Throwback Thursday: 100 Years Ago, Drone Cameras Soared on Kites 2,000 Feet High | Raw File. International Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, July 4th, 1908. San Francisco in ruins, shot with the Captive Airship, 2,000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. San Francisco in ruins, May 5th, 1906. Welcome home of the general overseer, Rev.
John Alex Dowie, Zion City, Ill, July 1904. Gary Works, Indiana Steel Co., IN, 1908. Ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 feet above Folsom between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Ruins of San Francisco, 500 feet elevation above Hyde and Green Streets. A fleet of ships entering Golden Gate, 1908. University of Chicago, 1907. Northwestern University, 1907. El Pismo Beach, 1906. View of New York City from the Times Building, 1906. A district of San Francisco spared by the fire, looking northeast from the Captive Airship at 2,200 feet, 1906. United States Army tournament, Grant Park, Chicago, July 4, 1910. Berkeley, CA., looking east from the Captive Airship at 1,000 feet, Nov. 24, 1908. Washington, D.C., 1905. Elfshot: Modelling Artifacts in Autodesk 123D Catch Beta. One of the challenges of making a good artifact reproduction is coming up with good reference materials.
A photographic plate in a published report rarely has enough information for me to work from and its not always possible to have the actual artifacts on hand while I make a reproduction. I usually need to see the object firsthand and take a set of photos and measurements, but there are always questions that come up as the work progresses. When I heard about the free 3D photo editing software called Project PhotoFly a few weeks ago, I was eager to try it out on artifacts. In theory, I'd be able to transform a set of 2D photos into a fully rendered 360 degree computer model that I could then manipulate and view at home. There needs to be separation between the dust of the workshop and the cleanliness of the lab and this could help bridge it. Fly-through animations of the model can be exported to youtube, like this one:
Painel do Pilão (Panel of the Pillar) Articles and books about kite and balloon photography in archaeology - KAP Discussion Page.
Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science Nov. 11-13, 2010 - Download free content from Carnegie Mellon University. Panotour, software for 360° interactive virtual tours creation. Examples of Automatic 3D Reconstructions from Photographs. Examples by Paul Bourke March 2012 Also: As an example of navigable 3D models in an iBook Automatic 3D model creation from a series of photographs has been an active area of research for many years.
The techniques would appear to be maturing, this is reflected in a number of stable software tools. Some examples are presented here in an attempt to illustrate the current state of the art, full OBJ meshes and textures are provided for each example. The examples presented are all from projects in early 2012. A number of the current software tools have been evaluated, the main ones being 123D Catch (Autodesk), PhotoScan (Agisoft), Photomodeller, Bundler, Visual SFM, and Photosynth (Microsoft). The interest here is to evaluate the techniques as a way of creating assets for virtual environments, in this case high mesh accuracy is not necessarly required, the apparent detail is conveyed in the textures. Engraving, UWAObj file and textures Socrates statue, UWAObj file and textures. Travel and Lifestyle 360° Panoramas. Museum Palazzo Vallemani, room of the Renaissance. World Heritage Centre - A Virtual Tour of World Heritage Sites.
On the occasion of Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days), and as part of the UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine Fellowships programme for World Heritage managers established in January 2006, which provides fellowships to current and future managers of World Heritage sites, the Vocations Patrimoine, l'Héritage du Futur association is organizing an exhibition of images of World Heritage sites by photographer Tito Dupret. This is the first exhibit of 360° panographic images and virtual visits of World Heritage sites to be shown in France.
It was made possible with the support of Vocations Patrimoine's partners AXA and MAZARS, as well as the French Ministry for Culture and Communication, the French representation of the European Commission, Hewlett Packard, the WHTour association, the Kaplan Foundation and Tokyo Broadcasting Systems. Ministry of Culture and Communication in France, Site des Bons Enfants, 182 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris.
Photogrammetric Gigapixel Images. While doing work on the National Geographic special “Sunken Treasures of the Nile” a significant archaeological find was made. Philippe Martinez discovered what we have been calling “Stela M” that contains the first description ever found of how the 1000 ton obelisks were moved. Philippe needed gigapixel detail documentation of the surface so that he could have a good record of the surface for later study. Unfortunately the Stela had fallen over from it’s original position and was facing the ground making a “head-on” photo impossible.
Due to the tilt of the Stela there was only a few feet of working space in front of the stela, it was impossible to get far enough away to shoot a traditional gigapixel image. View the following animation (full screen to see the details) to see how this texturing process was achieved. This is a diagram showing the area of high resolution This is the final interactive view. 1 Comment.
200908_Downing_Siggraph_1.pdf (application/pdf Object) Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project. Yosemite Valley experiences numerous rockfalls each year, with over 600 rockfall events documented since 1850. Due to the pulverization of the rockfall mass, evaluating and quantifying rockfall characteristics has proved challenging without any high-resolution baseline imagery of the Valley walls, which could act as a useful datum for before/after comparisons.
