LiDAR News

By Łukasz Huchrak  Imagine standing where a pivotal moment in history unfolded—and seeing absolutely nothing. No building. No monument. No plaque. Just an ordinary landscape hiding an extraordinary past. In Lusowo, Poland, a new location-based heritage experience is attempting to change that. Using GPS-triggered WebAR, the Urban Narrator project allows visitors to uncover h...

An island-based French artist is blending traditional physical sculpting with modern digital workflows to preserve the complex history of Cyprus through detailed miniature figures. Working under the trade name 3D Historic Miniature from his studio in Lofou, Yves Kervella hand-crafts scale models of prominent historical figures such as Makarios III, Glafcos Clerides, and Georgios...

In the United States, NDAA-compliant LiDAR has become an increasingly important consideration for survey, mapping, engineering, drone, and infrastructure firms because the law restricts federal procurement involving certain foreign-linked technologies and supply chains considered national security risks. The process begins with Congress passing NDAA provisions, the FAR Council t...

FIFA’s latest World Cup technology combines high-resolution 3D body scans, sensor-equipped match balls, and real-time tracking systems to create digital twins of every player competing in the tournament. Every World Cup Player Receives a Digital Twin The technology behind modern soccer officiating has evolved far beyond traditional video replay. According to a recent Wired...

The Challenge of Coastal Geospatial Data For all the advances in geospatial technology over the past two decades, the coastal zone has remained stubbornly hard to capture. It is too dynamic for static surveying, too shallow for deep-water acoustic systems, and too vast for any ground-based approach to cover meaningfully. New Zealand, a nation with […]