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How Collecting LiDAR is Being Supported by the USGS 3D Elevation Program

October 13, 2018By GIS ContributorGIS Industry

Quantum Spatial (QSI) is currently working on more than two dozen LiDAR collection projects in support of the 3DEP. Here’s a look at three of the projects QSI has worked on in 2018.

When Predictions Match Reality: The Power of LiDAR for Flood Warnings

January 7, 2018By GIS ContributorGIS Industry

LiDAR data is being used to develop highly accurate elevation-enabled flood inundation mapping in advance of major storms in North Carolina.

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Current map and GIS related competitions listed in order of the competition deadline.

Mapping Where Norway is Moving

Norway is using Copernicus Sentinel-1 data to detect ground movement across the country.

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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