Discover the growing potential of Geiger LiDAR technology in forestry settings!

This FREE FOR MEMBERS webinar will explore Geiger-mode LiDAR including technical background, strengths and weaknesses compared to other LiDAR, examples and imagery from recent applications, and practical steps to process Geiger-mode point clouds.

Geiger-mode LiDAR technology has long been used in security and defense applications and has growing potential in forestry settings. Traditional airborne LiDAR produces low-density point clouds over large areas, often without individual tree level detail. Newer simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) LiDAR produces high-density point clouds allowing for individual tree metrics but is cost and time-prohibitive over large areas. Geiger-mode LiDAR may provide a balance with moderate-density point clouds that can allow for individual tree level details. In forestry settings, Geiger-mode LiDAR uses traditional survey aircraft at 1-4 km altitudes to collect detailed point clouds of both ground and vertical structure of vegetation. Recent forestry applications use scanning mechanisms that provide “angular diversity” (many unique viewpoints of a given ground point in a single flight pass) allowing for individual tree metrics. This presentation will explore Geiger-mode LiDAR including technical background, strengths and weaknesses compared to other LiDAR, examples and imagery from recent forestry applications, and practical steps to process Geiger-mode point clouds.

Non-member: $10 | 1.5 Category 1 CFE | LIVE on July 24, at 1 or 2 pm ET

To register, visit: https://learn.eforester.org/products/evolution-of-geiger-lidar-and-its-commercial-application-in-forest-inventory-and-biometrics?utm_source=Society+of+American+Foresters&utm_campaign=8a705e9d47-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_06_10_12_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-f88b0d31ab-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#tab-product_tab_overview