Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense ...

University of New Hampshire researchers are looking at data from laser imaging of forests with the goal of helping foresters and landowners track tree inventories to save them from the time-consuming ...

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 ...

A first-of-its-kind global map shows forest canopy height By using a satellite that fires the Earth with laser pulses from space, a researcher in the US has created the first global map of forest ...

A laser-based aerial survey provides a precise image of the land's shape that geologists -- and now residents -- can use to identify hazard areas Shape of the land Search your address at the Pilot ...

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Researchers working in Panama have produced the most accurate carbon map for an entire country. Using satellite imagery and extremely high-resolution Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data from ...