SEMINAR REPORT ON

LIDAR
SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS SUBMITTED BY:

VEENA S.MOOSS REG NO: 129425

COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE PAYYAPPADY, PUTHUPALLY KOTTAYAM, KERALA

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THE INSTITUTION OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Established by Government of Kerala)

COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE

PAYYAPPADY, PUTHUPALLY
KOTTAYAM DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS

Certificate
This is to certify that the seminar report entitled LIDAR submitted here is an authentic record done by VEENA S.MOOSS of S6 Electronics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics of Mahatma Gandhi University during the academic year 2011-2012

SEMINAR GUIDE ARUN P. M

SEMINAR CO-ORDINATOR SREELAL S

PRINCIPAL PRASEEDA R

PREFACE
LiDAR is an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging, sometimes also referred to as Laser Altimetry or Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping (ALTM). The LiDAR system basically consists of integration of three technologies, namely, Inertial Navigation System (INS), LASER, and GPS. The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been fully operational for over a decade, and during this period, the technology has proved its potential in various application areas. Some of the important applications of GPS are crustal deformation studies, vehicle guidance systems, and more recently, in LiDAR. Geo Spatial Information is an important input for all planning and developmental activities especially in the present era of digital mapping and decision support systems. LiDAR is much faster than conventional photogram metric technology and offers distinct advantage over photogrammetry in some application areas. Its development goes back to 1970s and 1980s, with the introduction of the early NASALiDAR systems, and other attempts in USA and Canada (Ackermann, 1999). The method has successfully established itself as an important data collection technique, within a few years, and quickly spread into practical applications. Early 1980's, second generation LiDAR systems were in use around the world but were expensive and had limited capability. With the enhanced computer power available today, and with the latest positioning and orientation systems, LiDAR systems have become a commercially viable alternative for development of Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of earth surface

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like take this oppertunity to express my sincere thanks to those people who have been directly or indirectly involved in making my seminar a success. First of all, I am grateful to God Almighty, without those blessings, I would not been able to complete this seminar. I express my sincere thanks to MR.SREELAL S, Lecturer in Electronics department, my seminar coordinator, College of applied science, Payyappady for his guidance and assistance, in my seminar work. I am grateful to my seminar guide MR.ARUN P.M, Lecturer in Electronics department, for his valuable guidance and for the key role played by him in providing me with his precious ideas, suggestions and help that enabled in shaping the seminar work. I would like to thank, MRS. ROOPA V. RAMASWAMY, HOD Electronics Department for providing us this valuable opportunity of presenting the seminar. I would also like to extend my cordial gratitude and regard to all my friends and colleagues for their constant help and support. I am sincerely thankful to everyone who has given me a part of his or her precious time for this seminar.

VEENA S.MOOSS

CONTENTS
1. Introduction 2. What is LIDAR 3. Lidar Overview 4. Types of Lidar 5. Operation. 6. Design 7. Noise in LIDAR signals 8. Applications 9. Advantages 10. Disadvantages 11. Conclusion 12. Reference