Tuesday, July 22, 2008

LIDAR

- LIDAR (Light Detection Ranging) optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. The prevalent method to determine distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses.

- The following is a picture taken at ground zero in NYC September 27, 2001. This image is especially amazing, because it is gives a good visual of the amount of damage done to the area.

- http://imaging.geocomm.com/gallery/

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