Scanning Data – Geospatial Modeling & Visualization

Amarna Project

Vance — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:20:28 +0000

In 2008 and 2009, researchers from CAST collaborating with the Amarna Trust and the University of Cambridge conducted long and short range laser scanning at the former site of Amarna in Egypt. The results of the short range scanning form the Amarna Virtual Museum where users can view and interact with a collection of artifacts that have been excavated at Amarna. The artifacts are available for download in multiple formats and resolutions. For more on the project, visit the Amarna project page and visit the virtual museum here.

Data are available here for the objects in 1) an original high resolution mesh (OBJ format)For viewing the .obj polygonal mesh, we recommend Rapidform EXPLORER. Note: In Rapidform BASIS, use File – Import (rather than Open) to view the high resolution OBJ files. 2) a decimated low resolution mesh (3D PDF). Adobe’s PDF(Portable Document Format) now offers support for viewing 3D models.

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76449
high resolution scan 76449.obj
lower resolution scan 76449.obj

5239
low resolution scan.obj
higher resolution scan 5239.obj

38819
high resolution scan 38819.obj
lower resolution scan 38819.obj

Please note. This data is distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ for the full license). You are free to share and remix these data under the condition that you include attribution as provided here. You may not use the data or products in a commercial purpose without additional approvals. Please attach the following credit to all data and products developed there from:
Credit: Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, and The Amarna Project , and the University of Cambridge
Longer version: The Amarna Project is conducted under the direction of Dr. Barry Kemp and Dr. Anna Stevens. The project was made possible by a grant from the Templeton Foundation. Data acquired, processed and distributed by CAST’s Virtual Amarna Museum Development Team.

University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Exterior

caitlin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:49:15 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the exterior of the building which were collected with the Leica C10 Scan Station scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior.Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation.

Vol_Walker_Building_Exterior .zip (41.9 mb) (7.5 cm spacing in .pts file format)

Sitemap_Vol_Walker_Exterior.htm -Explore the data set in Leica TruView, which requires Leica TruView free viewer and Internet Explorer. For instructions on using the free TruView data viewer and for a complete list of links to the TruView data related to this project, please see: Accessing Vol Walker Interior TruViews.

Credits:

Data was collected in collaboration with University of Arkansas Facilities Management, Operations and Maintenance and Campus Planning Divisions with outstanding assistance from Bob Harris, Construction Coordinator.

University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Interior Basement Level

caitlin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:32:28 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the basement or ground floor of the interior, which were collected with the Z+F 5005i Scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation. Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density.

Vol_Walker_Building_Interior_Basement .zip (4.4 mb) (1 cm spacing in .pts file format)

Sitemap_Vol_Walker_Basement.htm -Explore the data set in Leica TruView, which requires Leica TruView free viewer and Internet Explorer. For instructions on using the free TruView data viewer and for a complete list of links to the TruView data related to this project, please see: Accessing Vol Walker Interior TruViews.

Credits:

University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Interior Basement Level

caitlin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:32:28 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the basement or ground floor of the interior, which were collected with the Z+F 5005i Scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation. Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density.

Vol_Walker_Building_Interior_Basement .zip (4.4 mb) (1 cm spacing in .pts file format)

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University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Interior Floor 3

caitlin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:25:57 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the third floor of the interior, which were collected with the Z+F 5005i Scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation. Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density.

Vol_Walker_Building_Interior_Floor_3 .zip (4.4 mb) (1 cm spacing in .pts file format)

Sitemap_Vol_Walker_Floor_3.htm -Explore the data set in Leica TruView, which requires Leica TruView free viewer and Internet Explorer. For instructions on using the free TruView data viewer and for a complete list of links to the TruView data related to this project, please see: Accessing Vol Walker Interior TruViews.

Credits:

University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Interior Floor 2

caitlin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:50:10 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the second floor of the interior, which were collected with the Z+F 5005i Scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation. Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density.

Vol_Walker_Building_Interior_Floor_2 .zip (2.81 gb) (1 cm spacing in .pts file format)

Sitemap_Vol_Walker_Floor_2.htm -Explore the data set in Leica TruView, which requires Leica TruView free viewer and Internet Explorer. For instructions on using the free TruView data viewer and for a complete list of links to the TruView data related to this project, please see: Accessing Vol Walker Interior TruViews.

Credits:

University of Arkansas – Vol Walker Building – Interior Floor 1

caitlin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:15:53 +0000

Working with the University of Arkansas’ Facilities Management and Planning Departments, CAST is documenting the historical Vol Walker Building and its renovation. Here are merged scans of the first floor of the interior, which were collected with the Z+F 5005i Scanner. The project includes multiple floors within the building interior as well as the building exterior. Interior scans were collected with a point spacing that ranged from less than a centimeter at the most dense (at a range of < 1 meter) to approximately 5 cm at the least dense (at a range of 25 meters). These scans were then reduced to a more consistent point spacing of 1 cm for potential future use in historical preservation documentation. Exterior scans were collected with a point spacing of approximately 5-10 cm. The data sets have been separated due to file size and data density.

