Good Afternoon All, I found this article in the January issue of 'Forestry Source' interesting. It is about the use of drones to capture imagery and LiDAR and illustrates how quickly the landscape is changing in this area of geospatial data acquisition. It is a challenge for those of us trying to plan for data acquisition. I expect that in the next decade we will see rapid change in technology and pricing. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/saf/forestrysource_201601/index.php?startid=1#/6 Joseph Young Maine Office of GIS, Administrative Director Maine Library of Geographic Information, Executive Director SHS 145 51 Commerce Drive<https:[log in to unmask],-69.802412,822m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cb206d051eb934d:0x1075539d44caa8f0!6m1!1e1C:/Users/joseph.young.SOM/Documents/ArcGIS> Augusta, Maine 04333-0145 VP/Cell: 207-624-2664 http://maine.gov/megis/ http://www.maine.gov/geolib/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the this web address: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: [log in to unmask]