{ "subject": "Eddie (Ed / Edgardo) Oliveras", "researched_on": "2026-11-05", "scope": "Public career history and all verified companies found in this research; not an exhaustive all-records search.", "sources": [ { "id": "S01", "title": "Laser Scanning at Universal Studios Japan", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "October 31, 2006", "type": "Authored case study", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2006/10/31/laser-scanning-at-universal-studios-japan/", "note": "Contemporary JMR biography and Japan project account." }, { "id": "S02", "title": "Marketing Techniques for Laser Scanning Service Providers", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "June 3, 2009", "type": "Authored article", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2009/06/03/marketing-techniques-for-laser-scanning-service-providers/", "note": "Identifies Ed as McKim & Creed’s director of 3D imaging and applied metrology." }, { "id": "S03", "title": "Leica HDS Worldwide User Conference — speaker program", "publisher": "Leica Geosystems", "date": "October 26–28, 2009", "type": "Official conference program", "url": "https://leica-geosystems.com/en/services-and-support/-/media/files/archived-files/d9714c32-a6f9-4822-883a-6e0b00a0eef5.pdf", "note": "Ed is listed in the Tuesday 4 p.m. general track; see PDF page 7." }, { "id": "S04", "title": "Full Steam Ahead — NC State boiler-plant documentation", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "May 22, 2010", "type": "Coauthored case study", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2010/05/22/full-steam-ahead-applying-3-d-laser-scanning-to-a-boiler-plant-replacement-project/", "note": "Identifies Ed as scanning lead. The reported 57% figure concerns onsite documentation effort for this project." }, { "id": "S05", "title": "Mainstreaming laser scanning", "publisher": "Geo Week / SPAR · Sam Pfeifle", "date": "April 26, 2011", "type": "Interview report", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/mainstreaming-laser-scanning/", "note": "Interview with FARO’s Ed Oliveras at SPAR International." }, { "id": "S06", "title": "LIDAR Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 2 — contributing-writer masthead", "publisher": "LIDAR Magazine / Spatial Media", "date": "2012", "type": "Publisher masthead", "url": "https://lidarmag.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF/LiDARMagazine_Roe-AreYouASystematicThinker_Vol2No2.pdf", "note": "Ed appears in the contributing writers list. The accompanying editorial is by Gene Roe." }, { "id": "S07", "title": "Merrick adds thermal to airborne lidar", "publisher": "Geo Week News", "date": "February 13, 2013", "type": "Editorial mention", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/merrick-adds-thermal-to-airborne-lidar/", "note": "References Ed’s writing about thermal imagery and LiDAR; not a Merrick project or employment credit." }, { "id": "S08", "title": "Gaylord Palms — FARO Focus3D point-cloud animation", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / Vimeo", "date": "2011 capture event · 2012 credit", "type": "Original portfolio listing", "url": "https://vimeo.com/44383713", "note": "Pointools visualization. Courtesy FARO Technologies, Inc., © 2012. Original thumbnail used; playback not claimed." }, { "id": "S09", "title": "fxguidetv #165 — MARI and HDR reader discussion", "publisher": "fxguide", "date": "January–February 2013", "type": "Self-authored community comments", "url": "https://www.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-165-scott-metzger-on-mari-and-hdr/", "note": "Contemporary comments about GO3D distribution and scanner workflows; not a film-production credit." }, { "id": "S10", "title": "Eddie Oliveras — professional profile", "publisher": "LinkedIn", "date": "Public index retrieved October 2026", "type": "First-person professional profile", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddieoliveras", "note": "Supports ERAU studies/activities, Zendō and current venture identity. Retrieved via search indexing; direct access may require sign-in." }, { "id": "S11", "title": "Oliveras CAD Design, LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 21, 2004", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/search", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras Jr., manager. Voluntary dissolution October 9, 2006; matched to the scanning professional profile. For the current record, open the official search page and search by document number L04000054175. The earlier direct address may stop loading: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l04000054175-ab413159-5296-4ca6-b5bd-72897864a5dc&directionType=CurrentList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=OLIVERASCADDESIGN+L040000541750&searchNameOrder=OLIVERASCADDESIGN+L040000541750&searchTerm=OLIVERAS+" }, { "id": "S12", "title": "GO 3D, INC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed June 6, 2012", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/search", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras listed as PST officer. Historical corporation, inactive since 2018; distinct from the 2025 LLC. For the current record, open the official search page and search by document number P12000051857. The earlier direct address may stop loading: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=domp-p12000051857-8f25e498-5ee7-447d-a23d-7fad177036df&directionType=ForwardList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=GO32924+L220004291061&searchNameOrder=GO3D+P120000518570&searchTerm=GO2ULABS+LLC" }, { "id": "S13", "title": "NSB Outfitters LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed November 22, 2013", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/search", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras, managing member. Voluntary dissolution August 17, 2015. Historical ownership, not a current booking link. For the current record, open the official search page and search by document number L13000163975. The earlier direct address may stop loading: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l13000163975-4170a451-de81-45ee-b54d-39bfac37b201&directionType=Initial&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=NSBOHM2+L140001375380&searchNameOrder=NSBOUTFITTERS+L130001639750&searchTerm=NSB+OHM-2,+LLC" }, { "id": "S14", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 31, 2015", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/search", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras, manager. Historical company; inactive since September 25, 2020. For the current record, open the official search page and search by document number L15000131324. The earlier direct address may stop loading: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l15000131324-42aa581e-f512-4310-bf17-accc57adcbe0&directionType=Initial&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=NSBF+L190001714060&searchNameOrder=NSBFISHINGCHARTERS+L150001313240&searchTerm=NSBF,+LLC" }, { "id": "S15", "title": "GO3D, LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 8, 2025", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/search", "note": "Effective July 7, 2025. Edgardo Oliveras-Cortes, manager. Active when retrieved; 2026 annual report on file. For the current record, open the official search page and search by document number L25000313662. The earlier direct address may stop loading: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l25000313662-099033e2-9154-465e-8c8a-e3d491ecbf0c&directionType=CurrentList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=GO3+L000000033820&searchNameOrder=GO3D+L250003136620&searchTerm=GNUM+LLC" }, { "id": "S16", "title": "University Archives and Special Collections", "publisher": "Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University", "date": "Retrieved October 24, 2026", "type": "Official university archive", "url": "https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/about/departments/university-archives", "note": "Archives Online reports a temporary upgrade interruption. No specific Eddie award or degree recovered." }, { "id": "S17", "title": "Embry-Riddle 2002 directory — matching historical profile", "publisher": "AlumniUS", "date": "Historical profile; date not stated", "type": "Secondary profile mirror", "url": "https://alumnius.net/embry-riddle_aeronau-8086-year-2002", "note": "Leads include 3Space, Wireless Works and earlier FARO roles. Exact chronology requires corroboration; directory year is not proof of graduation." }, { "id": "S18", "title": "Match the Natural Forage", "publisher": "Salt Water Sportsman · George Poveromo", "date": "June 9, 2018", "type": "Expert quotations", "url": "https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/match-natural-forage/", "note": "Quotes Captain Eddie Oliveras on matching bait and natural forage." }, { "id": "S19", "title": "25 Disabled Veterans Are Honored", "publisher": "Keys Weekly", "date": "September 27, 2018", "type": "Community coverage", "url": "https://keysweekly.com/42/25-disabled-veterans-are-honored/", "note": "Names Eddie among the fishing guides. Does not identify him as a veteran." }, { "id": "S20", "title": "Mosquito Lagoon March 2015", "publisher": "Right In Sight Charters · Capt. Justin Price", "date": "Published July 8, 2015", "type": "Contemporary firsthand account", "url": "https://rightinsightcharters.com/2015/07/08/mosquito-lagoon-march-2015/", "note": "Explicitly identifies Eddie as owner of New Smyrna Outfitters." }, { "id": "S21", "title": "CAPT SHOTS — professional portrait album", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / Flickr", "date": "2017 archive", "type": "Original photo archive", "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieoliveras/albums/72157666069872139/", "note": "Album credits Patrick Ruddy. Photographs remain © Patrick Ruddy; original pixels preserved." }, { "id": "S22", "title": "GO3D Studio — shop, tools and projects", "publisher": "GO3D Studio", "date": "Current site", "type": "Business website", "url": "https://shop.go3dstudio.com/links/", "note": "Original outlined GO3D logo recovered from the current website; no recreated artwork." }, { "id": "S23", "title": "GoEV — Rentals, Adventures, Beyond", "publisher": "GoEV", "date": "Current site", "type": "Business website", "url": "https://go3d-ev.com/", "note": "GOEV adventure rentals and experiences." }, { "id": "S24", "title": "CANA Sportfishing — relocation announcement", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / LinkedIn", "date": "Historical post; exact date not asserted", "type": "First-person business announcement", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eddieoliveras_canasportfishing-daytonabeach-newsmyrnabeach-activity-6430564278150979584-qoQU", "note": "Eddie’s announcement of CANA’s relocation to Islamorada." }, { "id": "S25", "title": "Talking mainstreaming laser scanning with FARO at SPAR International", "publisher": "Diversified USA / SPAR Point Group", "date": "April 26, 2011", "type": "Original publisher video", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_UMFjrHdvk", "note": "Original interview with Ed Oliveras and Sam Pfeifle, linked from the contemporary SPAR article. The slideshow uses its original publisher thumbnail, credited to the publisher." }, { "id": "S26", "title": "Surry Feedwater Heater replacement analysis — McKim & Creed", "publisher": "McKimCreed3D", "date": "August 2, 2010", "type": "Original company video", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyKK94WT-w", "note": "McKim & Creed’s scan and model analysis of a Surry Nuclear Power Station feedwater-heater replacement. The description names Ed Oliveras as the information and quotation contact." }, { "id": "S27", "title": "FARO Technologies — Ed Oliveras historical role listing", "publisher": "BizStanding", "date": "Historical profile", "type": "Secondary professional-history directory", "url": "https://bizstanding.com/p/faro%2Btechnologies%2Binc-172261573", "note": "Matching professional history records Technical Product Manager — Laser Scanner Americas (2006–2008) and FARO Focus3D Account Manager — Southeast (January 2011–June 2012). The 2011 SPAR article independently establishes FARO affiliation that year; exact tenure remains profile-derived." }, { "id": "S29", "title": "Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence — career record", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "October 25, 2026", "type": "Personal account", "url": null, "note": "Eddie confirmed brief employment at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. His 2025 résumé supplies the role, Laser Tracker Sales Engineer — Southeast U.S., and March–October 2024 dates; see S36." }, { "id": "S30", "title": "New Smyrna Outfitters — Grand ReOpening photo album", "publisher": "New Smyrna Outfitters / Facebook", "date": "August 13, 2014", "type": "Original business event photographs", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.785167801535151&type=3", "note": "Photos from New Smyrna Outfitters’ grand reopening on August 13, 2014, including the ribbon cutting and opening-day gathering." }, { "id": "S31", "title": "Valencia directory — matching historical career profile", "publisher": "AlumniUS", "date": "Undated historical mirror", "type": "Secondary professional-profile mirror", "url": "https://alumnius.net/valencia_college-10136-year-2002-page3", "note": "Historical career profile listing GO3D, FARO, JMR, McKim & Creed, 3Space and SPAR contributions. It repeats the profile in S17." }, { "id": "S32", "title": "Wireless Works — historical profile", "publisher": "BizStanding", "date": "2007 in historical profile", "type": "Unconfirmed organization match", "url": "https://bizstanding.com/p/wireless%2Bworks-13032358", "note": "Historical profile listing a President & Founder role in 2007 and linking to GO3D. The exact company identity and dates are unconfirmed." }, { "id": "S35", "title": "2018 résumé", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "2018", "type": "Résumé", "url": null, "note": "Career résumé covering Southern Laser, Southeastern Surveying & Mapping, Oliveras CAD Design, JMR, FARO, 3SPACE and McKim & Creed, along with education and coursework." }, { "id": "S36", "title": "2024–2026 résumés", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "2024–2026", "type": "Résumé", "url": null, "note": "Career résumés listing Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence work in March–October 2024 and New Smyrna Outfitters ownership from 2013 to 2015." }, { "id": "S37", "title": "2014 Fly Fishing Film Tour — New Smyrna Beach event", "publisher": "Eventgroove / original event listing", "date": "April 11, 2014", "type": "Contemporary event announcement", "url": "https://events.eventgroove.com/event/10547", "note": "Names New Smyrna Outfitters as the local host, alongside Capt. Brian Clancy's Mosquito on the Fly III catch-photo-release tournament benefiting Casting for Recovery. Lists HT's Pub 44, films, raffles, prizes and giveaways. It does not identify every individual organizer." }, { "id": "S38", "title": "Adventure Yacht Harbor Offers Oceans of Options", "publisher": "Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau", "date": "July 12, 2018", "type": "Original local tourism article", "url": "https://www.daytonabeach.com/blog/post/seeking-a-fun-day-on-the-water-adventure-yacht-harbor-offers-oceans-of-options/", "note": "Lists CANA Sportfishing at Adventure Yacht Harbor beside Boondocks and describes its Luhrs twin-engine turbo-diesel sportfishing yacht and charter offerings. Does not name Eddie personally or establish his dates at other marinas." }, { "id": "S39", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters — historical guest reviews", "publisher": "Tripadvisor", "date": "2016–2017 reviews; checked November 3, 2026", "type": "Original customer reviews", "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34471-d9806341-Reviews-NSB_Fishing_Charters-New_Smyrna_Beach_Florida.html", "note": "Historical guest reviews of Captain Eddie and CANA. This is an archived listing, not a current booking page." }, { "id": "S40", "title": "Accident Reconstruction – Full speed ahead", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 7, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829141140id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Accident-Reconstruction-%E2%80%93-Full-speed-ahead-/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. The SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among its blog contributors. Topic: Accident reconstruction and laser scanning." }, { "id": "S41", "title": "Good insurance? Good coverage.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 16, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829130237id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Good-insurance--Good-coverage-/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. The SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among its blog contributors. Topic: Insurance and coverage for scanning work." }, { "id": "S42", "title": "Heating up the market for 3D data", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 21, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829143031id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Heating-up-the-market-for-3D-data/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. The SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among its blog contributors. Topic: Thermal imagery combined with 3D scanning data." }, { "id": "S43", "title": "Blood, Bullets and Lasers… Oh My!", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "February 20, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829152454id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Blood,-Bullets-and-Lasers%E2%80%A6-Oh-My!/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. The SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among its blog contributors. Topic: Laser scanning and forensic reconstruction." }, { "id": "S44", "title": "Clouds become stars… 3D scanning in entertainment industry", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "March 21, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130409031226id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Clouds-become-stars%E2%80%A63D-scanning-in-entertainment-industry/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. The SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among its blog contributors. Topic: Cloud-based scanning workflows in entertainment." }, { "id": "S45", "title": "Ed Oliveras — SPAR Point Group contributor archive", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Internet Archive", "date": "Archived August 29, 2013", "type": "Publisher contributor index", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829222927id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/contributor.aspx?id=5047", "note": "Archived contributor page lists Ed Oliveras and links to five Vertically-oriented SPAR Point Group posts from 2013; individual post captures are S40–S44." }, { "id": "F01", "title": "Ed Oliveras — five recovered SPAR articles, 2013", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / GO3D", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://go3d.studio/resume/ed-oliveras-spar-point-group-blog-archive.pdf", "note": "Five recovered Ed-authored 2013 SPAR articles with original credits and archive links." }, { "id": "F02", "title": "Original IAFSM / FSM 2007 event page", "publisher": "IAFSM / Internet Archive", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20070303012750id_/http://www.iafsm.com/fsm2007.htm", "note": "Original event context; does not individually name Eddie as a presenter." }, { "id": "F03", "title": "Original IAFSM 2007 timetable", "publisher": "IAFSM / Internet Archive", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20070305051949id_/http://www.iafsm.com/fsm2007/timetable.htm", "note": "Names Carl Adrian and Technical Advisor demonstrations. Eddie’s own presentation credit remains a firsthand account." }, { "id": "F04", "title": "SPAR 2006 forensic scanning track", "publisher": "SPAR Point Research / Geo Week", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/forensic-3d-laser-scanning-at-spar-2006/", "note": "Contemporary conference-organizer coverage of the SPAR 2006 forensic track; no sole-inventor claim established." }, { "id": "F05", "title": "Nick Worrell — professional profile and GO3D certification", "publisher": "Nick Worrell / LinkedIn", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-worrell-3414a123", "note": "Public profile lists GO3D training issued August 2012. Indexed profile; direct access may require sign-in." }, { "id": "F06", "title": "Nick Worrell — his GO3D / Florida training account, July 7, 2014", "publisher": "Nick Worrell / LinkedIn", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140707184006-81826465-we-say-how-can-we-help-your-company", "note": "Nick’s own July 7, 2014 account describes his GO3D role and his own Florida CSI/traffic-homicide instruction. It is not a roster of Eddie’s trainees." }, { "id": "F07", "title": "FARO — Osceola County crime-scene scanning video", "publisher": "FARO Technologies", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.faro.com/en/Resource-Library/Video/osceola-county-uses-laser-scanner-for-crime-scene-analysis-and-forensics", "note": "Official FARO video identifies investigator Heather Mentzer. Eddie’s consulting/training involvement is his account; transcript does not name him." }, { "id": "F08", "title": "Watch the original FARO Osceola video", "publisher": "FARO Technologies / YouTube", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJamJLH_TY", "note": "Original FARO Osceola forensic-scanning video; original publisher thumbnail retained." }, { "id": "F09", "title": "USF becomes a FARO training center — June 15, 2011", "publisher": "Sam Pfeifle / Geo Week", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/u-of-south-florida-now-a-training-center-for-faro/", "note": "Documents the Lori Collins / Travis Doering FARO training-center setting. Eddie’s individual assistance is recorded separately as his firsthand account." }, { "id": "F10", "title": "UCF — Orlando virtual-city project, March 13, 2012", "publisher": "University of Central Florida", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://cah.ucf.edu/news/virtual-3-d-project-to-show-orlando-from-all-angles/?dept=5", "note": "UCF’s dated virtual-city project report names McPeek; does not credit Eddie’s equipment/training assistance." }, { "id": "F11", "title": "Agerpoint patent record — K. Thomas McPeek", "publisher": "Published U.S. patent / Google Patents", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9939417B2/en", "note": "Patent record naming K. Thomas McPeek as inventor." }, { "id": "F12", "title": "FARO acquires Dustin Forensics — November 15, 2017", "publisher": "FARO Technologies / PR Newswire", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/faro-announces-acquisition-of-dustin-forensics-300557112.html", "note": "FARO’s November 15, 2017 announcement of its acquisition of Dustin Forensics in Adairsville, Georgia." }, { "id": "F13", "title": "Columbus, Georgia — 2016 scanner purchase resolution", "publisher": "Columbus, Georgia — City Council", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://ecap.apps.columbusga.gov/CouncilAgendaDocuments/Details/1B02F5B58B32E6DF85257FD5005AAEDF", "note": "2016 municipal purchase record identifies Dustin Forensics as an authorized FARO distributor." }, { "id": "F14", "title": "Florida House — Bob Cortes historical biography", "publisher": "Florida House of Representatives", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4598", "note": "Official historical biography records Bob Cortes’s Cortes Towing and Cortrans roles, Longwood public service and Florida House service." }, { "id": "F15", "title": "Tow Times — donated towing effort, July 25, 2019", "publisher": "Tow Times", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://towtimes.com/pwof-members-participate-in-preserving-the-past/", "note": "2019 report documents donated towing equipment/time for a sheriff-coordinated community project." }, { "id": "F16", "title": "GO3D Cortrans Route Lab — planning demonstration", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / GO3D", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://go3d.studio/cortrans/", "note": "GO3D Cortrans route-planning demonstration." }, { "id": "F17", "title": "GOEV apps", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / GO3D", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://go3d.studio/goev/apps/", "note": "Owner’s public mobility/planning app catalog. Current features must be checked on the app itself." }, { "id": "F19", "title": "Leica — 2009 official speaker details", "publisher": "Leica Geosystems", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://leica-geosystems.com/es-mx/services-and-support/-/media/files/archived-files/d9714c32-a6f9-4822-883a-6e0b00a0eef5.pdf", "note": "Leica’s official 2009 conference speaker listing." }, { "id": "F20", "title": "WREX 2023 — organizer event record", "publisher": "World Reconstruction Exposition", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://wrex.org/event-4081930", "note": "Organizer’s surviving 2023 event record. Prior gallery URL was retired and is not reused." }, { "id": "F21", "title": "Accident reconstruction — articles, WREX and videos", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / GO3D", "date": "Historical record; checked November 5, 2026", "type": "Context / source record", "url": "https://go3d.studio/visuals/Visuals_for_Law_GO3D_Accident_Reconstruction_Presentation.pdf", "note": "Visuals for Law + GO3D accident reconstruction reading/viewing presentation; public references and original article appendix." }, { "id": "FH01", "title": "Eddie Oliveras — forensic training and family-service account", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "November 5, 2026", "type": "Direct firsthand account", "url": "", "note": "Eddie’s firsthand account of training, equipment support and community service. The people named can provide context and supporting records." } ], "companies": [ { "name": "GO3D Studio / GO3D, LLC", "period": "Current · LLC formed 2025", "kind": "3D technology & services", "description": "Scanning, metrology, and digital workflows. The current Florida LLC lists Edgardo Oliveras-Cortes as manager.", "sources": [ "S15", "S22" ] }, { "name": "GoEV", "period": "Current venture", "kind": "Electric mobility & outdoor adventure", "description": "Electric rentals and outdoor adventure gear, connecting the GO3D story with life outdoors.", "sources": [ "S10", "S23" ] }, { "name": "GO 3D, INC", "period": "Established 2012 · historical corporation", "kind": "Original GO3D business chapter", "description": "Edgardo Oliveras is the listed corporate officer. Contemporary public comments describe scanner distribution and consulting.", "sources": [ "S12", "S09" ] }, { "name": "Oliveras CAD Design, LLC", "period": "Work: 2002–2004 résumé · LLC record: 2004–2006", "kind": "CAD drafting business", "description": "President and owner of a CAD drafting service. The owner résumé and Florida filing record describe different periods of this early technical-business chapter.", "sources": [ "S35", "S11" ] }, { "name": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "period": "2013–2015 · NSB Outfitters LLC", "kind": "Outdoor retail", "description": "Purchased from the Tripp family, operated on Canal Street, and sold in 2015. Hosted the 2014 Fly Fishing Film Tour; original reopening photographs and a 2015 firsthand report document Eddie's tenure.", "sources": [ "S13", "S20", "S30", "S36", "S37" ] }, { "name": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "period": "From 2015 · historical charter venture", "kind": "Owner / operator & captain", "description": "Charter fishing from New Smyrna Beach to Islamorada aboard CANA. Daytona Beach tourism coverage documents the Luhrs sportfishing yacht at Adventure Yacht Harbor; Keys Weekly and Salt Water Sportsman preserve community and fishing expertise.", "sources": [ "S14", "S18", "S21", "S24", "S38", "S39" ] }, { "name": "Zendō Barber Co", "period": "Historical profile · dates unconfirmed", "kind": "Barbering & personal service", "description": "Eddie’s barbering venture, listed on his professional profile. Founding date unconfirmed.", "sources": [ "S10" ] } ], "timeline": [ { "year": "2000–2002", "label": "Education", "track": "education", "title": "Embry-Riddle", "body": "Engineering technology studies at the Daytona campus, with SAE Heavy Lift and model-airplane club activities recorded in the professional profile. The historical résumé records departure in 2002.", "sources": [ "S10", "S35" ] }, { "year": "2002–2004", "label": "2002 and 2003–2004 · résumé", "track": "scanning", "title": "Southeastern Surveying & Mapping", "body": "Land Development CAD Technician in Orlando. Prepared survey drawings, digital terrain models, and supporting land-development documentation.", "sources": [ "S35" ] }, { "year": "2002–2004", "label": "Owner résumé dates", "track": "scanning business", "title": "Oliveras CAD Design", "body": "President and owner of an independent CAD drafting service, serving surveyors, civil engineers, architects, and contractors. The résumé places this work in 2002–2004; Florida records document the LLC in 2004–2006.", "sources": [ "S35", "S11" ] }, { "year": "2004", "label": "Survey equipment sales", "track": "scanning", "title": "Southern Laser, Inc.", "body": "Survey Sales Specialist based in Lutz, supporting Trimble surveying equipment and software for Central Florida survey and engineering customers.", "sources": [ "S35" ] }, { "year": "2004–2006", "label": "Technology & laser scanning", "track": "scanning", "title": "JMR Surveying Group", "body": "Director of Technology & 3-D Laser Scanning in the historical résumé. Authored the Universal Studios Japan project account published in 2006.", "sources": [ "S35", "S01" ] }, { "year": "2006–2008", "label": "Laser Scanner Americas", "track": "scanning", "title": "FARO Technologies · Technical Product Manager", "body": "Managed technical product work, sales and support training, demonstrations, and scanning applications across the Americas, as described in the historical résumé.", "sources": [ "S35", "S27" ] }, { "year": "2008", "label": "Owner résumé; months from profile", "track": "scanning", "title": "3SPACE, Inc.", "body": "Director of 3-D Laser Scanning in Melbourne, managing scanning services with nuclear-plant applications. The historical public profile narrows the year to May–September.", "sources": [ "S35", "S31" ] }, { "year": "2008–2011", "label": "Applied metrology", "track": "scanning", "title": "McKim & Creed", "body": "Director of 3-D Imaging & Applied Metrology. Managed industrial scanning services; listed in Leica’s 2009 conference program and led the NC State scanning work published in 2010.", "sources": [ "S35", "S02", "S03", "S04" ] }, { "year": "2011–2012", "label": "Jan 2011–Jun 2012 · profile", "track": "scanning", "title": "FARO Technologies · Southeast region", "body": "Focus3D sales, support, and distributor development. The owner résumé calls this role Regional Manager; the historical public profile uses Focus3D Account Manager — Southeast. Interviewed at SPAR International in 2011.", "sources": [ "S35", "S27", "S05", "S25" ] }, { "year": "2012–2013", "label": "GO3D & writing", "track": "scanning business", "title": "The original GO3D chapter", "body": "GO 3D, INC was filed in 2012. By January 2013, Ed described his Orlando scanner-distribution and consulting business after direct FARO employment. The same period includes SPAR blog contribution and a LIDAR Magazine contributing-writer listing.", "sources": [ "S12", "S09", "S06", "S07", "S31" ] }, { "year": "2012–2013", "label": "Training / published guidance", "track": "scanning", "title": "GO3D forensic training and shared knowledge", "body": "Recovered forensic and accident-reconstruction articles document this period. Nick Worrell’s public record lists a GO3D training credential and describes his GO3D role. Eddie recalls personal training across Florida law enforcement and equipment/training support for other early users. Individual rosters and dates remain open.", "sources": [ "F05", "F06", "S40", "S43", "FH01" ] }, { "year": "2013–2015", "label": "Outdoor retail", "track": "business water", "title": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "body": "Bought the shop from the Tripp family and sold it in 2015. The August 2014 Grand ReOpening album and April 2014 Fly Fishing Film Tour listing preserve its community events; Capt. Justin Price independently named Eddie as owner in a 2015 fishing report.", "sources": [ "S13", "S20", "S30", "S36", "S37" ] }, { "year": "2015–2018", "label": "Documented milestones", "track": "business water", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters & CANA", "body": "NSB Fishing Charters LLC formed in 2015. CANA is documented at Adventure Yacht Harbor in July 2018, before the historical Islamorada chapter. Eddie was quoted for fishing expertise in Salt Water Sportsman and named among the guides in a veterans' fishing event.", "sources": [ "S14", "S18", "S19", "S38" ] }, { "year": "2024", "label": "March–October · 2025 résumé", "track": "scanning", "title": "Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence", "body": "Laser Tracker Sales Engineer — Southeast U.S. Supported portable metrology sales and onsite demonstrations across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.", "sources": [ "S29", "S36" ] }, { "year": "Today", "label": "Current ventures", "track": "scanning business", "title": "GO3D Studio & GoEV", "body": "Current work brings together scanning and metrology, digital tools, electric mobility, and outdoor adventure. GO3D, LLC was formed in 2025.", "sources": [ "S15", "S22", "S23" ] } ], "publications": [ { "date": "2006", "kind": "Authored case study", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Laser Scanning at Universal Studios Japan", "description": "A firsthand account of JMR’s Osaka assignment.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2006/10/31/laser-scanning-at-universal-studios-japan/" }, { "date": "2009", "kind": "Authored article", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Marketing Techniques for Laser Scanning Service Providers", "description": "Customer needs, practical workflows, and building a scanning business.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2009/06/03/marketing-techniques-for-laser-scanning-service-providers/" }, { "date": "2009", "kind": "Listed speaker", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Leica HDS Worldwide User Conference", "description": "Program-listed session on serving contractors and owner/operators.", "publisher": "Leica Geosystems", "url": "https://leica-geosystems.com/en/services-and-support/-/media/files/archived-files/d9714c32-a6f9-4822-883a-6e0b00a0eef5.pdf" }, { "date": "2010", "kind": "Coauthored case study", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Full Steam Ahead", "description": "Documenting NC State’s two boiler plants with laser scanning.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2010/05/22/full-steam-ahead-applying-3-d-laser-scanning-to-a-boiler-plant-replacement-project/" }, { "date": "2011", "kind": "Interview", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Mainstreaming laser scanning", "description": "Sam Pfeifle’s report on his interview with FARO’s Ed Oliveras.", "publisher": "Geo Week / SPAR archive", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/mainstreaming-laser-scanning/" }, { "date": "2012", "kind": "Contributing writer", "topic": "scanning", "title": "LIDAR Magazine masthead", "description": "Listed among contributing writers in Volume 2, Number 2.", "publisher": "LIDAR Magazine", "url": "https://lidarmag.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF/LiDARMagazine_Roe-AreYouASystematicThinker_Vol2No2.pdf" }, { "date": "2013", "kind": "Editorial mention", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Merrick adds thermal to airborne lidar", "description": "Trade coverage references Ed’s writing on LiDAR and thermal data.", "publisher": "Geo Week News", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/merrick-adds-thermal-to-airborne-lidar/" }, { "date": "January 7, 2013", "kind": "Authored blog post", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Accident Reconstruction – Full speed ahead", "description": "Accident reconstruction and laser scanning.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group · archived article", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829141140id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Accident-Reconstruction-%E2%80%93-Full-speed-ahead-/" }, { "date": "January 16, 2013", "kind": "Authored blog post", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Good insurance? Good coverage.", "description": "Insurance and coverage for scanning work.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group · archived article", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829130237id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Good-insurance--Good-coverage-/" }, { "date": "January 21, 2013", "kind": "Authored blog post", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Heating up the market for 3D data", "description": "Thermal imagery combined with 3D scanning data.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group · archived article", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829143031id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Heating-up-the-market-for-3D-data/" }, { "date": "February 20, 2013", "kind": "Authored blog post", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Blood, Bullets and Lasers… Oh My!", "description": "Laser scanning and forensic reconstruction.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group · archived article", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829152454id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Blood,-Bullets-and-Lasers%E2%80%A6-Oh-My!/" }, { "date": "March 21, 2013", "kind": "Authored blog post", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Clouds become stars… 3D scanning in entertainment industry", "description": "Cloud-based scanning workflows in entertainment.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group · archived article", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130409031226id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Clouds-become-stars%E2%80%A63D-scanning-in-entertainment-industry/" }, { "date": "2014", "kind": "Hosted community event", "topic": "water", "title": "Fly Fishing Film Tour — New Smyrna Beach", "description": "The original event listing names New Smyrna Outfitters as host, in conjunction with a local charity fishing tournament.", "publisher": "Eventgroove / Fly Fishing Film Tour", "url": "https://events.eventgroove.com/event/10547" }, { "date": "2015", "kind": "Named in firsthand report", "topic": "water", "title": "Mosquito Lagoon March 2015", "description": "Capt. Justin Price names Eddie Oliveras as New Smyrna Outfitters owner in a fishing report.", "publisher": "Right In Sight Charters", "url": "https://rightinsightcharters.com/2015/07/08/mosquito-lagoon-march-2015/" }, { "date": "2018", "kind": "Local business feature", "topic": "water", "title": "Adventure Yacht Harbor Offers Oceans of Options", "description": "The tourism bureau's original report includes CANA Sportfishing and describes its Luhrs yacht.", "publisher": "Daytona Beach Area CVB", "url": "https://www.daytonabeach.com/blog/post/seeking-a-fun-day-on-the-water-adventure-yacht-harbor-offers-oceans-of-options/" }, { "date": "2018", "kind": "Quoted expert", "topic": "water", "title": "Match the Natural Forage", "description": "Captain Eddie’s fishing observations in George Poveromo’s feature.", "publisher": "Salt Water Sportsman", "url": "https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/match-natural-forage/" }, { "date": "2018", "kind": "Community coverage", "topic": "water", "title": "25 Disabled Veterans Are Honored", "description": "Named among the guides supporting a fishing event in Islamorada.", "publisher": "Keys Weekly", "url": "https://keysweekly.com/42/25-disabled-veterans-are-honored/" } ], "photo_stories": [ { "id": "spar-2011", "category": "work", "category_label": "Industry event", "date": "2011", "title": "On the show floor.", "caption": "At SPAR International, Ed talks with Sam Pfeifle about the FARO Focus3D and the growing usefulness of laser-scanning data.", "credit": "Original video thumbnail · Diversified USA / SPAR Point Group", "image": "assets/ed-oliveras-spar-interview-2011.jpg", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "alt": "Ed Oliveras and Sam Pfeifle during the 2011 SPAR interview, with a FARO scanner at the booth", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_UMFjrHdvk", "link_label": "Watch the original interview", "sources": [ "S05", "S25" ] }, { "id": "surry-2010", "category": "work", "category_label": "Industrial scanning", "date": "2010", "title": "Making complex spaces visible.", "caption": "McKim & Creed’s published Surry feedwater-heater replacement analysis. The company video names Ed Oliveras as its project-services contact.", "credit": "Original scan/model thumbnail · McKim & Creed / McKimCreed3D", "image": "assets/surry-feedwater-analysis-2010.jpg", "width": 962, "height": 720, "alt": "Original McKim & Creed scan and model visualization for Surry feedwater-heater replacement analysis", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyKK94WT-w", "link_label": "View the company’s project video", "sources": [ "S26" ] }, { "id": "gaylord-2011", "category": "work", "category_label": "Portfolio archive", "date": "2011–2012", "title": "A different view of Gaylord Palms.", "caption": "A point-cloud view from Eddie’s original portfolio, created with FARO Focus3D and Pointools. The archive describes a 2011 capture and credits the video in 2012.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras portfolio · Courtesy FARO Technologies, Inc., © 2012", "image": "assets/gaylord-pointcloud.jpg", "width": 2048, "height": 1143, "alt": "Original Gaylord Palms atrium point-cloud image from Eddie Oliveras’s portfolio", "url": "https://vimeo.com/44383713", "link_label": "Watch the portfolio animation", "sources": [ "S08" ] }, { "id": "outfitters-ribbon", "category": "business", "category_label": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "date": "August 13, 2014", "title": "A new chapter on Canal Street.", "caption": "The storefront ribbon cutting from New Smyrna Outfitters’ Grand ReOpening celebration on August 13, 2014.", "credit": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Original Facebook event album", "image": "assets/outfitters-ribbon-2014.png", "width": 640, "height": 427, "alt": "New Smyrna Outfitters storefront and a group gathered behind a red ribbon", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=785167821535149&set=a.785167801535151", "link_label": "View the original event photo", "sources": [ "S30" ] }, { "id": "outfitters-ceremony", "category": "business", "category_label": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "date": "August 13, 2014", "title": "The ribbon-cutting moment.", "caption": "A closer view of the ceremony, preserved in the shop’s original opening-event album.", "credit": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Original Facebook event album", "image": "assets/outfitters-ceremony-2014.png", "width": 640, "height": 522, "alt": "Group gathered at the ribbon-cutting ceremony outside New Smyrna Outfitters", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=785168228201775&set=a.785167801535151", "link_label": "View the original event photo", "sources": [ "S30" ] }, { "id": "outfitters-group", "category": "business", "category_label": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "date": "August 13, 2014", "title": "An opening-day gathering.", "caption": "An original group photograph from the August 2014 Grand ReOpening album.", "credit": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Original Facebook event album", "image": "assets/outfitters-group-2014.png", "width": 640, "height": 480, "alt": "Six people posing together during the New Smyrna Outfitters opening event", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=785168148201783&set=a.785167801535151", "link_label": "View the original event photo", "sources": [ "S30" ] }, { "id": "captain-cana", "category": "water", "category_label": "CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Captain archive", "title": "At the helm of CANA.", "caption": "Charter fishing is part of the same working life: time on the water, local knowledge, and service to the people aboard.", "credit": "© Patrick Ruddy · Eddie Oliveras archive", "image": "assets/eddie-oliveras-captain.jpg", "width": 1024, "height": 683, "alt": "Eddie Oliveras seated at CANA’s helm wearing a CANA cap and shirt", "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieoliveras/38212044046/", "link_label": "View the original portrait", "sources": [ "S21" ] }, { "id": "captain-portrait", "category": "water", "category_label": "CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Captain archive", "title": "A captain’s perspective.", "caption": "An original portrait from the CANA archive, alongside a career in outdoor retail and professional charter fishing.", "credit": "© Patrick Ruddy · Eddie Oliveras archive", "image": "assets/eddie-oliveras-helm.jpg", "width": 682, "height": 1024, "alt": "Full portrait of Eddie Oliveras standing at the CANA helm", "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieoliveras/38212046166/", "link_label": "View the original portrait", "sources": [ "S21" ] }, { "id": "family-boat", "category": "family", "category_label": "Family archive", "date": "August 2017", "title": "Time together on the water.", "caption": "A favorite moment at the helm, selected from the personal family archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras personal archive", "image": "assets/family-boating-2017.jpg", "width": 786, "height": 786, "alt": "Black-and-white family photo of an adult at the helm with a smiling child wearing a life jacket", "url": null, "link_label": "View photo", "sources": [] }, { "id": "family-outdoors", "category": "family", "category_label": "Family archive", "date": "July 2023", "title": "An ordinary day, remembered.", "caption": "An outdoor family moment from the personal archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras personal archive", "image": "assets/family-outdoors-2023.jpg", "width": 891, "height": 786, "alt": "Three people in an outdoor family portrait, with sunglasses and a storefront in the background", "url": null, "link_label": "View photo", "sources": [] }, { "id": "family-selfie", "category": "family", "category_label": "Family archive", "date": "May 2023", "title": "Everyone in the frame.", "caption": "A family selfie from the collection Eddie chose for this site.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras personal archive", "image": "assets/family-selfie-2023.jpg", "width": 591, "height": 786, "alt": "Four people smiling together in a close family selfie", "url": null, "link_label": "View photo", "sources": [] }, { "id": "family-autumn", "category": "family", "category_label": "Family archive", "date": "October 2014", "title": "Autumn in the family album.", "caption": "A pumpkin-patch photo from 2014, preserved in its complete frame.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras personal archive", "image": "assets/family-pumpkin-2014.jpg", "width": 522, "height": 786, "alt": "Four people posing together among pumpkins outdoors", "url": null, "link_label": "View photo", "sources": [] } ], "forensic_history": { "updated": "2026-11-05", "cards": [ { "title": "Family service and collision work", "body": "Eddie recalls the family mechanic garage and a full-time, family-run Cortes Towing service supporting FHP, city police, county sheriffs, first response and the community. He identifies Bob and Jaime Cortes as his uncles. Bob’s official biography records Cortes Towing and Cortrans business roles, Longwood public service and Florida House service.", "sources": [ "F14", "F15", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "Florida forensic training", "body": "Eddie reports personally training FDLE and teams in Hillsborough, Broward, Osceola, Seminole, Orange and Winter Park, among others. His account includes free remote support. Named rosters and counts remain to be recovered.", "sources": [ "F01", "S09", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "Nick Worrell and Atlantic Laser Scanning", "body": "Nick’s public profile lists a GO3D-issued training credential from August 2012. His July 2014 article describes his GO3D role and his own instruction of Florida CSI and traffic-homicide teams. Eddie remembers him as a friend.", "sources": [ "F05", "F06", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "The early IAFSM / SPAR community", "body": "The recovered 2007 agenda names Carl Adrian of the FBI and includes Technical Advisor demonstrations. Eddie recalls presenting and supporting early forensic teams; his individual presentation and the first-scanner purchase still need direct records.", "sources": [ "F02", "F03", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "USF: Travis Doering and Lori Collins", "body": "USF’s 2011 report describes its FARO training-center initiative. Eddie’s equipment and training support is presented here as his own account.", "sources": [ "F09", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "UCF, Tom McPeek and Agerpoint", "body": "UCF records McPeek’s virtual-city work in 2012. Eddie recalls supplying equipment and training that helped his start in agricultural scanning. The university and patent records do not credit that assistance.", "sources": [ "F10", "F11", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "David Dustin and the later FARO acquisition", "body": "Eddie recalls personally training and supporting David Dustin in Georgia. FARO’s announcement confirms the Adairsville firm’s acquisition on November 15, 2017. His personal training role remains a firsthand account.", "sources": [ "F12", "F13", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "Cortrans and GOEV", "body": "Family transport work connects this history to Eddie’s newer planning tools. Cortrans Route Lab is a GO3D planning demonstration; it does not confirm bookings or provide live flight status.", "sources": [ "F16", "F17", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "Osceola County: a surviving training-era video", "body": "FARO’s public interview identifies investigator Heather Mentzer and discusses preserving scenes for later review. Eddie recalls his consulting and training involvement. The checked transcript and sampled frames do not name him. Watch the original video and read its source notes.", "sources": [ "F07", "F08", "FH01" ] }, { "title": "Accident reconstruction, WREX and video demonstrations", "body": "The Visuals for Law + GO3D presentation brings together Eddie’s complete 2013 accident-reconstruction article, its original vehicle images, public WREX context and linked demonstrations. Historical examples supply background, not a new finding about a client’s incident.", "sources": [ "F21", "F20" ] }, { "title": "Sharing knowledge and finding a new direction", "body": "Eddie recalls giving free technical help through training, articles, web sessions and speaking. After later dealer relationships with FARO and Leica Geosystems, he describes time away from scanning to find a new direction. Exact contract dates and terms remain private research questions. His January 2013 public offer of free GO3D consulting survives.", "sources": [ "S09", "F19", "FH01" ] } ], "agencies": [ "FDLE", "Hillsborough County", "Broward County", "Osceola County", "Seminole County", "Orange County", "Winter Park" ], "basis": "Eddie recalls training dozens of teams and supporting thousands of people through articles, web training and speaking.", "verification_invitation": { "author": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "2026-11-05", "text": "These are my firsthand recollections. If you want to check them, ask the people named here about the training, equipment and early support I provided. Where that support is missing from a published history, I’d welcome an explanation—and a fuller account of my contribution. Dated records, corrections and additional context are welcome.", "basis": "Owner-requested public invitation to seek clarification; no outreach or response is represented as completed." } } }