Researchers create faster 3D map making technology

“Emergency workers could use the models to figure out the best way to respond to natural disasters or terrorist attacks”The first user will probably be the US army, which funded much of the research. "Speed makes the system very useful to urban war fighters," says Deal. Each patrol can record new information about its surroundings, updating the model recorded by the previous patrol. Soldiers can keep up with changes to the cityscape, such as new barricades or destroyed buildings. "It's a vast improvement over current military capability," he says. Zakhor has started a spin-off company funded by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an even faster version that creates models in real time."

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The future is now.

This will have many uses in the everyday world. It will revolutionize a lot of things. The future really is now.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the uses this would have with my hiking.

I'm a bit sick of getting stuck in the land of 39 foot hills.!