To shape the future we have to save the past – CUBE Connects – Medium

In fact, there are already a huge number of technologies engaged within the cultural sector. Autonomous vehicles require detailed 3D maps to operate, and this tech in now being used to digitize and map historical buildings. CyArk, for example, is aiming to digitally preserve heritage sites, and entire cities, across the world before they are lost to natural disasters, armed conflicts, and neglect, using autonomous driving and mapping technologies. Take a look at this 3D map of New Orleans quarter. The company also mapped the Royal Tombs of Kasubi (Uganda) in 2009, a year before fire destroyed many of the site's structures.