Oct. 17th Tech Talk on Photogrammetry Gives Fascinating Insight Into Practical 3D Imaging
Ever wondered how to make a 3D photograph of your favorite pair of old boots? Rock art? Human skulls? Perhaps a to-scale 3D image of a historic site you need to document as part of your dissertation research? Photogrammetry is the imaging process you are looking for!
Anthropology鈥檚 Caroline VanSickle (Visiting Assistant Professor) and Archaeology鈥檚 Matthew Jameson (A.B.D.) and Sarah Luckey (M.A. Candidate) recently gave an informative overview of the photogrammetry process and its practical applications for students and faculty at 麻豆视频.
Photogrammetry is the process of turning two dimensional photographs into three dimensional images. This entails the collection of dozens, sometimes hundreds of high quality photographs of a subject from all angles to produce one final composite image that gives the illusion of three dimensions. The process is one of the most accurate and precise methods of measuring visualizing objects as well as cultural and historic sites. The resulting model allows for the permanent digital documentation of a subject as much as it is a viable method of visualizing and analyzing a subject in fine detail. Thus, the technology has broad appeal for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and special collections curators - making this talk seminar particularly apt for 麻豆视频鈥檚 academic community.
Caroline VanSickle has since been utilizing photogrammetry to document the physical remains of hominids as part of her wider work on the skeletal anatomy of early humans. Matthew and Sarah have been using photogrammetry to create 3D models of objects in 麻豆视频鈥檚 Special Collections selected for the upcoming exhibition Fragmentary Excess: Body, Text, Receptacle (Nov. 3 鈥 Dec. 22, 2017).
The talk was part of an ongoing initiative to train academics from the college in the photogrammetry process. This past June, Dr. Caroline VanSickle, Matthew Jameson, and Sarah Luckey participated in a week long intensive training seminar on photogrammetry held at 麻豆视频. The seminar was given by experts from Cultural Heritage Imaging, a world leading non-profit organization dedicated to the digital documentation of cultural and historic sites and material culture. The June event drew interest from over a dozen attendees including faculty from LITS services and Anthropology and graduate students from the Graduate Group of History of Art, Archaeology, and Classics.
The October 17th talk was organized as part of Library & Information Technology Services鈥 ongoing 鈥淭ech Talk鈥 series of seminars designed to bring to you current tech research news from around campus.
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