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Digital Terrain Mapping of Bernalillo County, New Mexico using Digital Orthophotography and Airborne LiDAR
(09/00) This is an excellent online article by Raul Campos-Marquetti, Jr. et. Al. of EnerQuest Systems, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) about the use of LiDAR in a large-scale digital terrain-mapping project of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The project is being conducted for a consortium of US federal, state, county and municipal agencies. Project data will be used by the various agencies for flood control, irrigation, planimetrics, terrain mapping and for regional planning purposes. The digital mapping products produced include 1000 1 ft gsd color digital orthophotos and 1010 sq. miles of 1 ft & 2 ft contour data. The article includes details of EnerQuest's RAMS™ system and an excellent detailed discussion of process flow and the sophisticated post-processing analysis of the LiDAR data. A definite MUST read!



Wide-Area Topographic Mapping and Applications Using LiDAR Technology
(09/00) The highlight article of the August issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS), written by Jack Hill et. al. at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC; The Woodlands, TX, USA) and Dan Cotter, TerraPoint (The Woodlands, TX, USA), is a good overview of LiDAR technology and applications. It includes some interesting data examples and discussion of mapping applications including forest management, urban mapping and transportation. An online version of the article is available for review.

County Reaps Huge Rewards From Airborne Laser Survey
October 1999
Writer: David Stone
Source: EOM

Photogrammetry-NOT!
June 1999
Writer: Stephen DeLoach
Source: Professional Surveyor

NIMA Taps 15 Firms for Mapping
January 1999
Writer: L. Scott Tillett
Source: Federal Computer Week published January 11, 1999

On The Fly GPS
November 1998
Writer: Daniel R. Hadley and Dean Pottle
Source: CE News

Interagency Project Measures Impact of Hurricane Bonnie
September 1998
Writer: Margret Johnston and L. Scott Tillett
Source: Federal Computer Week published September 14, 1998

County Using Laser to Contest FEMA Maps
August 1998
Writer: Edie Gross
Sources: St. Petersburg Times, published August 2, 1998

Asset Maintenance Management
July 1998
Writer: Dean F. Pottle
Source: EOM

Laser Mapping System Could Speed Post-Hurricane Rebuilding Efforts
May 1998
Writer: Aaron Hoover
Sources: Bill Carter, (352) 392-5003, Ramesh Shrestha, (352) 392-4999

Agencies Team Up To Measure El Niņo Impacts
April 1998
Writer: Staff
Source: Environmental News Network Daily News published April 20, 1998

Mapping Transmission Network Inventory
February 1998
Writer: John Raese
Source: Electrical World

Land and Sky
November 1997
Writer: Dean F. Pottle
Source: Point of Beginning (Reprint)

Lasers Track Impact of El Niņo's Coastal Storms
October 1997
Writer: Staff
Source: Environmental News Network Daily News published October 24, 1997

Getting Up to Speed
September 1997
Writer: Staff
Source: Railway Track and Structures (Reprint)