The Baker's Dozen - REDUX

It's always good practice to routinely assess your status, re-evaluate your goals, and revisit your critical assumptions.  As I look back on our 9+ years of Mobile LiDAR ownership there are many things that are just as pertinent today as they were nearly a decade ago.  None more poignant than our 13 Laws of Mobile LiDAR. 

Whether it's your first time, or just the first time a while, now is the perfect opportunity to catch up on our Baker's Dozen.

The Baker's Dozen: 13 Laws of Mobile LiDAR

1. Too much is better than not enough;
2. Sometimes more is just more, not better;
3. Hard drives are cheap, time isn’t;
4. Consistency counts; stop guessing;
5. When someone wants “full planimetrics,” they really don’t;
6. The stated laser range is X’, but the lasers are only capturing data to Y’; and Y is definitely less than X, yet nobody can tell you what Y is…
7. The data you capture is only as good as the applied control;
8. Today’s best practices will be tomorrow’s old habits;
9. Field vs. office time ratios are pipe dreams;
10. Mobile LiDAR systems are not created equal, and neither are the operations behind them;
11. Off-the-shelf processing software will only do 50% of what you need it to do;
12. When the system encounters issues, take a breath and reboot;
13. Mobile LiDAR is not all fun and games, but it does feel like it some days.