Thank you to everyone who helped us win the LiDAR as Art contest! Thanks especially to the team who captured the scan: Jeff Searle, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer! The news of our victory can be found here.
The team at LiDAR News asked us to write an article about the experience, and we gladly did. The article, “LiDAR to Perpetuate Beauty,” can be found here.
Thanks again! We are so excited that we won!
When it comes to services rendered, Meridian is unmatched. When it comes to winning contests, Meridian is also unmatched. What can we say? We really enjoy winning.
Meridian entered LiDAR News’ annual “LiDAR as Art” contest. This year’s theme is Winter Solstice, and LiDAR manager Jeff Searle knew just what to scan: The Sun Tunnels.
Designed by artist Nancy Holt, the Sun Tunnels are a set of four massive concrete tubes. On the Summer and Winter Solstices, two tunnels line up to frame the sunrise and the other two tunnels line up to frame the sunset. We are a couple weeks early for the Winter Solstice, but we got some great images anyway.
Jeff, Tiana Moe, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer spent hours scanning the Sun Tunnels from every angle to ensure we’d get the best image possible. After a bit of rendering and a touch of color, our entry was submitted.
Today we found out that we are finalists in the LiDAR as Art contest! Now we need your help to snag the win. Or completely dominate the contest—we aren’t picky.
Go to the link below and vote for Sun Tunnels. This is an international contest with some good contenders, and we need to show the world that our little corner of the world has unparalleled beauty.
http://lidarnews.com/articles/lidar-art-contest-finalists/
Below are some pictures of the Sun Tunnels, including our submitted image.
Stay tuned for a full account of our adventure that will be published on LiDAR News’ website!
The UDOT Conference, which took place November 1-3, was quite the event, filled with fun, friends, and fantastic food. Our Meridian team benefited greatly from the available classes, and we were able to catch up with old colleagues and make some new ones as well.
Here are some photos of the event. We’ve already got big plans for next year!
Right before the hustle and bustle.
Tyler, Jeff, and Mike, looking great as always.
Mike Timothy made some fashionable glasses using a 3D pen.
Jason Henley spent three hours constructing this masterpiece.
Playing with the sandbox.
Vic Saunders was a balancing champion.
My eyes said yes but my stomach said oh, no.
Some of us got our groove on.
Nichole briefly participated in No Shave November.
…so did Jennifer Avila.
Mike Timothy came back for round two, this time to make a monocle.
Doesn’t Dian McGuire look awesome in her new glasses?
Steve’s bridge was so good we had to use it.
It looked even better up close.
