27th April 2012, 08:52 AM
tmsarch Wrote:I know the thread's moved on from the hand drawn/rectified photograph/EDM or GPS planning discussion, but I thought people might find these 3D Laser Scanned plans that I just came across to be of interest. I'd not previously seen such technology used on a commercial site - apparently relitively cheap and speedy.
As with everything using the right technique for the right situation is key, but the results look pretty impressive. It's not a technique I'm that familiar with - I'll have to go off and do a bit of background reading.
Preliminary data:
http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/catpres..._AREA2.jpg
3D Oblique view of the 3D model:
http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/catpres..._area1.jpg
Full details of the project can be seen here - http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/news/pr...aper_mill/
Very interesting. We've used this on a couple of jobs where traditional building recording wouldn't have been possible for safety reasons. One of the systems used by our sub-contractor uses a digital camera connected to the scanner. During processing, the colour information from the photographs is interpolated and used to colour the point cloud model. It's strangely effective.
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Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of Tony Robinson.