LiDARRAS textured mesh first sample test

3D Model

This is a first test at meshing and texturing point clouds from the survey of the Carrière Wellington in Arras with the TRIMBLE TX8.

The little-known and poorly mapped underground system of tunnels of Arras in Northern France represents a permanent but unseen memorial to the brave and industrious actions of the men from the New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company (NZETC). The School of Surveying, University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) and the Ecole Supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes (ESGT, Le Mans, france) have joined hands to survey, document, honour, and preserve for future generations the story and incredible work of the men from the NZETC.

This project is made possible with funding from the Lottery World War One Committee, the New Zealand-France Friendship Fund, the Fondation de France, The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, the Patterson Pitts research fund, as well as with direct support from Trimble, the City of Arras, the Carrière Wellington museum, Oldham, and Petzel.