MAJ Carter Kelly

Senior Instructor

Geography and Environmental Engineering

carter.kelly [at] westpoint.edu

MAJ Carter Kelly is an Armor officer and Space Operations officer who has served in Cavalry units in Fort Carson, CO, Fort Moore, GA, and Fort Johnson, LA, with overseas service in Kuwait and Jordan while serving in the 4th Infantry Division. He earned his MS from the University of Florida with experience in sUAS mapping, geospatial analysis, and applications of geomatics.

His graduate research focused on stability and accuracy assessments of low-cost lidar scanners, specifically identifying temporal and thermal range walks in linear lidar scanners and the development of error mitigation techniques that exploit the high linear correlation between scanner conditions and observations.

MAJ Kelly teaches the following courses:

M.S. in Geomatics - University of Florida

B.S. in Geospatial Information Science - U.S. Military Academy

Research Interests

sUAS mapping
Applications of geomatics and geospatial analysis
Calibration and accuracy assessments of low-cost lidar scanners
Open-source mobile mapping solutions

Current Research

Subterranean mapping using SLAM lidar
Predictive modeling of harmful algae blooms (HABs)
GEO AI development and integration in geospatial workflows

Selected Publications

curriculum vitae

Kelly, C., B. Wilkinson, A. Abd-Elrahman, O. Cordero, H.A. Lassiter. "Accuracy Assessment of Low-Cost Lidar Scanners: An Analysis of the Velodyne HDL-32E and Livox Mid-40’s Temporal Stability." Remote Sensing 14 (2022): 4220. DOI: 10.3390/rs14174220.

Albeaino, G., C. Kelly, H.A. Lassiter, B. Wilkinson, M. Gheisari, and R. Issa. "Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Geometric Feature Accuracy Using a UAS-Lidar System for Building Surveying Applications." Journal of Architectural Engineering 29 (2022). DOI: 10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1493.

Kelly, C., Mao, O., Gramlich, V., Kirkpatrick, R. Assessment of SLAM Lidar – An Accuracy Assessment and Drift Analysis of the Leica BLK2GO. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Athens, Greece. July 2024.

Wright, W., Kelly, C., O’Banion, M., Kirkpatrick, R. Detection of Vegetation Height using a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) on Hawai’i. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. California. July 19, 2023.

Kirkpatrick, R., and C. Kelly. Evaluating the Spatial Resolution of sUAS Sensors in Two and Three Dimensions. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. California. July 19, 2023.

Lassiter, H. A.; Wilkinson, B.; Gonzalez Perez, A.; Kelly, C. Absolute 3D Accuracy Assessment of UAS Lidar Surveying, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021, XLIV-M-3-2021, 105–111, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-M-3-2021-105-2021

Kelly, C., Gramlich, V., O'Banion, M., Kalkstein, A. West Point Flood Damage: Disaster Response and Management for a 1,000-Year Storm. Live Session. Emergency/Disaster Management; Navigating Emergency Response Efforts with a Geospatial Foundation. Esri User Conference, San Diego, CA. 20 July 2024.

Kirkpatrick, R., and C. Kelly. Evaluating the Spatial Resolution of sUAS Sensors in Two and Three Dimensions. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Session WEP.P6: 3D Data Construction, Processing and Evaluation, Pasadena, CA. July 19, 2023.

Kelly, C. Accuracy Assessment of Low-Cost Lidar Scanners: Velodyne® HDL-32E and Livox® Mid-40. ASPRS Geo Week. Denver, CO. Feb. 7, 2022.

Kelly, C. 2022. Accuracy Assessment of Low-Cost Airborne Lidar Scanners an Analysis of the Velodyne HDL 32E and Livox Mid 40's Temporal Stability. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UFE0058749/00001.