UMD Researchers Demonstrate Effectiveness of New Lidar Technology in Forest Mapping
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 14:51
in Physics & Chemistry
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A team of scientists from the University of Maryland and Sigma Space Corporation has shown that 3D forest structure and topography can be measured rapidly, efficiently and accurately over large areas, using an innovative laser technology called single photon lidar (SPL).