Whitewater cataraft and lidar point cloud
Detailed Description
Left: A whitewater cataraft equipped with a multibeam sonar (underwater) and lidar scanner (above water) capture detailed bathymetry and surface topography on the Clackamas River. Right: A 3‑D point cloud collected from the combined multibeam sonar and lidar survey along the Clackamas River. The scene is built entirely from millions of individual points, each with its own position and color, creating a detailed model of the river corridor. Points are colored based on elevation.
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