SMALL OBJECTS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYINGS;

DATA ACQUISITION; INDUSTRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84868551795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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