In 2008, The Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project, a partnership between geologist Greg Stock, Ph.D. of the the National Park Service and xRez Studio, set out to do so by creating an unprecedented documentation of Yosemite Valley’s granite walls by shooting 10,000 images concurrently over sixteen miles of the valley walls. Base technology used included gigapixel panoramic photography, LIDAR-based digital terrain modeling, and three-dimensional computer rendering. LINK to 45 Gigapixel Silverlight Page of Project Results (zoom in and out of all images w/ mousewheel): LINK to Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project Page. Hang Gliding over Yosemite Valley. RockArt.pdf (application/pdf Object) Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science Nov. 11-13, 2010 - Download free content from Carnegie Mellon University.
KAP equipment. Kites There is no single kite which is optimum for KAP under all circumstances. Various kites are utilized depending on wind conditions and weight of the KAP rig. The goal is to provide enough lift to support the KAP rig--normally ranging from 1 to 3 pounds (½ to 1½ kg). Large kites are flown for lighter wind and smaller kites for stronger wind. For lighter wind (5-10 mph), we prefer to use large rigid kites with surface areas of 30 square feet (3 m²) or more. For stronger wind conditions (10-25 mph), we normally fly soft airfoils of various sizes.
Most kites and equipment shown below were purchased from Into the Wind. Soft Kites Soft kites have no rigid structure or support to maintain their shape. The Sutton Flowform was invented by Steve Sutton as a byproduct of his experiments to create a better parachute during the 1970s (Sutton 1999). Rigid Kites As the name implies, rigid kites employ some type of hard framework to give the kite form and shape.
Kite Line and Gloves KAP trailer. Voices from the Dawn: the Ancient Monuments of Ireland and their Folklore. Howard Goldbaum, University of Nevada, Reno Abstract As the culmination of a 30-year project of collecting media and research, this website combines traditional academic research methods with modern digital virtual-reality sense-of-place media. It presents an introduction to a selected number of Irish prehistoric and early-Christian archeological sites with high-resolution virtual-reality tours, and enriches the folkloric material with audio and video interviews.
From the Stone Age to the Iron Age, the Irish made their mark on the land with great stone and earthen structures. In the century of Irish scholarship since Meyer, the provenance of the early Irish epics has been moved forward in time to the early medieval, likely preceded by a long period of oral tradition. When completed, this site will bring together all the media and research done in a 30-year exploration of the nexus of Irish prehistoric monuments and their mythology and folklore.
Photosynth to 3D Conversion. PhotoSynth Toolkit | Tactical Space Lab. 7 Wonders Panoramas - The New 7 Wonders -Travel Great Wall, Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu - 360 degree Panoramas. KAP Rig / Uçurtma Fotoğrafçılığı için Düzenek | Uçurtma. How to make a KAP rig - KAP Discussion Page. Nature Valley Trail View. Autodesk | Photogrammetry in Archaeology. 123D Catch is my program of choice when it comes to Photogrammetry, and although it comes with some limitations, I still believe it is the most efficient piece of software when it comes to everyday archaeological modelling.
It combines speed, accuracy, an easy interface and it is free to use, even commercially. Speed: Especially in commercial archaeology speed is everything. You have a job to finish and a limited amount of time to do it, so the aim is to cut down the time spent recording while still preserving the same amount of information. 123D Catch is extremely quick provided it has a good internet connection. A basic model with 20 phoitos can be processed in ten minutes, and a more complex one in 15. Progrograms like Agisoft Photoscan take much more time, around 45 minutes for simple models, and many hours for larger ones.
Accuracy: I’ve talked aout his before, so I won’t discuss it much here. Freeware: Not much to say about this. References: Boehler, W. and Marbs, A. (2004). Vizua | Press. New 3D Technology Captures Imaging of Aardvark at Brookfield Zoo A three-dimensional (3D) view does more than make for exciting movies in a theater, it can also improve the care of animals. The Chicago Zoological Society's (CZS) Brookfield Zoo is the first North American zoo to use revolutionary 3D imaging technology with on-site digital radiology and CT equipment in its state-of-the-art animal hospital. The new technology allows the Society's veterinarians to enhance two-dimensional CT (CAT) scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds with 3D models that will enable them to better treat zoo animals. The imaging will be particularly useful in the planning of surgeries, especially in difficult cases that were impossible to treat with 2D imaging.
Zoo veterinarians have already aided several animals in ways never before possible. For Hoover, a 17-year-old aardvark, a 3D scan revealed that a hole from a missing tooth was draining into a sinus cavity. 3-D Image of Humboldt Penguin Dr. Panotour, software for 360° interactive virtual tours creation. Virtual Tour: Panoramic Images: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science Nov. 11-13, 2010 - Download free content from Carnegie Mellon University. JSTOR: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 107, No. 1/2 (Spring, 2004), pp. 39-44.