UrbanScan developed technologies for producing 3D virtual models with LiDar and video camera data. The technology was originally developed in the lab of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Professor Avideh Zakhor, who co-founded UrbanScan in 2005.
Google acquired the UrbanScan technology in 2007, and used the software for web-based 3D reconstruction of urban landscapes as the basis for Google Earth.
Timeline 2005. Company founded 2007. Google acquires the UrbanScan technology,...
