Ohio URISA & the University of Cincinnati presented a LiDAR workshop on June 24th, 2010.  The information from the workshop is available below.  To download all the PDF in one zip file, please click here.

Agenda

Lecture: LiDAR remote sensing and LiDAR data processing

Instructor: Dr Hongxing Liu ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

1. Basic components of LiDAR system

2. LiDAR elevation data and intensity data

3. Digital Surface Model, Canopy Height Model and bare earth DEM

4. LiDAR data sources

5. Different types of LiDAR systems

6. LiDAR data format and data conversions

7. Applications of LiDAR in hydrological and environmental studies

Exercises:

Instructors:

• Mr. Haibin Su ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
• Mr. Qiusheng Wu ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Lecture: (PDF)

Ex #1: Creation of LiDAR elevation grid and visualization: spatial interpolation, noise filtering, contour map, continuous or classified choropleth maps, hill-shading relief map, draping image on LiDAR. (PDF)

Ex #2: Viewshed and Watershed Analysis: campus visibility given a view point, water flowpath, water flow direction, stream network, watershed delineation. (PDF)

Ex #3: Volumetric Change Analysis and Feature Extraction: coastal erosion and deposition volumes, buildings and tree extraction. (PDF)

Exercises Data: (ZIP)

Software: ESRI's ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst

LiDAR Data Sources

1) Nationwide LiDAR data sources

http://csc-s-maps-q.csc.noaa.gov/dataviewer/viewer.html?keyword=lidar

2) Ohio state LiDAR data sources

http:/gis1.oit.ohio.gov/geodatadownload/osip.aspx

Online LiDAR Learning Information Sources

What is LiDAR? (movie .swf format)

LiDAR 101 (movie .swf format)

LiDAR applications (movie .swf format)

Aerotec LiDAR capability (movie .swf format)

LiDAR Analyst software (movie .swf format)

LIDAR tutorial at the University of Idaho

http://www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=90302

LIDAR primer from Geospatial Solutions

http://www.geospatial-solutions.com/geospatialsolutions/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=10275

Airborne Topographic Mapper at Wallops Island, Goodard Space Flight Center

http://atm.wff.nasa.gov/

An overview article on Geodetic Laser Scanning in Physics Today

http://ptonline.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=PHTOAD000060000012000041000001&idtype=cvips

USGS LiDAR web site

http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/