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What is LiDAR measurement? LiDAR is a method of measurement using lasers, with the time taken for laser pulses to be sent out and returned to the equipment, determining the distance of the object from the sensor. Each pulse forms a “point” in three-dimensional space, forming a “point cloud“ which can be used for a variety of measurement purposes. At Arboris, we use a drone-mountable LiDAR payload and terrestrial laser scanner, creating point clouds of woodland and peatland. H

At Arboris we have developed and are now advancing Machine Learning algorithms to identify peatland erosion features and individual trees using RGB imagery collected using drones. The importance of using drones for the data gathering is due to the high resolution imagery that can be collected with drones. Drones vs Satellite Data The open source satellite data we can all access, such as Sentinel 2 from ESA, has a resolution of 10m per pixel. The paid for satellite data is g