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LiDAR Activities

We currently have digital fieldwork in progress in Egypt, Nova Scotia and, of course, the UK.

Laser scanning usually takes between 1-3 weeks in the field per project, depending on scale and complexity.


Jan 2011: Interactive Project Map now available

See where our current and past projects are based!

Jan 2011: North Africa Research Group Fractures Workshop

VRGS Shows whats possible with LiDAR Data

December 2010: New Hydrothermal Dolomites Project Started

High-resolution LiDAR study of Fracturing and Dolomitisation in the Gulf Of Suez.

October 2010: Geomodelling Group at the University of Barcelona now using VRGS

Agreement between Manchester and Barcelona groups pushes forwards the boundaries of LiDAR usage!

October 2010: Laser Scanning of the Alderley Edge Mines

Subterranean Scanning gives excellent results!

June 2010: EAGE Barcelona Workshop - Workflows for the Study of Virtual Outcrops

Collection, processing, interpretation and modelling of digital outcrop data using VRGS: An integrated approach to outcroop modelling. 

Jan 2009: Dinosaur Trackway Paper in GSL

High-resolution LiDAR and photogrammetric survey of the Fumanya dinosaur tracksites.

K. T. Bates, F. Rarity, P. L. Manning, D. Hodgetts, B. Vila, O. Oms, À. Galobart and R. L. Gawthorpe.

Dino Autopsy

Manchester LiDAR group in Dino Autopsy programme (National Geographic)

January 2008: 3D Visualization facility now running

Our new passive stereo system, installed by Virtalis, is now up and running.