Case Study: Using LiDAR for Environmental Monitoring

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LightWare LiDARLightWare Case Study Black Swift Technologies has released a case study highlighting how the company’s LW20/C microLiDAR was integrated into Black Swift Technologies drones to ensure their safety during volcano, hurricane, glacier and wildfire monitoring operations.

Read the full case study on the LightWare website>

The case study covers:

  • Why Black Swift Technologies chose to work with LightWare
  • The advantages of the LW20 LiDAR sensors, which are used to assist with precision take-off, landing, hovering, height above ground measurement and altimetry functions
  • How Black Swift Technologies continues to use the LW20 LiDAR sensors for other projects

To find out more about the LW20/C microLiDAR and the benefits it can provide for drone platforms operating in some of the harshest environments on earth.

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