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Astronomers Mapped an Alien World in 3D for the First Time: a Planet So Hot It Tears Water Apart

Four hundred light-years away, a world twice the size of Jupiter glows like a forge. Now, thanks to the James Webb Space ...

Scientists create 1st-ever 3-dimensional map of world outside Earth's solar system

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...
IEEE

Toward Meta-Shape-Based Multi-View 3D Point Cloud Registration: An Evaluation

Abstract: Reducing cumulative registration error is critical to accurate 3D multi-view registration. Meta-shape based methods optimize rigid transformations of point ...
IEEE

Contour Context: Abstract Structural Distribution for 3D LiDAR Loop Detection and Metric Pose Estimation

Abstract: This paper proposes Contour Context, a simple, effective, and efficient topological loop closure detection pipeline with accurate 3-DoF metric pose estimation, targeting the urban autonomous ...
WRAL

3D mapping shows dramatic shoreline loss in Buxton after homes collapse

New drone and lidar data show just how dramatically the shoreline shifted in Buxton after a week of homes collapsed on Hatteras Island, where nine oceanfront houses crumbled into the surf amid back-to ...