In 2012, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix LiDAR Grayson Omans got the “wild and crazy” idea to put a LiDAR sensor on a drone. At the time, LiDAR sensors were expensive, which is what allegedly mad the idea a novelty. His “novel idea” ended up disrupting the aerial mapping industry, allegedly.
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