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What to do With All the Lidar Data

Al Karlin describes our work with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to construct digital elevation models to support updating hydrologic and hydraulic models for the Withlacoochee River. Through trial and error, it was found that no single solution could be applied to the small geographic regions when trying to integrate data from these sources. Rather, manual review and interpretation were key to achieving the project goals.

Al Karlin

Al Karlin describes our work with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to construct digital elevation models to support updating hydrologic and hydraulic models for the Withlacoochee River. Through trial and error, it was found that no single solution could be applied to the small geographic regions when trying to integrate data from these sources. Rather, manual review and interpretation were key to achieving the project goals.

Published in xyHt Magazine, June 2022. By Al Karlin.

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