Monday, November 21, 2011

Lidar

http://www.lidarbasemaps.org/imageJ002.jpg
A LIDAR, light detection and ranging, is a technology based map that uses light to determine the distance between two points.  It is a remote optic sensor that conveys distance or some other property and by use of cmputer sofware renders a map. This LIDAR image was used to display the layout of the land in a US location.

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