Environmental aspects
3D LiDAR: acquisition techniques and industrial applications

From an application point of view, LiDAR technology can be used in projects of high environmental interest. The study of urban heat islands, the estimation of biomass in a forest, and coastal monitoring are concrete examples.

From a utilization point of view, LiDAR technology has varying degrees of impact on the environment and greenhouse gas emissions. When choosing LiDAR for a given project, at least three aspects need to be taken into account:

• manufacture and use of hardware used for acquisition: vehicle, GNSS, scanner, etc. ;

• choice of vehicle for MLS and ULS: backpack, drone, car, helicopter, plane... ;

• data storage: data format and size, local hard drive storage, cloud storage (eco-friendly cloud provider)... ;

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