Vol_Walker_Building_Interior_Floor_1 .zip (2 gb) (1 cm spacing in .pts file format)

Sitemap_Vol_Walker_Floor_1.htm -Explore the data set in Leica TruView, which requires Leica TruView free viewer and Internet Explorer. For instructions on using the free TruView data viewer and for a complete list of links to the TruView data related to this project, please see: Accessing Vol Walker Interior TruViews.

Credits:

Ostia Antica, Italy – Capitoline Temple

caitlin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:59:32 +0000

Using the Optech ILRIS-3D laser scanner and the Konica-Minolta VIVID 9i, data was collected in 2007 as part of the Ostia Antica 3D Scanning Project.

Several data sets from the Ostia Antica survey are available in these posts as point clouds in the Polyworks PWK format (as IMInspect projects).

For the PWK formats we recommend using the free Polyworks | Viewer (previously the Polyworks IM Viewer), and for the obj files we recommend Rapidform Geomagic Verify Viewer (previously the Rapidform Explorer).

To open a PWZIP file – click on the .pwzip link below and save the file; if you are using Mozilla Firefox, right click on the link and save the file. Open IMView, left click on “File” at the top of the screen. Select “Open project”, then “Add Workspace” and browse to the .pwzip’s saved location. Next, choose a local location to extract the files. The files will unzip and the project will appear in IMView’s workspace file structure. Left click on the project and open.

Capitoline_Temple.pwzip (53.8 mb)
Collected 2007

Credit:

University of Arkansas, Soprintendenza per i Beni Arcaelogici di Ostia, Leica Geosystems, National Science Foundation, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

Longer Version:

This project was made possible through funding from the University of Arkansas Honors College and with equipment provided through Leica Geosystems Chair in Geospatial Imaging Funding and National Science Foundation Grant BCS 0321286. Additional assistance was provided by Soprintendenza per i Beni Arcaelogici di Ostia including Angelo Pellegrino, Direttore degli Scavi di Ostia Antica. The project was coordinated by the University of Arkansas: Honors College – Dean Robert McMath; Classical Studies Program, Department of Foreign Languages – Dr. David Fredrick; School of Architecture – Tim DeNoble; Rome Center for Architecture and Humanities – Prof. Davide Vitali, Director, and Prof. Francesco Bedeschi. Further coordination was provided by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas – Director W. Fredrick Limp, Prof. Jackson Cothren, and the data acquisition and processing team including Adam Barnes, Christopher Goodmaster, Malcolm Williamson, and Caitlin Stevens. An undergraduate, honors colloquium, Visualizing the Roman City, worked more extensively with the data. A paper was presented on the class at the April 2008 Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference in Budapest titled Visualizing the Roman City: Viewing the past through multidisciplinary eyes.

Ostia Antica, Italy – Baths of the Seven Sages

caitlin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:56:19 +0000

Using the Optech ILRIS-3D laser scanner and the Konica-Minolta VIVID 9i, data was collected in 2007 as part of the Ostia Antica 3D Scanning Project.

Several data sets from the Ostia Antica survey are available in these posts as point clouds in the Polyworks PWK format (as IMInspect projects).

Bath_of_Seven_Sages_Interior.pwzip (450 mb)
Collected 2007
Bath_of_Seven_Sages_Inteior.pwzip combines scans of the interior of one section of the House of Charioteers Complex.

Credit:

University of Arkansas, Soprintendenza per i Beni Arcaelogici di Ostia, Leica Geosystems, National Science Foundation, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

Longer Version:

Ostia Antica, Italy – House of the Charioteers Exterior

caitlin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:25:29 +0000

Using the Optech ILRIS-3D laser scanner and the Konica-Minolta VIVID 9i, data was collected in 2007 as part of the Ostia Antica 3D Scanning Project.

Several data sets from the Ostia Antica survey are available in these posts as point clouds in the Polyworks PWK format (as IMInspect projects).

Charioteer_Exterior.pwzip (152 mb)
Collected 2007; aerial perspective view
Charioteer_Exterior.pwzip combines scans taken from the exterior of the House of the Charioteers and Baths of the Seven Sages. This structure was very dense and complex, resulting in the interior and exterior being separated for processing.

Credit:

University of Arkansas, Soprintendenza per i Beni Arcaelogici di Ostia, Leica Geosystems, National Science Foundation, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

Longer Version: