Advances in Portable 3D Measurement

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Edition of Metrology will focus on advances and the state of the art in portable 3D measurements. This part of the 3D measurement and metrology spectrum is closely associated with the manufacture of large objects such as cars, aircraft, and ships as well as large scientific infrastructure such as telescopes and particle accelerators. However, the scalable nature of many of these portable measurement technologies also enables the accurate modeling of small objects such as museum artefacts and features such as surface damage. They can further be integrated into production lines where they collect large amounts of 3D data for the effective analysis of production methods.

The development and application of portable 3D measurement technologies has been growing since the 1970s, and they have had a significant impact on diverse fields such as manufacturing, construction, and heritage recording. Development continues with no obvious plateau in sight. This is an interesting, exciting, and challenging field for researchers, developers, and end users, and this new journal will contribute to that process.

Dr. Stephen Kyle
Prof. Dr. Stuart Robson
Prof. Ben Hughes
Guest Editors

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