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Laser Scanning Mushpot Cave
The American Surveyor
Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010
Written by David McIntire, LSIT
The formal purpose of the project was to acquire 3D digital imagery of Mushpot Cave, a lava tube cave and one of the most heavily visited and highly interpreted cultural and geologic features at the National Park Service's Lava Beds National Monument (LABE). The imagery would be collected using 3D laser scanning technology, made possible by Portland, Oregon-based David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA). The accuracy and detail of this imagery would allow LABE to provide a means by which those physically unable to access the caves would be able to virtually explore the cave, personnel to monitor the effect of visitation on the site, and compare subsequent imagery for structural movement from tectonic activity.
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The American Surveyor
Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010
Written by David McIntire, LSIT
The formal purpose of the project was to acquire 3D digital imagery of Mushpot Cave, a lava tube cave and one of the most heavily visited and highly interpreted cultural and geologic features at the National Park Service's Lava Beds National Monument (LABE). The imagery would be collected using 3D laser scanning technology, made possible by Portland, Oregon-based David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA). The accuracy and detail of this imagery would allow LABE to provide a means by which those physically unable to access the caves would be able to virtually explore the cave, personnel to monitor the effect of visitation on the site, and compare subsequent imagery for structural movement from tectonic activity.
Full Text
A 3.380Mb PDF of this article as it appeared in the magazine—complete with images