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ASPRS > Posts > ZFeatured > How do we spell it?… Lidar? LiDAR? LIDAR?

How do we spell it?… Lidar? LiDAR? LIDAR?

Posted on 02/11/202210/04/2023 by ASPRS Office

ASPRS promotes the spelling of “lidar" as a word, rather than an acronym, as discussed in each of the following articles.

https://lidarmag.com/2014/09/05/lets-agree-on-the-casing-of-lidar/

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/26/lidar-not-necessary-for-autonomy-but-lets-at-least-spell-it-correctly/

https://geozoneblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/lidar-case-matters/

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