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  • initialism light detection and ranging; See lidar

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Examples

  • A cool, new product announced at the ESRICU came from Seattle-based LizardTech Corp - Lidar compressor - a solution for those needing to be more efficient in working with Large LIDAR datasets.

    GISuser - GIS and Geospatial Technology News 2009

  • Because direct access to the wetlands is difficult, Siegert and his team performed their measurements from a helicopter using a technique referred to by the acronym LIDAR (for Laser Detection and Ranging).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Because direct access to the wetlands is difficult, Siegert and his team performed their measurements from a helicopter using a technique referred to by the acronym LIDAR (for Laser Detection and Ranging).

    NASA Earth Observatory 2009

  • Because direct access to the wetlands is difficult, Siegert and his team performed their measurements from a helicopter using a technique referred to by the acronym LIDAR (for Laser Detection and Ranging).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • It can clear a route for patrols with Niitek ground-penetrating radar, but it can also be equipped with a range of sensors from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detectors to light detectors called LIDAR and explosives sniffers.

    FOXNews.com Allison Barrie 2011

  • The key to unlocking the region's seismic past was the airborne laser scanner called LIDAR.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Lefsky used data from a laser technology called LIDAR that's capable of capturing vertical slices of surface features.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • The laser technology called LIDAR was used to capture the data.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Lefsky used data from a laser technology called LIDAR that's capable of capturing vertical slices of surface features.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2010

  • Lefsky used data from a laser technology called LIDAR that's capable of capturing vertical slices of surface features.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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