DSM of Sturgeon Bay in
Door County, Wisconsin
DEM of La Crosse, showing Grandad Bluff
COMMON USES
Complete coverage is all well and good, but what are some
actual uses of this highly detailed, highly accurate lidar data?
Here are a few common ones:
Classified lidar point cloud
• Identifying rivers and streambanks
• Locating septic mounds
• Mapping trails beneath trees
• Updating floodplains within a county
• Conducting culvert inventories
• Mapping tree canopies
• Developing 1-foot contours throughout a county
20 | TRENDS
Ingenuity, Integrity, and Intelligence.