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from the creating-a-virtual-world-from-the-real-world dept.
Two architecture school graduates have taken LIDAR to the next level with a project meant to precisely reproduce London:
Today, they’re at the forefront of large-scale 3-D laser scanning, specializing in striking, ghostly reproductions of castles, museums, ice floes and more, conjured from billions of millimeter-precise dots.
Their latest undertaking is a sprawling scan of Mail Rail, a network of abandoned tunnels once used to transport mail beneath London. Like much of the group’s work, it sits at the intersection of utility and beauty, commerce and art. On one level, it’s an unprecedentedly detailed document of a historically significant site—a laudable bit of high-tech preservation.
15 years ago a buddy of mine in the 101st Airborne told me the military had done this with American cities to facilitate low-level chopper flying to put down civil insurrection, so it would be cool and useful to have archives like this available to civilians. Especially since I've really been looking forward to living in the Matrix.
(Score: 3, Funny) by sigma on Thursday April 23 2015, @02:58AM
Though some people from those dessert countries could abuse this data.
You mean like Austria geoblocking strudel, or Italy claiming patent fees from gelato stores?
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday April 23 2015, @10:07PM
Some places where there's a lot of sun baked sand and too much crazy ideas from narrow minded people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 24 2015, @08:52AM
Texas?