LiDAR

Smart Swanton Pacific Ranch

In this project we will begin data curation and start the modeling of Cal Poly’s Swanton Pacific Ranch. We will create master data sheets compiling past data collection efforts from the Ranch’s weather systems, and then model these in an interactive map of rainfall patterns by year, from 1998 to 2019. We will also create a Jupyter notebook to map tree crowns and count the number of trees as well as timber estimates before and after the August 2020 fire.

Evaluation of Cost-effective Pavement Deformation Detection Technologies using Mobile LiDAR

Rutting on road surfaces can pose a serious risk of hydroplaning to drivers. The current methods of identifying rutting are time-consuming, expensive, and dangerous. By using mobile LiDAR equipment attached to a vehicle the road surface can be quickly scanned which saves time, labor, does not requires roads to be closed, and does not put data-collectors in possibly dangerous situations.

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