3D Scanning vs Traditional Surveying: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Making the Smart Choice for Your Project

As land surveying and data collection become ever more complex fields, this is a decision that the project manager, owner will often be facing: whether to invest in skill new technology like 3D laser scanning, combined with multimedia data-processing or instead rely on traditional surveying methods? This decision affects not only the timetable and cost of a project but also that project’s data quality and its comprehensiveness. As industry professionals who work with Canadian and American clients alike, we’ve seen how changing technologies very clearly tip the balance in project decision making.