Imaging LIDAR |
Imaging LIDAR |
May 19 2008, 10:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
Under contract from NASA, Rochester Institute of Technology is developing an imaging LIDAR for planetary mapping. Swaths of entire scenes with an accuracy of 1 cm?! Sweet!
-------------------- "I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
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May 20 2008, 04:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 2-March 06 Member No.: 692 |
Under contract from NASA, Rochester Institute of Technology is developing an imaging LIDAR for planetary mapping. Swaths of entire scenes with an accuracy of 1 cm?! Sweet! To make this a practical tool, we need laser com. to earth. How close are we? Brian |
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