Michael Lefsky- Other Sites
   

Lidar SuperSite

 
airbornlasermapping.com The lidar supersite- my unsolicated, and perhaps unappreciated, opinion
   

NASA Sites

 
Laser Altimeter Processing Facility Central site for SLICER and SLA data
SLA-02 Science Results One of the pages at the LAPF
VCL: The Vegetation Canopy Lidar Mission Website for the VCL Mission
Multi-Beam Laser Altimeter (MBLA) The actual sensor for VCL
Laser Remote Sensing Branch Mostly atmospheric lasers at Goddard
   

Commercial Lidar Providers

 
Airborne 1 LA based- uses innovative Road-Show pricing- operate an Optech 2025
EarthData International Big east coast supplier- uses Aeroscan series from Azimuth
Spencer B. Gross Photogrammetric Engineering PNW provider- uses Azimiuth device
TerraPoint LLC Houston based supplier- uses proprietary sensor developed with NASA
Topographic Imaging Inc. Houston based supplier- uses proprietary sensor developed with NASA
   

LiDAR System Manufacturers

 
LH Systems, LLC Used to be Azimuth

Still is Optech
Schwartz Electro-Optics Makes a series of integrated lidar/scanner products.
Topeye.com European manufacturer
   

IDL Programming

 
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming by David Fanning Excellant resource for FAQs and code examples
U of W Astronomy IDL Page Indespensable - searchable public domain IDL code
Training information about IDL Introductory Documents
IDL (Interactive Data Language) FAQ