{"id":24815,"date":"2023-02-16T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24815"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:45:28","slug":"mdot-recognized-as-lidar-drone-technology-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/mississippi\/mdot-recognized-as-lidar-drone-technology-leader\/%20","title":{"rendered":"MDOT Recognized as LiDAR Drone Technology Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, Mississippi Transportation Commissioners\nrecognized the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) as a winner of\nthe 2022 Digital States Survey Award in the Transportation Category. The\nnational award was given by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), which\nrecognizes states that implement exceptional use of technology, to improve\npublic service delivery, increase capacity, streamline operations and reach\nstate priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDOT_Commission_Awards-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24816\" width=\"298\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDOT_Commission_Awards-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MDOT_Commission_Awards-2-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption><em>Pictured left to right: Northern Transportation District Commissioner John Caldwell; Information Systems Division, MDOT Chief Information Officer Ben Cohen; Mississippi Dept. of Information Technology Services, Executive Director David Johnson; Southern Transportation District Commissioner Tom King; Central Transportation District Commissioner Willie Simmons. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MDOT received this prestigious award due to its innovative\nuse of LiDAR (light detection and ranging) drone technology. In May 2021 MDOT\npurchased LiDAR drones to improve efficiency and safety in the construction and\nmaintenance of road projects. LiDAR is a method for determining ranges or distances\nby targeting an object with lasers and measuring the time for the reflected\nlight to return to the receiver. The reflected light data is then converted\ninto distance measurements, creating a 3-D model of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mississippi is now one of the first states in the southeast\nusing this type of drone technology for state transportation work. The LiDAR\ndrones allow MDOT to survey land conditions and collect roadway characteristics\nin a much safer and faster way than traditional surveying. The technology also\nincreases safety for MDOT workers, greatly reducing the time spent working in\nor near moving traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information collected by the LiDAR drones is transferred\nto computers in the planning division where engineers can work on road projects\nfrom their desks without having to spend long hours in the field, using\ntraditional tape measures and\/or distance wheels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about MDOT, visit MDOTtraffic.com,\ndownload the free MDOT Traffic app or like and follow @MississippiDOT on\nFacebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Mississippi Transportation Commissioners recognized the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) as a winner of the 2022 Digital States Survey Award in the Transportation Category. The national award was given by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), which recognizes states that implement exceptional use of technology, to improve public service delivery, increase capacity, streamline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mississippi","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24817,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815\/revisions\/24817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}