Lidar map of forest height

Came across something interesting today, a map of the height of the earth's tree cover. Find the story here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0217171235.htm

And the stuff here:
http://lidarradar.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Originally Posted by Lukc

Came across something interesting today, a map of the height of the earth's tree cover. Find the story here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0217171235.htm

And the stuff here:
http://lidarradar.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Yes we briefly covered this use of lidar in my GIS classes, though global coverage is really impressive.