xyHt Magazine featured an article by Al Karlin, Keith Patterson and Amar Nayegandhi. The increasing frequency and magnitude of storm events in Florida have had a devastating impact to local communities in recent years. The use of high-resolution LiDAR data now plays a crucial role in providing high-accuracy 3D data for floodplain and storm-water management initiatives. This article explores how the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) employed a RIEGL LMS-Q1560 wide area LiDAR mapping sensor to assist with their hydrological modeling to update the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), and during the Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) process, to predict future floodplain impacts resulting from development.
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Managing Tropical Storm Risk in Florida
About RIEGL:
RIEGL is an international leading provider of cutting-edge technology in airborne, mobile, terrestrial, industrial and unmanned laser scanning solutions.
RIEGL has been producing LiDAR systems commercially for over 40 years and focuses on pulsed time-of-flight laser radar technology in multiple wavelengths.
RIEGL’s core Smart-Waveform technologies provide pure digital LiDAR signal processing, unique methodologies for resolving range ambiguities, multiple targets per laser shots, optimum distribution of measurements, calibrated amplitudes and reflectance estimates, as well as the seamless integration and calibration of systems.
RIEGL’s Ultimate LiDARTM 3D scanners offer a wide array of performance characteristics and serve as a platform for continuing Innovation in 3D for the LiDAR industry.
From the first inquiry, to purchase and integration of the system, as well as training and support, RIEGL maintains an outstanding history of reliability and support to their customers.
Worldwide sales, training, support and services are delivered from RIEGL’s headquarters in Austria; main offices in the USA, Japan, China, Australia, Canada and UK; and a worldwide network of representatives.