
“Scanners are starting to get smaller, both in weight and in size, faster with higher 3-D data acquisition rates, more accurate, and with ‘cleaner’ data, meaning not as much optical noise in the acquired point cloud data sets,” says Ray Lawson, president of Blue Ridge Metrology Inc. in Forest, Va., an experienced 3-D laser scanner user. “In addition, software is beginning to accept data sets from different scanner manufacturers and techniques for registering, that is, aligning 3-D data sets, making them easier to use.”

Participating Laser Scanner Manufacturers
3rdTech Inc.Contact: Doug Schiff
119 E. Franklin St., 3rd floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0248
919/929-1903
E-mail: dbs@3rdtech.com
www.3rdtech.com
Cyra Technologies Inc.
Contact: Geoff Jacobs
8000 Capwell Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
510/633-5000
E-mail: info@cyra.com
www.cyra.com
MetricVision Inc.
Contact: Jack Shry
8500 Cinder Bed Rd., Suite 150
Newington, VA 22122
703/550-2945
E-mail: sales@metricvision.com
www.metricvision.com
Optech Incorporated
Contact: Brad Ysseldyk
100 Wildcat Road
Toronto, Ontario M3J-2Z9
416/661-5904
E-mail: Imaging_sales@optech.on.ca
www.optech.on.ca
Riegl USA
Contact: Jim van Rens
7041 Grand National Drive, Suite 232
Orlando, FL 32819
407/248-9927
E-mail: info@rieglusa.com
www.rieglusa.com