Notes on FARO scan data

Short, practical notes on point cloud formats, working without SCENE and keeping old scan projects usable.

8 November 2026Open lidar from the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes: the GEER scans behind AlbireoAfter the February 2023 earthquakes, a GEER team scanned liquefaction-damaged buildings in İskenderun and Gölbaşı and published the data openly. Those FARO scans are part of how we test Albireo.

Send us a scan, get it back as E57.

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