"Surely there must me some more noble use for such technology, in theory at least." Having real time 3D accurate data would be really useful in nearly any civi

"Surely there must me some more noble use for such technology, in theory at least." Having real time 3D accurate data would be really useful in nearly any civil engineering scenario. Cost is probably why they don't market it that way. Probably cheaper to hire a few guys with a theodolite than order a bunch of hi rez satellite pictures still, then.