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    • Remote Sensing
    • Engineering

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    • Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) is a rapidly evolving field.
    • Lidar technology has broad applications in science and engineering.
    • Recent advancements necessitate a review of the state-of-the-art.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide an overview of recent lidar research.
    • To highlight key achievements in the field.
    • To consolidate findings from a special issue.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of peer-reviewed publications.
    • Selection of papers for special issue publication.
    • Categorization of research into different lidar aspects.

    Main Results:

    • Eight papers were accepted for publication.
    • Papers cover diverse applications of lidar technology.
    • Research represents current global achievements in lidar.

    Conclusions:

    • The special issue captures the dynamic progress in lidar.
    • The collected papers offer insights into state-of-the-art lidar.
    • This work underscores the importance of lidar in modern science and engineering.