: a device that is similar in operation to radar but emits pulsed laser light instead of microwaves
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Three-dimensional models are created using lidar and photogrammetry, a technique in which hundreds or thousands of photographs of a single object are stitched together to produce a digital reproduction.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Ford and Volkswagen are collaborating on self-driving cars that combine lidar, radar and cameras with detailed road maps.
—Steve Richmond, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
In this photo, the lidar is being shot nearly straight up from an observatory at McMurdo Station.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
This could include the lidar systems that use lasers to map roads and spot obstacles, a market in which Chinese companies are major players.
—Aarian Marshall Will Knight, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
Add a front-facing lidar and imaging radars and nine car models to be launched in 2026.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
New laser mapping technology, called lidar, helped researchers see through the forest cover and map out new details of the mounds and structures in the settlements of Ecuador's Upano Valley.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024
Luminar has emerged as one of the more ambitious players in the lidar industry.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
The lander will then use lidar—light detection and ranging—and optical cameras to guide it through a coarse hazard avoidance phase and, starting at around 100 meters altitude, a hovering, fine hazard avoidance phase to a safe landing spot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Ford and Volkswagen are collaborating on self-driving cars that combine lidar, radar and cameras with detailed road maps.
—Steve Richmond, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
In this photo, the lidar is being shot nearly straight up from an observatory at McMurdo Station.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
This could include the lidar systems that use lasers to map roads and spot obstacles, a market in which Chinese companies are major players.
—Aarian Marshall Will Knight, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
Add a front-facing lidar and imaging radars and nine car models to be launched in 2026.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
New laser mapping technology, called lidar, helped researchers see through the forest cover and map out new details of the mounds and structures in the settlements of Ecuador's Upano Valley.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024
Luminar has emerged as one of the more ambitious players in the lidar industry.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
The lander will then use lidar—light detection and ranging—and optical cameras to guide it through a coarse hazard avoidance phase and, starting at around 100 meters altitude, a hovering, fine hazard avoidance phase to a safe landing spot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Lidar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lidar. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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