Understood but I think it might be LiDAR - perhaps just an early or unusual implementation? Plenty of articles out there like this one: https://arstechnica.com/

Understood but I think it might be LiDAR - perhaps just an early or unusual implementation? Plenty of articles out there like this one: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/googles-street-view-cars-are-now-giant-mobile-3d-scanners/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/googles-street-view-... that mention a particular LiDAR scanner Velodyne VLP-16 "Puck" - anyhow, doesn't make much difference and thank you for posting why it was changed.