Monday, October 16, 2017

Filtering LiDAR data by height above ground

For this tutorial we will be using CloudCompare (version 2.8, cloudcompare.org)

Lidar point clouds normally come with elevations above sea level (or some other datum), which is 
extremely useful. However, we can convert the Z-values into a height above the ground as way to add another layer of data so that we can measure things like average tree heights, examine building heights., or (one thing I do a lot) filter the points to so that we only see points in a specific height range above the ground. This last application is what we'll be covered here and it's really useful to examine river channels below dense vegetation.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

New Job!!!

This summer I'll be transitioning away from Dartmouth to a tenure-track position in the Geography Department at the University of Northern Iowa.

I've updated my contact info on my About Me page.