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via www.nasa.gov
NASA Uses Space Lasers to Map the World’s Forests
Funky, LIDAR is
is an active remote sensing system that can be operated in either a profiling or scanning mode using pulses of light to illuminate the terrain. LIDAR data collection involves mounting an airborne laser scanning system onboard an aircraft along with a kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to locate an x, y, z position and an inertial navigation system to monitor the pitch, roll, and heading of the aircraft.
Posted on July 22, 2010 ()
