Wind Farm Design
Numerous companies are using LiDAR data for energy related projects. Here is one recent example.
Project Deliverables
- 90km2 of LiDAR data (+/- 30cm vertical accuracy)
- LiDAR deliverables included:
- All LiDAR returns (unthinned) xyz in ASCII format in 2km x 2km tiles
- Thinned ‘bare earth’ xyz point cloud data in ASCII format in 2km x 2km tiles (vertical accuracy of +/- 30cm at 1 sigma on open clear ground)
- ‘Non ground’ xyz point cloud data in ASCII format in 2km x 2km tiles (aka canopy or first strike model)
- 1m contours as 3D dxf
- Detailed topographic mapping of features including buildings, fences, creeks and roads from existing photography
About 42 million unfiltered data points were collected by the LiDAR survey for the entire project with about 4 million points present in the ‘filtered ground point’ dataset. Any points not contributing to the terrain definition were removed with filters and subsequently manually checked in a number of sites.
For more information, visit our LiDAR webpage here.
