At the 2012 LiDAR workshop Brian Sawyer and Phil Mckenzie discuss the process of acquiring and managing LiDAR data for the Government of Alberta. A review of how GOA decided to use LiDAR data is reviewed, including how departments other than SRD were involved. The value of LiDAR data to GOA is discussed - there are currently 23 projects relying on the data and counting. Currently 280,000 km2 are complete. Managing the volume of data is a challenge.
Brian Sawyer is Section Head, Data Acquisition and Phil Mckenzie is Section Head, Data Management for the Resource Information Management Branch, Corporate Services Branch, Sustainable Resource Development.
