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Archaeology & Heritage
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Solutions for Archaeology & Heritage |
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Leica Geosystems provides solutions in the fields of archaeology and heritage. Our systems assist in the survey, extraction and rennovation of historic relics, artifacts, or landmarks from the sea or land such as shipwrecks, tombs, fossils and buildings.
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"Laser Archaeology", a 10-minute documentary from November 2007 includes animation of laser scanning process for quickly & accurately capturing Pueblo Indian ruins. more
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The cover article for the March issue of the Professional Surveyor Magazine, "Laser Scanning for Cultural Heritage Applications," was written by John Ristevski and covers two case studies that show how 3D laser scanning is helping to preserve cultural heritage sites. The article also profiles a non-profit organization know as CyArk, which is taking advantage of the new technology to put together an archive and corresponding website of digital records of such historic sites. more
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Michelangelo's David in Digital: combining art history with computer science using 3D laser scanning technology. To read more about The Digital Michelangelo Project click on the link provided: more
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State-of-the-art Cyra laser-scanning technology was adapted to quite an extraordinary task recently when it was used to document the detailed surface geometry of New York’s most famous landmark – the Statue of Liberty. Traditionally used in the industrial plant and civil infrastructure fields, laser scanning’s ability to capture highly detailed, 3D surface geometry of large structures made it a good match
for the complex geometry of the Statue of Liberty. more
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Bergen Industries used a Cyrax laser scanning system on the renovation of the historic San Francisco City Hall and found a whole list of benefits unique to 3D laser scanning. To read more about the renovation project download the PDF of the Case Study "Renovation of Historic Building." more
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