LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) or 3D laser scanning is a measurement method that determines the distance to the target by illuminating the target with pulsed laser light and measuring reflected pulses with a sensor. Designed for submarine detection from aircraft in the 1960s, LIDAR was used successfully in the USA, Canada and Australia in the early 1970s. Over the past years, there has been an increase in the use of LIDAR sensors in the UK and some of them have been used regularly in both air and ground studies...