Lidar Tutorial
These materials were prepared for an Introduction to Lidar workshop held Monday, April 4, 2022 as part of the Big Sky GeoCon.
The workshop includes a tutorial that will allow you to become familiar with the LAS and Lidar tools available in ArcGIS Pro. Using an ArcGIS Pro project that has been pre-built for you, you will learn how to import LAS files and perform a number of geoprocessing tasks and analyses to make use of Lidar data. You will need to have ArcGIS Pro installed on your computer, as well as an organizational ArcGIS online account with Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst enabled. The zipfile linked below includes everything you need to work through the tutorial.
This tutorial pulls heavily from an exercise created by Nancy Glenn & Josh Enterkine (Boise State University), which they adapted from one developed in May 2019 by Keith Weber, GIS Director at Idaho State University.
Workshop Materials
Zipfile to download (~670 Mb compressed, includes tutorial instructions and datasets)
Slides (including links to additional Lidar resources) in PowerPoint created by Jessica Mitchell
Guided Lidar Tutorial created by Ryan Rock (one hour)