RE: 3d Laser Scanning
We have five aerial photographers local to here who used to be big into photogametry. Same firms over past 1-2 years now have been offering 3-D scanning of project areas (outside), or of small objects which can be brought into their office. I get the free trade magazines sent here once per month, and seems this it quite the fashion now across N.A. and such firms are offering this service as a fill in. Each issue has an article about how one manufacturere is trying to outdo another, and prices keep dropping. I wondered if you wanted a full size A/C 3-D scanned, it it would be cheaper to bring to their office. You could thus go to the yellow pages and look up aerial photogrmetry places that are local to you and obtain same service.
And you had better love the project for it is going to take you a long time to clean up the results and make useable. And a new modern and fast computer, for the simple regen may take more than a few seconds.
Wm.