For Christmas this year, [Scottshambaugh] decided to make his family a map of their hometown — Portland, ME. Using topographical map data, he made this jaw-dropping 3D map, and it looks amazing. He ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a laser-based imaging system that creates high-definition 3D maps of surfaces from as far away as 10.5 meters. The ...

Researchers have developed a way to use laser-based surveying instruments to create detailed images of ancient etchings on stone. The new technique, which provides far more information than ...

For Christmas this year, [Scottshambaugh] decided to make his family a map of their hometown — Portland, ME. Using topographical map data, he made this jaw-dropping 3D map, and it looks amazing. He ...

Researchers have created a new handheld laser-based device that can map the interiors of any building in 3D, accurate up to the centimeter, in the time it takes to walk through the area. Mumbai Mirror ...

A laser-shooting eye in the sky has revealed the previously unappreciated size and complexity of ancient Maya civilization, both before and during its presumed heyday, scientists say. Maya people in ...

The excitement on the phone was palatable. Mission managers had finally found a landing site for a NASA mission that will gently touch-and-go on an asteroid next year. And a Canadian laser played a ...

Few people would have given much thought to a twin-engine Cessna taking off from the Minden-Tahoe Airport on Sept. 20, 2017. And only the most diligent observer would have noticed the aircraft as it ...

When the GPS-based stat-tracking system added the Smart Laser to its line of products last fall, it billed the rangefinder as the first to produce estimated distances that not only accounted for slope ...

Researchers have demonstrated a laser-based imaging system that creates high-definition 3-D maps of surfaces from as far away as 10.5 meters. The method may be useful in diverse fields, including ...