For a hands-free driving system to keep a vehicle safely in its lane, the software first needs to know where that lane is and some information about it. We've explained how these systems rely on ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published March 27, 2014. The original copy has been republished below as part of our 10-year anniversary coverage in order to fix broken links, photos, ...

We live in a slippery place. When a slope gets oversaturated by winter's wet weather, the mud -- and any tree or building or person perched on it -- can come tumbling down. New maps outline bigger ...

As lidar company Luminar pushed ahead to meet its goals for 2022 — milestones that included locking in new commercial contracts with unnamed automakers and shipping production-ready sensors to SAIC — ...

Thanks to modern laser technology, Southeast Asia’s Khmer Empire is rising from forest floors for the first time in centuries. A helicopter carrying light detection and ranging equipment, lidar for ...

The RGISC is leading a tree equity study using lidar data to map tree coverage in Laredo and guide solutions for extreme ...

Looks like the kids at MIT might have a little competition for their LIDAR-equipped 3D mapping drone. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have teamed up with the University of ...

Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major ...

Washington Air National Guardsmen methodically make their way through the mud and wreckage left behind by the March 22, 2014, mudslide in Oso, Wash. (Photo by Spc. Matthew Sissel/122D PAOC) People who ...