LIDAR on your cell phone with constant position.

[Mach]

I recently discovered that ARCGIS has an iphone app that you can pic many maps including LIDAR if available for your state. You can walk around and see your realtime position relative to LIDAR and property boundaries if those maps are available for your location.

Enjoy. It revolutionized my detecting. Just don't tell anybody in my local area!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Thanx. But if it's anything like my local buddy is discovering (who is studying this Lidar stuff) : Most of what you'll see isn't helpful to our cause/case. It just lacks any resolution. Ie.: Nothing more than any other terrain or topo map already shows.

But yes, some very narrow isolated spots in the USA have resolution.

 

[Mach]

Thanx. But if it's anything like my local buddy is discovering (who is studying this Lidar stuff) : Most of what you'll see isn't helpful to our cause/case. It just lacks any resolution. Ie.: Nothing more than any other terrain or topo map already shows.

But yes, some very narrow isolated spots in the USA have resolution.

LIDAR where I am has a resolution of 1 meter.

I see cellar holes , old colonial farms by seeing the plowed rows and see the ruts in old horse and cart roads all of which are long grown over and forgotten in the middle of the road.

Here is an image that shows the plowed fields. I have found colonial buttons and buckles there last week after discovering the old farm on LIDAR. Then I navigated to it on my phone bushwhacking through the woods.

There is literally no way to find this any other way. Even walking into it through the woods by chance you can't tell it was a colonial farm. It isn't on any map or topo. It was lost to history until LIDAR.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Very interesting. Thanx !

 

[Mach]

It should say "forgotten in the middle of the woods" not " in the middle of the road"

 

[ohmygato]

LIDAR where I am has a resolution of 1 meter.

I see cellar holes , old colonial farms by seeing the plowed rows and see the ruts in old horse and cart roads all of which are long grown over and forgotten in the middle of the road.

Here is an image that shows the plowed fields. I have found colonial buttons and buckles there last week after discovering the old farm on LIDAR. Then I navigated to it on my phone bushwhacking through the woods.

There is literally no way to find this any other way. Even walking into it through the woods by chance you can't tell it was a colonial farm. It isn't on any map or topo. It was lost to history until LIDAR.

Do you know where you can find 1m LiDAR data for remote areas such as central Nevada?

 

[Mach]

Do you know where you can find 1m LiDAR data for remote areas such as central Nevada?

I looked. It appears the west and midwest has very little LIDAR available, and what is available is horrible resolution. I just assumed it was available for most of the country but that does not appear to be true. It may not have been made public.

 

[kuletule]

I recently discovered that ARCGIS has an iphone app that you can pic many maps including LIDAR if available for your state. You can walk around and see your realtime position relative to LIDAR and property boundaries if those maps are available for your location.

Enjoy. It revolutionized my detecting. Just don't tell anybody in my local area!

So, specifically, which app are you referring to?

 

[MasonDixonMding]

I started using lidar 15 or 20 years age. I hunt in Iowa and there dnr had the whole state done in high res way back than. And it’s free on there hunting web site. I wish I had it as good here.

 

[Mach]

So, specifically, which app are you referring to?

ArcGIS Field Maps

 

[spence]

Thanx. But if it's anything like my local buddy is discovering (who is studying this Lidar stuff) : Most of what you'll see isn't helpful to our cause/case. It just lacks any resolution. Ie.: Nothing more than any other terrain or topo map already shows.

But yes, some very narrow isolated spots in the USA have resolution.

That's my finding. Where I live on Lake Ontario has great hi resolution lidar. See cellar holes in the thickest brush. Go out in the Adirondack forest here and lidar only shows ridges and valleys no resolution for anything else.

 

[spence]

LIDAR where I am has a resolution of 1 meter.

I see cellar holes , old colonial farms by seeing the plowed rows and see the ruts in old horse and cart roads all of which are long grown over and forgotten in the middle of the road.

Here is an image that shows the plowed fields. I have found colonial buttons and buckles there last week after discovering the old farm on LIDAR. Then I navigated to it on my phone bushwhacking through the woods.

There is literally no way to find this any other way. Even walking into it through the woods by chance you can't tell it was a colonial farm. It isn't on any map or topo. It was lost to history until LIDAR.

Here is one of my high res lidars. See the serpent?

 

[Mach]

Here is one of my high res lidars. See the serpent?

Neat. That has got to be made made.

 

[spence]

It looks like a feature in a creek bed like a high rocky bank using Google earth. Using Google I found the landowner was local guy who was recently arrested for ramming a car and driver w his car at local convenient store. I have heard legend of these mounds in the area so who know. Not going knocking on that door.

 

[markinswpa]

I recently discovered that ARCGIS has an iphone app that you can pic many maps including LIDAR if available for your state. You can walk around and see your realtime position relative to LIDAR and property boundaries if those maps are available for your location.

Enjoy. It revolutionized my detecting. Just don't tell anybody in my local area!

How much did it cost ?

 

[Mach]

How much did it cost ?

the entire thing is free.

arcGIS Field Maps, download it, select maps for your area

 

[markinmichigan]

PRICY AF. Starts at $700, then jumps to $2,200. I can't justify the cost in my bottle cap infested areas.

Mark in Michigan

 

[Mach]

PRICY AF. Starts at $700, then jumps to $2,200. I can't justify the cost in my bottle cap infested areas.

Mark in Michigan

What is pricey?

The IOS app is free and the free map selection comes with it.
arcGIS Field Maps

Your area may not have publicly released LIDAR maps, that is up to each state.

I assure you I am not paying for it and would not pay for it.

‎ArcGIS Field Maps

‎ArcGIS is available on your desktop, in a browser, and now on your iPhone or iPad.ArcGIS Field Maps is Esri’s premier maps app on mobile devices. Use Field Maps to explore the maps you make in ArcGIS, collect and update your authoritative data, and record where you’ve gone, all within a single...

apps.apple.com

 

[markinmichigan]

Apple devices looks free, the links I tried showed "Pay to Play". Who knows, maybe I'm fat fingering the links. Not fully caffeinated yet.

Mark in Michigan

 

[Rock Jock]

Do you know where you can find 1m LiDAR data for remote areas such as central Nevada?

I looked over the LiDAR imagery and found some reasonably detailed imagery in the Lamoille Valley area. I observed a number of schools and an abandoned fort on the historical topo map layer. I don't know if the imagery is one meter but there is more detail than in other areas. Does this help?
There is also some around Owyhee in Duck Valley and around Charleston along the Bruneau River. There is more in the valley NW of the Osgood Mountains. Also Battle Mountain, Long Canyon copper camp. Hope this gives you enough to play with in the short run.