LSUS Geospatial Lab and Earth Tech, Inc., Image/Special to LSUS News

Lighting the Way

A LIDAR (Light Distancing and Ranging) image shows the LSUS campus (lower right) and Willis Knighton Pierremont Hospital (lower left) below the Red River Education & Research Park (large blue and surrounding yellow areas) and the Red River. Recently acquired airborne LIDAR data is being used in the LSUS Red River Watershed Management Institute’s Geospatial Lab to develop accurate topographic maps and 3-D models for studying and visualizing river flooding. LIDAR is also used for watershed drainage and floodplain vegetation studies and development of the Red River Education & Research Park.