LiDAR Mapping Forum Considers Geospatial Trends, UAVs

January 14, 2015 - By GPS World Staff

The International LiDAR Mapping Forum, set for February 23-25 in Denver, is a technical conference and exhibition focused on data acquisition, fusion, processing and point clouds for aerial surveying and mapping used to support transport, urban modeling, coastal zone mapping, utility asset management, and more.

Geospatial Technology Trends. ILMF is considered by many the premier conference for the latest geospatial technological developments, from innovations in photogrammetry to advances in aerial LiDAR systems. Attendees can explore an international exhibition of leading hardware and software suppliers showing their newest releases, and attend sessions where more than 60 experts will present best practices and case studies for cutting-edge technologies such as:

Geiger-Mode LiDAR
Focal Plane Array (FPA) LiDAR
Mobile Mapping Systems (MMS)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Focus on UAVs. This year, ILMF features a UAV workshop and pavilion, where industry leaders discuss the current regulatory landscape and legal guidelines, UAVs versus aerial LiDAR, training and insurance considerations and more. Additional program content will cover topics like “Does Camera Quality Matter in sUAS Photography?” and “LiDAR Scanning with Supplementary UAV Captured Images for Structural Inspections.”

Other topics covered at the conference include:

Data fusion
Extracting from point clouds
Managing large data sets/point clouds
Airborne, terrestrial and bathymetric LiDAR
Coastal zone, defense and flood plain LiDAR
Corridor and utilities mapping
Data classification, GIS

Organizers say participants can gain much from networking with and gaining valuable information from other precision-measurement and imaging professionals across disciplinary lines. Attendance at ILMF 2015 is expected to exceed 800, and will include professionals from these organizations who have already registered: