Laser-Scan Laser-Scan (LSL) was a British technology company based in Cambridge, England, founded in 1969, which produced world-leading graphics hardware and then advanced software for computer graphics, digital mapping, charting, and geographic information handling.

Scope

I leave it to someone else to document the final stages of Laser-Scan during which was taken over in 2000 by the Yeoman group and collapsed into insolvency in 2003. Suffice it to say that it was not a good end to 28 years of loyalty to what had been a good company to work for. Neither does this site cover the primary company that arose from the ashes of that collapse, which is now called 1Spatial, and continues to provide world-leading software. Contact them for more information on the Gothic and Radius families of software that originated in Laser-Scan. The core knowledge of the graphics hardware business also survives as a services company called Laser-Scan Engineering. They know the details of the Laser-Scan graphics hardware better than me.

History

Hardware

Software

Articles and Newsletters

• lsl_89_mapping_awareness.pdf - Mapping Awareness - Company Profile in 1989
• lsl_92_lines.pdf - LINES - Issue No.7 Autumn 1992
• lsl_93_lines.pdf - LINES - Issue No.8 Summer 1993

More Resources

• A page of Laser-Scan logos.
• A page of Laser-Scan photos.
• A page of Laser-Scan brochures.
• A page of Maps and other outputs.