The truth is, scanning is the only cost-effective way to collect the existing world. You simply can’t go into a cathedral, petroleum refinery, or metropolitan multi-use entertainment facility and measure with rulers and expect to get the accuracy you need to confidently design renovations. Laser scanning is the only way to do it. Up until [...]
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Scan to BIM: The evolution of scanning technology
by Tate Jones on May 8, 2012 in Landair Surveying News
3D scan helps Feds catch vandals of ancient American Indian temple
by Tate Jones on April 25, 2012 in Landair Surveying News
The Nez Perce Indians of Idaho lived in the Pacific Northwest for many centuries before they bumped into Lewis and Clark in 1805. A peaceful tribe who lived mostly on the natural foods available in Idaho’s rivers, they probably never imagined they would one day use high definition scanning technology. Fast-forward to February 2010. In [...]
An eight-lane bridge falls into the Mississippi River during rush hour traffic? Yeah – we do that.
by Tate Jones on April 12, 2012 in Landair Surveying News
A few years ago, an entire span of a busy eight-lane interstate bridge broke apart and fell into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis during rush hour traffic. Cars, concrete, twisted metal and people went crashing into the water. When the dust settled, 13 were dead and more than 145 injured. The bridge was Minnesota’s fifth [...]
Surviving 2012: Six things every business can learn from the surveying industry
by land surveying on February 22, 2012 in Landair Surveying News
As a professional land surveyor for 40 years, I have a first-hand understanding of the housing downturn and subsequent economic recession we have been experiencing for the past six years. At our firm, we began seeing the impact in early 2008, just one year after the peak in our business in 2007. Surveying is often [...]
- 3D Laser Scanning revolutionizing data collection December 9, 2010
- Land surveying firm consistently producing superior quality products and services. December 8, 2010
- Honor for me to recommend LandAir Surveying Company November 4, 2010
- Scan to BIM: The evolution of scanning technology May 8, 2012
- 3D scan helps Feds catch vandals of ancient American Indian temple April 25, 2012
- What’s all the fuss about high definition scanning? April 17, 2012
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