Evaluation of LIDAR for landslide mapping.

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• Alternative Title:
  Evaluation of Light Detection And Ranging for landslide mapping.
• Creators:
  Wills, Chris J.
• Corporate Creators:
  California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  California Landslides Maps Optical Radar
• Publication/ Report Number:
  F/CA/TL-2006/07 ; EA 65-680446
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  California. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Caltrans’ GeoResearch Group, in collaboration with the Department of Conservation, successfully
  
  used LIDAR technology to map landslides along two heavily forested highway corridors in Humboldt
  
  and Del Norte Counties. LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is a technique that uses reflections
  
  from lasers to determine distance, similar to a survey total station, but is typically performed aerially
  
  using a denser array of laser sources from a small aircraft. LIDAR has an advantage over
  
  conventional mapping methods in that it can effectively map true ground surface, and not just treetops
  
  in heavily forested areas. The LIDAR survey will be used in conjunction with traditional interpretation
  
  of aerial photographs and field methods to prepare landslide maps of two demonstration corridors.
  
  The deliverables of this study includes specifications for contracting LIDAR survey projects and this
  
  report that summarizes the results of the LIDAR surveys and their applicability to landslide mapping.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  F-01-TL-18
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4e150107ba1d74344c2e512e0a9119435f8feb8a794ff0f860c2f10f1bd391ec
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27505/dot_27505_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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