Christ the Redeemer mapped by drone to create first ever 3D model

Brazil's Christ the Redeemer has been scanned into a fully accurate 3D model for the first time after a drone flew around and snapped 3,584 pictures of the iconic statue. The Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Canadian drone manufacturer Aeryon Labs and Swiss software company Pix4D teamed up to create a high resolution 3D model of the art deco statue of Jesus Christ, which measure 38 metres tall on its pedestal. In the past it has been impossible to accurately scan a