3D Documentation
Posts about 3D documentation, laser scanning, photogrammetry, and digital recording for cultural heritage and historic sites.
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Knight Foundation Makes a Digital Heritage Dream Possible
A $100,000 Knight Foundation grant gave Vizcaya the opportunity to turn years of interest in 3D documentation into a practical visitor-experience project. Working with university and technology partners, the initiative combined photogrammetry, laser scanning, 3D printing,…
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A 3D Documentation Primer for Cultural and Historic Sites
This primer introduces laser scanning and photogrammetry as increasingly practical tools for documenting cultural sites and objects in three dimensions. It explains how the technologies work, where their strengths and limitations differ, and how preservation data…
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Dale Kronkright on Shaping Georgia O’Keeffe’s Digital Image
At the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, conservator Dale Kronkright helped test computational imaging technologies while making the research process visible to the public through digital media. This conversation explores the Georgia O’Keeffe Imaging Project as both a…
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Picturing Preservation Technology Online with Cultural Heritage Imaging
Cultural Heritage Imaging explores how photography and computational imaging can become tools for preservation research, documentation, and public understanding rather than simply illustration. The conversation looks at emerging methods for recording cultural resources and at the…
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3D Scanning, Rome Reborn and Virtual Ancient Worlds on Google Earth
Bernard Frischer discusses Rome Reborn, 3D modeling, virtual heritage, born-digital scholarship, Google Earth, and the long-term preservation and public use of complex digital cultural heritage.
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3D Digital Rock Art Documentation and Preservation
Carla Schroer discusses 3D documentation, Reflectance Transformation Imaging, photogrammetry, training, and the challenge of moving digital heritage tools from specialist research into everyday preservation practice.