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The ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, Edition 2: The Geospatial Mapping Industry Guide to Best Practices

Woolpert Vice President and Chief Scientist Qassim Abdullah, one of the authors of the second edition of the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, penned a guide to these new industry best practices that is running concurrently in the Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing journal and Lidar Magazine. Qassim’s article details the motivation behind the new standards, cites how outdated practices have evolved, highlights how industry feedback was incorporated into the revisions, and helps readers understand how these standards apply to everyday mapping activities.

The PDF of this article is shared courtesy of ASPRS. For a link to the article online, please visit Lidar Magazine.