Building a cyber archive of the world's monuments.

PositionDIGITAL PRESERVATION - Brief article

Imagine if Mt. Rushmore or the ancient pyramids disappeared from the earth. How could they ever be replaced? Thanks to the efforts of the nonprofit CyArk (abbreviated from Cyber Archive), these and hundreds of other monuments are being digitally preserved using 3-D laser scanning technology, which can be used to reconstruct the damaged or destroyed monument.

CyArk is partnering with more than 170 organizations around the...

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