January 27, 2005 - Houston, Texas - The International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) is an industry group whose goal is to advance the education and knowledge of LIDAR mapping technology and applications. The fifth annual conference, April 25 – 26, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will bring together LIDAR professionals from around the world to network and hear about the latest technology and issues affecting LIDAR Mapping.

Speakers will give presentations on all aspects of LIDAR Mapping such as:

• The State of the Industry
• Urban 3D Modeling
• Quality Assurance and Control
• Sensor Fusion
• LIDAR Mapping Applications and Projects
• Mapping Operations
• Bathymetric LIDAR Mapping.

Concurrent workshop/tutorials will cover bathymetric LIDAR and airborne LIDAR fused with land-based (horizontal) LIDAR or hyperspectral imagery.

Conference sponsors are 3001, Applanix Corporation, Dynamic Aviation, GeoSpatial Solutions, GITC, John Chance Land Surveys, Leica Geosystems, Merrick & Company, NIIRS10, Optech, Riegl USA, Spectrum Mapping and TopoSys GMBH.

For further information, please contact Andy Bogle, ILMF Organizer, at 713-785-6820 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit the ILMF website at http://www.lidarmap.org.