Top 20 Essential Skills for Lidar in ArcGIS

By Chris Caird

Through 20 step-by-step tutorials, gain the knowledge to understand, manage, analyze, and create immersive 3D products using lidar data.

Throughout Top 20 Essential Skills for Lidar, you'll discover a range of essential lidar skills and best practices for preparing and storing data, sharing methods, and rendering techniques. Each chapter presents a bite-sized, standalone tutorial with easy-to-follow steps, accompanied by tips and considerations that enhance your understanding of the underlying concepts.

Using 20 step-by-step tutorials you will explore how to:

Assess lidar data properties and correct common errorsVisualize lidar data and convert between data typesCreate final data products and mapsClassify lidar dataAssess point spacing and densityUse constraintsApply manual and automated classificationCalculate volume and other measurementsCreate 3D surfaces such as digital terrain models and digital surface modelsExtract features such as trees and buildingsCreate viewshedsPerform shadow analysisApply raster functionsLeverage deep learning

Whether you're new to lidar or looking to expand your skills, Top 20 Essential Skills for Lidar provides a practical and accessible resource for exploring lidar data sources, working in 3D, and creating data-driven outputs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589487869
• ISBN13: 9781589487864
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Esri Press
• Length: 250 Pages