Douglas_Gann's Most Recent Activity On Synths

Casa Grande National Monument

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:18:35 Z

"This is a collection of photos from Casa Grande National Monument. One of the most well known constructions of the ancient Southwest, this "big house" structure is made of puddled adobe, an architectural technology very similar to what modern builders call "rammed earth" construction. Big houses like these were built by a people archaeologists call the Hohokam, but the native O'odham people call Huhugam. These types of "puddled" adobe buildings were constructed throughout southern Arizona and parts of northern Mexico from around AD 1225 to AD 1400. There may have been several ancient "big houses" and at least 100 more similar structures called "Platform Mounds" across the desert Southwest. But none of these buildings were as well preserved as the Casa Grande. Its also important to note that the Casa Grande, and the adobe walled compound that surrounds it, are only one small part of the ancient village here. If you follow the Geotag for this Photosynth, you might be amazed to see how well other surrounding adobe compounds and another ancient feature called a "ballcourt" show up on the satellite photography. Zoom out slightly from the geotag and look to the north of the big house compound. The ballcourt will look like a pair of parenthesis marks So look for the shape that looks like this () ! From there, look just slightly to the north east. The rectangular object is another adobe compound, with a large platform mound inside. These features remain unexcavated so they can be preserved for future generations. The Center for Desert Archaeology is working the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Friends of Casa Grande National Monument, and the communities of Coolidge and Florence Arizona, along with National Park Service to expand the boundaries of the Casa Grande National Monument in order to preserve the ancient towns that were located near the features that you can see here."

douglas Over 1 year ago

These are fascinating, it's amazing these structures have lasted so long (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Grande_National_Monument) If you get chance please geotag the synth so that it shows up on the map. Thanks for sharing.

Mark.

Las Capas Area F

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:14:27 Z

"This Photosynth documents Area F of the site of Las Capas. The main point of this Photosynth project is to explore how the system can be used to document large profile exposures containing detailed stratigraphy. There are a couple of ancient canal cross sections as well. Photography by Mat Devitt"

eah Over 1 year ago

amazing this was done with only 233 shots (i bet that actually helps here) beautiful!

Homol'ovi IV Mk II

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:03:42 Z

"This is a second try at Photosynthing the site of Homol'ovi IV. This is getting better, try to get to the views on top of the site, or use your mouse wheel to "drill" down into some of the rock art images. Almost like you were there! To get photosynth right, you really need to photograph things in a different way, I'll get better coverage of this place next month. Cheers- Doug"

PGRic Over 1 year ago

Douglas, I’ve just spent 45 mins wandering around your synths - truly wonderful experience. In addition to Tony’s info, you could try the camera on continuous shoot walking around slowly. This seemed to work for me on this extensively carved outcrop: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ebd36c16-1e7a-467c-8ff2-d6b99f14e4c8 . You’ll probably only need every 3rd or 4th image to stitch/synth correctly (depending on camera and write speed)

Look forward to seeing more of your synths.

Rich

Casa Malpais

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:26:10 Z

"This is a Photosynth merging the Aerial Photography of Adrial Heisey and terrestrial photography by the Center for Desert Archaeology. This is a test, this is only a test."

Douglas_Gann Over 1 year ago

Hey, thanks for the tip, blaise!