Introduction

 What is Lidar?

 LIDAR Use in a GIS

 Using LIDAR for Topographic Analysis

 Tutorials and Extensions

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Using LIDAR Data in an ArcView® Project

This section provides information and instructions for acquiring and loading LIDAR data into an ArcView project. Click here for instructions.

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ArcView LIDAR Loader Extension
(ArcView 3.0 or 3.1 Users Only)

 The LIDAR Loader is an easy-to-use ArcView extension included on this CD-ROM. It was designed to allow text files to be displayed as a theme in ArcView. The LIDAR Loader automatically opens the text file as a table and then adds the table as an event theme.

To use the extension, open ArcView, select the LIDAR Loader extension, and then click the dog icon. The final result displays the x,y points as elevation points in 16 shades of green in an ArcView View.

 To learn more about the ArcView® LIDAR Loader Extension, click here.

Creating Grids, Contours and Hillshades in ArcView Spatial Analyst®

This section describes how to create contours from LIDAR data in ArcView Spatial Analyst.  NOTE: Spatial Analyst is an add-on extension that can be purchased for use with ArcView. For a tutorial on how to create grids, contours, and hillshades in ArcView using the Spatial Analyst extension, click here.

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