The US Institute of Building Documentation Standards (USBID) announced that renowned heritage organization, CyArk is joining the USBID in its efforts to creating open standards for documentation of heritage sites and structures.

CyArk is a nonprofit organization with a mission of digitally preserving cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, digital modeling and other state-of-the art technologies.  

CyArk has documented more than 70 heritage sites including Fort Laramie, the San Antonio Missions and Mount Rushmore. Learn more about CyArk at archive.cyark.org.