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Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by maxerickson » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 2:47 PM UTC

alannala wrote: post #6

Has anyone seen any nice examples of work done with the open LiDAR data?

There's been some work to use it to add metadata to OpenStreetMap:

http://chris-osm.blogspot.com/2015/09/extracting-building-he...

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by digi_owl » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 2:49 PM UTC

mrec wrote: post #9

fredley wrote: post #2

For those unaware, all scientific press releases in the UK must express areas in football pitches, and volumes in double-decker buses.

I disagree. IMHO "area the size of Wales" is more commonly used. For everyday magnitudes the nanoWales [1] may be more convenient. [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/page/reg-standards-conv...

And this is why people should not take El Reg too seriously.

Or as one incarnation of Joker put it, "why so serious?".

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by mentos » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

Anyone know where I could license/purchase hi-res LIDAR scans for use in game development?

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by masklinn » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #13

Anyone know where I could license/purchase hi-res LIDAR scans for use in game development?

The national mapping agency of the country you're interested in I would expect.

For the UK, it's the Ordnance Survey (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk)

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by swebs » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #13

Anyone know where I could license/purchase hi-res LIDAR scans for use in game development?

The UK scans are public domain.

https://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey/index.jsp

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by notahacker » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:10 PM UTC

alannala wrote: post #6

Has anyone seen any nice examples of work done with the open LiDAR data?

3D printed model of London. http://www.aeracode.org/2016/5/16/hello-london-rising/

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by gadders » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #2

For those unaware, all scientific press releases in the UK must express areas in football pitches, and volumes in double-decker buses.

And height in double decker buses as well.

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by gadders » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:13 PM UTC

notahacker wrote: post #16

alannala wrote: post #6

Has anyone seen any nice examples of work done with the open LiDAR data?

3D printed model of London. http://www.aeracode.org/2016/5/16/hello-london-rising/

That is very cool. I could see lots of people would want one of those on their wall.

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by RosanaAnaDana » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:16 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #13

Anyone know where I could license/purchase hi-res LIDAR scans for use in game development?

Depends what you're talking about. Scans of objects? Terrains? Buildings? Different LiDAR data sets for very different tasks. Here is free LiDAR for the state of Oregon: https://gis.dogami.oregon.gov/lidarviewer/

Re: LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime

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Post by danmaz74 » Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 3:21 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #2

For those unaware, all scientific press releases in the UK must express areas in football pitches, and volumes in double-decker buses.

It's funny, but please, let's not turn HN into Reddit ;)