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
Optech, Inc.
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