laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 May 2007 09:51 AM | | On behalf of the Laser Scanning Forum and its existing members, it is our pleasure to invite you to join a new forum.
www.laserscanning.org.uk
We are hoping this forum will become a vital source of information for the technology and attract members from all over the world to discuss the topic of 3d laser scanning and all it has to offer.
Even when first introduced, all the major benefits of this technology were immediately apparent to the surveying industry. Surveyors were instantly impressed with the speed at which the equipment captured 3D data. Complex 3D environments are captured faster than alternative techniques.
The potential of laser scanning for saving time and money together with its ability to enhance the design process and reduce data collection errors makes it an attractive alternative to traditional data collection techniques. This latest technology offers many great advantages over traditional surveying methods.
Best Regards,
The Laser Scanning Forum
laserscanning.org.uk
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SteveW
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 | | 09 May 2007 11:08 AM | | | Thanks for the post. This looks like it could be a very useful site. Any chance you could open up your forums so that non-members can at least view the forum posts without registering?
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 May 2007 12:55 PM | | | Hi Steve,
We did consider this but we are trying to get members and not just guests. It only takes a minute to register then the full board is viewable. I am new to running this forum though so do you think it would be best to make it viewable, do you think the viewing guest would register and take part or simply view and leave.
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SteveW
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 | | 09 May 2007 01:33 PM | | | Phil, yes make it open! You need to get your content searched by search engines so people can find you ;)
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 May 2007 02:15 PM | | | Ok I will do this now thanks for the advice. There is not much content for now but hopefully when we get more people posting it will become a good site for laser scanning. | | | |
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SteveW
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 | | 09 May 2007 03:49 PM | | | Good stuff. If you have an RSS feed for your latest posts, I could add it into a reader on the Online Archaeology portal?
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 May 2007 05:56 PM | | | Thanks for that I will look into it now because I didn't know you could RSS feed your latest posts. Ive only just started hosting and running this forum so im still finding my feet. Do you no of any sites to learn me how to do this. I am using phpBB3 | | | |
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SteveW
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 | | 09 May 2007 08:21 PM | | | I don't use PHP but I did a quick google and found this mod:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=552465
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 Jun 2007 12:43 AM | | | http://www.laserscanning.org.uk/forum/syndication.php?type=rss
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SteveW
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 | | 09 Jun 2007 10:19 AM | | | Nice work Phil, I've added a reader here:
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/ArchaeologySoftware/LaserScanningForum/tabid/122/Default.aspx
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 Jun 2007 11:01 PM | | | Hi Steve,
Thanks for that would it be possible to add your feed to my site. | | | |
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SteveW
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 | | 09 Jul 2007 08:21 AM | | | Phil -
I have loads of different feeds available.
Here's a list of some feeds I collected together, mine are included in them:
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/ArchaeologyNews/tabid/62/Default.aspx
All of my map data is also available as RSS:
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/UKArchaeologyMap/UKArchaeologyMapViewCatalogue/tabid/54/Default.aspx
You'll need to find an RSS reader mod for your application. I'm not sure how your application works but the best thing to do would be to make sure you can add a reusable feed reader so you can use it on n pages.
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laserscanningforum
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 | | 09 Oct 2007 09:42 AM | | | Ok Thanks Steve I will look into it and put some of your feeds on the website. | | | |
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SteveW
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 | | 07 Jan 2008 10:18 PM | | | Phil -
I just noticed that your RSS feed of your forums is returning all posts. Any chance you could throttle it down to say to last 20 or 30 posts.
You can see the impact on download speed it will have soon because it's currently loading everything from 2006:
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/ArchaeologySoftware/LaserScanningForum/tabid/122/Default.aspx
I can throttle it at my end but it makes more sense to do it at the source.
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