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Conservation team creates 3D laser map of Mount Rushmore
21 May 2010A team of conservation experts today began a project to digitally record Mount Rushmore.
The team, from Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art, are using a laser scanner to capture in 3D the rock carvings of four US presidents in South Dakota.
They are firing the laser at the rockface millions of times a second. It bounces back and measures the distance to provide a precise record of the sculpture.
It is the first international site to be recorded as part of a project to create virtual models of 10 World Heritage sites.
