LiDAR Enters the Third Dimension

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) -- or more accurately, remote sensing and geospatial technologies is the latest buzz in this smart world in general and in the electric utility industry specifically. For the past couple of years, utilities' interest in everything LiDAR has grown, thanks to p...

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Published inTransmission & Distribution World Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 15 - 17
Main Author Wolf, Gene
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville Endeavor Business Media LLC 01.08.2011
Endeavor Business Media
Subjects
Advantages
Aircraft
Artificial intelligence
Automotive components
Cost reduction
Data collection
Electric utilities
Evolution
Growth rate
Lasers
Lidar
Optical radar
Remote sensing
Scanners
Security
Sensors
Software
Technology
Technology adoption
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vegetation
Vegetation mapping
United States > US
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ISSN1087-0849

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Summary:Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) -- or more accurately, remote sensing and geospatial technologies is the latest buzz in this smart world in general and in the electric utility industry specifically. For the past couple of years, utilities' interest in everything LiDAR has grown, thanks to practices like vegetation management and the North American Electrical Reliability Corp (NERC) FAC-003, FAC-008 and FAC-009 standards. The technology has been growing exponentially. All LiDAR technological evolution has to address three key technical issues: data collection and analysis; error and accuracy; and the integration of LiDAR and photogrammetry technologies, LiDARgrammetry. Improvements in sensor technology are another part of the evolution. Early sensors were large, bulky and limited in capability. Speaking of security, another sensitive subject is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with LiDAR systems. Private companies are not allowed to use UAVs in the US, but they are being used in other parts of the world.
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ISSN:1087-0849