As the world woke the day after the tragic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France determination sunk in to rebuild the great architectural wonder.
In 2015 Tallon meticulously mapped Notre Dame Cathedral using laser scanners mounted on a tripod. These devices scan the surrounding three-dimensional area sending out laser beam sweeps. The device then measured the distance between every point the laser hits and the device itself. This allowed for the reconstruction of Notre Dame with an accuracy of 5 millimeters.
Tallon conducted these surveys from 50 locations throughout the interior and exterior of the cathedral. In total, he collected over 1 billion points of data to reconstruct the cathedral.On top of that, Tallon took spherical panoramic photographs from the exact spot as the laser scanner. He then tied in each laser point collected to a pixel color from the photograph. What this produced is truly exquisite. A photorealistic 3-D replication of Notre Dame Cathedral down to 5mm.
Tallon's"beautiful idea" will hopefully mark him in history books as one of the saviors of Notre Dame Cathedral.
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