Brief Description
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, using it as the basis for building Google Earth.
Inventors
John Flynn, Christian Frueh, Siddharth Jain, Russell Sammon, Avideh Zakhor