Bathymetric LiDAR is also a more sustainable and safer option for underwater mapping as it doesn’t require expensive and fuel-consuming survey vessels, or people entering the water.

To collect the data, the RRWMB contracted with the Colorado-based Sanborn Mapping Co., in 2021 to acquire LiDAR information over 20,034 square miles of northwest Minnesota. ADVERTISEMENT ...

To collect the data, the RRWMB contracted with the Colorado-based Sanborn Mapping Co., in 2021 to acquire LiDAR information over 20,034 square miles of northwest Minnesota.

In the Optica Publishing Group journal “Applied Optics,” the researchers describe their new lidar system in an article titled, “Remote sensing oil in water with an all-fiber underwater ...

The Red River Watershed Management Board and the Fargo-based International Water Institute rolled out the new LiDAR database in late March. It’s free, easy to use and doesn’t require special ...