Lasers to the rescue... of neolithic art

[dzodzo]

http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/tee...tory,4635.html

why only army would do this? isn't it possible to do this with hobby-grade lasers?

[laserist]

There are a number of surveying systems that do this. They combine scanning and laser rangefinding to produce a point cloud that can be imported into 3D design programs.

[White-Light]

Don't know if anyone saw Top Gear last night but the US army had a truck that drove itself and scanned the terrain in front to 3D map the terrain and plan a route using lasers and the exact same method:

http://defensetech.org/2012/08/14/ma...nmanned-cargo/

These are the trucks but that pic doesn't appear to show the laser dome.

The programme is here for those in geographical locations that are allowed to use BBC iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode..._19_Episode_5/

It's the Land Rover test in Nevada that you want to find as its the Land Rover vs Unmanned Vehicle Race.

[dzodzo]

another example here using Lidar technology:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/lost-hor...614-2o9p3.html