Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR..

Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR and 3D Modeling GOLDEN, Colorado – A Canadian archaeologist is using advanced mapping and visualization technologies to bring one of the earliest European settlements in North America back to life. Dr. Jonathan Fowler combined a centuries-old map with a modern 3D terrain model to portray Fort Anne and its surrounding in stunning detail […]

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3D MAP TECH – AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC CAVE

3D MAPPING TECHNOLOGY PUT TO THE TEST IN AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC CAVE A professor and undergraduate students from James Madison University has geospatially scanned the oldest show cave in the United States, Grand Caverns in Virginia, digitally mapping the largest room in 3D for the very first time. Open to the public since 1806, Grand Caverns has been a tourist attraction for […]

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Using Lidar imagery to help research old roads

Article written by Kerry Hardy I grew up rambling through the fields and forests of mid-coast Maine and it’s been a long-standing hobby of mine to try and understand the many sections of abandoned roads that one encounters in this part of the world. Occasionally I’ll give a slide show on the topic; at one such recent event a fellow […]

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