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Florida researchers use 3D technology to preserve space program history
Research from the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections was in the national spotlight, with this story airing on Fox Network Nightly News as well as features on local affiliates in Florida and Texas. This story provides a follow along overview of DHHC’s 3D...
Celebrating Apollo’s ‘Giant Leap’
National Public Radio’s Science Friday covers the Apollo Mission Anniversary and features the work of the Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections in the USF Libraries. Dr. Lori Collins and the DHHC team are highlighted in the story and SciFri produced a web...
Watch: Beams were installed to shore up the historic Jackson House. Now, they may hasten its fall.
It's been nearly three years since wooden stabilizers were installed to shore up the historic Jackson House, downtown Tampa's rooming house for visiting African-American celebrities during an era of segregation. Tampa Bay Times reporter Paul Guzzo covers the 3D laser...
Preserving Heritage & Providing Open Access: A New Partnership in Preservation Brings 3D Leaders Together
A new partnership in heritage preservation and open data access has the University of South Florida Libraries working with leaders in the field of 3D digital heritage, bringing increased levels of interaction and availability of resources to the world. As we have seen...
When It Rains It Pours!
Field update – for several days we had light to no rain, coming only for short periods in the afternoon, but then we really got RAIN!!! For about 4 hours straight we had consistent downpours. Fortunately, our 3D Specialists working on the monument documentation (Jorge...
No Rain Meets Hot!
March 19, 2019 post – No rain today, but a heat has definitely returned. Our team continued with the terrestrial laser scanning survey in the site Acropolis and southwest portion of the Great Plaza today. Our newest TLS bit of kit is the Leica RTC360 scanner- which is...
Field Work Continues
Light rain in the morning with brief showers just before noon seems to be the weather pattern. Our team has been working with short, mid and long range terrestrial laser scanners, with today including about 7 hours of scanning time. We are working with three TLS...
The Importance of Our Work
The massive carved stone monuments of the archaeological site of Quiriguá, in the municipality of Los Amates, Department of Izabal, Guatemala are the finest examples of art, iconography, and epigraphy in the ancient Maya World, and serve as “an essential source for...
Notes from the Field
Arriving to the city on Friday, we immediately went to the museum. We were in a hurry to gain access to Quiriguá Altar L, because the piece was set to be on loan to a museum in Toronto and would not be available after this week for our team to digitize. Using our...
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