How LiDAR Mapping Reveals Terrain Features Across Large Acreage

LiDAR mapping reveals hidden terrain features beneath a large pine forest across a large acreage using a bare-earth model

If you manage or plan to buy a large timber tract, you already know the problem. Pine stands stretch for hundreds of acres, and you can’t see the ground under them. Drone photos and satellite images show you a solid green canopy. They don’t show you the roads, the low spots, or the old logging […]

Lidar Mapping After the National Debate: What Changed

Aerial terrain view with digital elevation model overlay showing detailed lidar mapping for land analysis

Over the past few weeks, LiDAR has been in the national news. Stories showed how laser mapping found hidden cities under thick forests. At the same time, experts started talking about something bigger — who owns mapping data, how people use it, and what happens when someone reads it the wrong way. At first, that […]