Safely exploring 148 year old tunnels with LiDAR mapping

Safely exploring 148 year old tunnels with LiDAR mapping

ByAnastasiya Gunina

Using LiDAR mapping, Wingfield Scale and Measure have explored and captured inside train tunnels abandoned over 60 years ago to help prepare them for a new role. In 1956 the last steam locomotive passed through the Wray and Sidling Tunnels in Rockhill Furnace, part of the 32-mile (51.5 km) coal rail line. Over 60 years…

Hovermap enables accurate and complete digitization of UNESCO listed building

Hovermap enables accurate and complete digitization of UNESCO listed building

ByAnastasiya Gunina

First unveiled at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, the Royal Exhibition Building is one of Melbourne’s most famous landmarks and richly deserving of its status as the first building in Australia to ever be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. Now, thanks to XM2, the Royal Exhibition Building has been immortalized – in a very modern way….