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Pointools converts scanned point data into a 3D computer model
(20/05/2010)

Highway surveyors are increasing using laser scanners – mounted on tripods, on moving vehicles and in aircraft – to capture highways, street lights/street furniture, cities and the landscape in 3D. The scanners generate millions and millions of tiny data points known as a ‘point cloud’ and sophisticated software converts the point data into a 3D computer model. From this users create life-like visualisations. This world of 'virtual reality' will aid planning, engineering, public consultations ... [more]

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