Definitions for lidar
ˈlaɪ dɑrli·dar

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1. lidarnoun

   a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

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1. lidarnoun

   The optical analogue of radar which uses intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.

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1. Lidar

   Lidar (, also LIDAR, or LiDAR; sometimes LADAR) is an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging". It is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. It is sometimes called 3-D laser scanning, a special combination of 3-D scanning and laser scanning. LIDAR has terrestrial, airborne, and mobile applications.Lidar is commonly used to make high-resolution maps, with applications in surveying, geodesy, geomatics, archaeology, geography, geology, geomorphology, seismology, forestry, atmospheric physics, laser guidance, airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), and laser altimetry. It is used to make digital 3-D representations of areas on the Earth's surface and ocean bottom of the intertidal and near coastal zone by varying the wavelength of light. It has also been increasingly used in control and navigation for autonomous cars and for the helicopter Ingenuity on its record-setting flights over the terrain of Mars.

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1. Lidar

   Lidar is a remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light. The term lidar comes from combining the words light and radar. Lidar is popularly known as a technology used to make high resolution maps, geomatics, archaeology, geography, geology, geomorphology, seismology, forestry, remote sensing, atmospheric physics, airborne laser swath mapping, laser altimetry, and contour mapping.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lidar in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lidar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of lidar in a Sentence

1. Karim Sadr:

   LiDAR cannot show everything and many of the parts of the city need to investigated on the ground from up close, eventually we will want to excavate some parts of the site and since the deposits are not generally deep, not a lot of earth has to be moved.

2. Takeshi Inomata:

   Using low-resolution lidar collected by the Mexican government, we noticed this huge platform. Then we did high-resolution lidar and confirmed the presence of a big building, this area is developed its not the jungle; people live there but this site was not known because it is so flat and huge. It just looks like a natural landscape. But with lidar, it pops up as a very well-planned shape.

3. Charles Matz:

   [Lidar] technology hasn't quite developed where it can accumulate this information quickly because the data sets are very dense. We're talking gigabytes and gigabytes of information.

4. Stefan Sommer:

   For autonomous driving, we will need three core technologies: picture processing camera technology, short and long-range radar, and lidar.

5. Ken Washington:

   These vehicles that don't have LIDAR and don't have advanced radar, that haven't captured a 3D map are not self-driving vehicles, let me just really emphasize that. They are consumer vehicles with a really good driver-assist technology.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lidar
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lidar
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lidar