Lidar is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating the target with pulsed laser light and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor. Differences in laser return times and wavelengths can then be used to make digital 3-D representations of the target. The name lidar, now used as an acronym of light detection and ranging (sometimes light imaging, detection, and ranging), was originally a portmanteau of light and radar. Lidar sometimes is called laser scanning and 3-D scanning, with terrestrial, airborne, and mobile applications.
Increasing usage of drones across various applications, such as aerospace and defense, agriculture, and forestry, is a major factor driving the market growth. Moreover, rising investments in R&D of self-driven cars in the automotive sector are expected to positively impact the market. LiDAR or Light imaging, detection, and ranging system, has always been synonymous with automotive technology. The escalating demand for driverless cars is providing the automobile industry with ample opportunities to embed LiDAR in their systems. Massive investments from venture capitalists and the flurry of partnerships and acquisitions happening in the LiDAR domain hints on the size of this burgeoning market. Attributed to the rising demand for driverless cars, and the increasing application of LiDAR in engineering projects, the investments in LiDAR market is accelerating at an exponential pace. Increasing defense expenditure in Asia Pacific is expected to grow the market in region over the forecast period. North America is expected to lead the market, pursued by Europe in following years.
The LiDAR technology market was valued at 1700 Million US$ in 2018 and is projected to reach 4000 Million US$ by 2025, at a CAGR of 13.0% during the forecast period. In this study, 2018 has been considered as the base year and 2019 to 2025 as the forecast period to estimate the market size for LiDAR technology.
This report presents the worldwide LiDAR technology market size (value, production and consumption), splits the breakdown (data status 2014-2019 and forecast to 2025), by manufacturers, region, type and application.
This study also analyzes the market status, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, risks and entry barriers, sales channels, distributors and Porter's Five Forces Analysis.
The following manufacturers are covered in this report:
    Airborne Hydrography
    Applied Imagery
    Zephir LiDAR
    Lesophere
    Avent LiDAR Technology
    Grind GIS
    Valedyne
    DEWI
    Geonica
    Kintech Engineering
    Teledyne Optech
    Leica Geosystems
LiDAR technology Breakdown Data by Type
    Aerial Lidar
    Ground-based Lidar
    Mobile Lidar
    Uav Lidar
LiDAR technology Breakdown Data by Application
    Coastal
    Transportation
    Forestry
    Infrastructure
    Defense and Aerospace
    Transmission Lines
    Flood Mapping
    Exploration
    Driverless Cars
    Adas
LiDAR technology Production by Region
    United States
    Europe
    China
    Japan
    South Korea
    Other Regions
LiDAR technology Consumption by Region
    North America
        United States
        Canada
        Mexico
    Asia-Pacific
        China
        India
        Japan
        South Korea
        Australia
        Indonesia
        Malaysia
        Philippines
        Thailand
        Vietnam
    Europe
        Germany
        France
        UK
        Italy
        Russia
        Rest of Europe
    Central & South America
        Brazil
        Rest of South America
    Middle East & Africa
        GCC Countries
        Turkey
        Egypt
        South Africa
        Rest of Middle East & Africa
The study objectives are:
    To analyze and research the global LiDAR technology status and future forecast,involving, production, revenue, consumption, historical and forecast.
    To present the key LiDAR technology manufacturers, production, revenue, market share, and recent development.
    To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers and applications.
    To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.
    To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
    To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of LiDAR technology :
    History Year: 2014 - 2018
    Base Year: 2018
    Estimated Year: 2019
    Forecast Year: 2019 - 2025
This report includes the estimation of market size for value (million USD) and volume (). Both top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the market size of LiDAR technology market, to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research, and their market shares have been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and verified primary sources.
For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2018 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.
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