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What do you mean by LIDAR technology? Enumerate its applications in various fields.  Also give a gist on the Indian projects which utilize the LIDAR technology.

What do you mean by LIDAR technology? Enumerate its applications in various fields.  Also give a gist on the Indian projects which utilize the LIDAR technology. LIDAR Technology:
  • Light detection and ranging is a method for determining ranges (variable distance) by targeting an object with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. The light pulses when combined with other data help in generating high-resolution, accurate 3D information of the object.
Applications in different fields:
  1. Agriculture:
Optimal utilization of fertilizer, insect monitoring, detecting variance in production are some of the applications
  1. Forestry:
Canopy heights, biomass measurements, and leaf area can all be studied using airborne lidar systems.
  1. Geography:
The lidar abilities to detect subtle topographic features such as river terraces and river channel banks, glacial landforms etc.
  1. Automobiles:
Autonomous vehicles may use lidar for obstacle detection and avoidance to navigate safely through environments.
  1. Law and Order regulation:
Lidar speed guns are used by the police to measure the speed of vehicles for speed limit enforcement purposes.
  1. Plant species classification and archaeological findings can be done with ease
LIDAR and Indian projects:
  1. Recently the Ministry of Environment and Forests released a survey of forest areas in ten states based on LIDAR technology.
  2. Recently the Andhra Pradesh government deployed LIDAR technology for effective implementation of its fibernet project.
  3. National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited is adopting LIDAR survey technique for conducting ground survey for the proposed Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor.
Conclusion:
  • Given the multidimensional applications of LIDAR technology, it is obvious that the state of the art technology will play a key role in India’s future.






POSTED ON 23-10-2021 BY ADMIN
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