The first-ever in situ digital survey of a major vessel using LIDAR technology was completed on a remote sub-arctic island in northern Canada. The Klondike Gold Rush era steamboat, Evelyn had been abandoned at Shipyard Island and forgotten by the world for nearly a century.
In 5 days, the INA / EPICSCAN team: project director John Pollack, INA Researcher Sam Koepnick, Doug Devine and Carlos Velasquez of Oregon's EPICSCAN, and Yukon-based Doug Davidge, was able to collect 160 million data points utilizing LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to perform a survey that would have meant years of work using traditional archaeological and architectural techniques.
LIDAR scan of Evelyn
image by Carlos Velasquez (EPICSCAN)