Session 12: LiDAR

Mapping your Environment with LiDAR
Adam Derringer, Tyler Kaebisch, Ayres Associates
Processing and viewing LiDAR derivatives is time consuming, confusing, and can be difficult for some computers to handle. This leaves many to only use derived DEMs and contours from the LiDAR. As a major provider of Aerial LiDAR, Ayres works with clients to try and extract more value from this critical foundational layer. One area of focus has been developing a suite of environmental LiDAR layers that can help land managers locate and mitigate risks across the landscape. Whether its locating exactly where your culverts are, creating Enhanced Hydrography Datasets to map water flow, finding closed depressions, or assessing risk of erosion, analysis of LiDAR can put your data to work to help derive answers for departments across your organization. This presentation will dive into the creation and use cases for the next generation of GIS layers derived from LiDAR base products. Be prepared to explore the terrain and environment with help of Lidar!
LIDAR Online Data Management and Cataloging
Bob Basques, City of Saint Paul
LIDAR and (UAV captured aerial photos) photogrammetry generated point cloud datasets and their management is an up and coming process that more and more spatial data professionals will be using in the future. Managing these potentially massive datasets over the long term is going to become a major data management process for many administrators in the GIS space in the future. This presentation will go over some ideas of how to solve the data management problems associated with long term LIDAR retention and provide some examples of web publishing and access to these types of data for the long term.