PGRic's Most Recent Replies To Comments

Skara Brae Neolithic Village, Orkney, UK

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:35:29 Z

by jccwsynth "Skara Brae is a Neolithic village on the Mainland of Orkney, UK. It is approximately 5000 years old."

Aujawandijar Over 1 year ago

Very good work. Overhead pointcloud is recomended to see how perfect image this is:)

Martello Tower: Inside & Out

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:30:40 Z

by lostinthetriangle "This is still a work in progress (out of memory error) then I can add some more detail. Until then, enjoy! "F" full screen "P" point cloud...give it time to load! use the "View Synth in Direct3D Viewer" for the best full screen point cloud experience! There is a Martello located at Ferry Reach in St George's Parish. It was completed in the 1820s. Martello towers (or simply Martellos) are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. They stand up to 40 feet (12m) high (with two floors) and typically had a garrison of one officer and 15-25 men. Their round structure and thick walls of solid masonry made them resistant to cannon fire, while their height made them an ideal platform for a single heavy artillery piece, mounted on the flat roof and able to traverse a 360° arc. A few Martello towers were surrounded by a moat for extra defence. They were used throughout the 19th century, but became obsolete with the introduction of powerful rifled artillery. Many have survived to the present day, often preserved as historic monuments."

dubleelvis Over 1 year ago

This is a synth to spend time with very rewarding. a good model of how to get the best out of synthing. quite fun to go up the stairwell look outside then go back down Dubleelvis

Raglan Castle

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:37:59 Z

by RyanG "Raglan castle is undoubtedly the finest late medieval fortress-palace in Britain. A lavish proclamation of the success of an entrepreneurial Welsh family, it was begun, probably on the site of a small Norman castle, during the 1430's by Sir William ap Thomas. This opportunistic veteran of the French wars raised its mighty "Yellow Tower" (yet known also as "Great Tower"), a moated stronghold equipped with up-to-date gunports and a unique hexagonal plan with elaborate double drawbridge arrangements. His still more successful son William Lord Herbert, Yorkist viceroy in Wales during the War of the Roses, added a palatial double courtyard mansion, luxurious within but defended by a formidable gatehouse and many towered walls. Like his father, he imitated fashionable French building styles and employed expert masons whose trademarks can still be seen on Raglan's finely dressed sandstone walls. Built regardless of cost and sumptuously embellished with carving, the castle became still more splendid under Herbert's Elizabethian descendants, who added a lordly banqueting hall and other fashionable apartments, hints of this splendor can be seen in the windows, the moulded roof corbels and huge fireplaces. Other notable features of the castle include the Fountain Court, the Pitched Stone Court, a buttery, pantry, Kitchen Tower, Closet Tower, office wing, South Gate, Chapel and State Apartments. Yet Raglan remained a fortress, enduring a fierce thirteen week siege during the Civil War. The strongly built Yellow Tower shrugged off bombardment by heavy artillery and when the castle surrendered to Parliament, had to be laboriously undermined before two of its six sides fells down 'in a lump'. The strength and high quality of this splendid monument to medieval family pride is indeed still obvious today."

alisha66 Over 1 year ago

Nice article. Raglan Castle is a magnificent late medieval fortress lying 7 miles west of the Monmouth in the south Wales.
http://www.journeyidea.com/raglan-castle-its-majesty

Santa Barbara Courthouse Fountain Sculpture Statue

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:46:47 Z

by EdLee "Santa Barbara County Courthouse: Sculpture. May take a few minutes to load. Please wait for the Point Cloud to load -- it should appear almost solid. You'll know it when the "shimmering" stops. :) For best Point Cloud, use Direct3D Viewer."

Nathanael Over 1 year ago

For what it's worth, Ed, I'm glad you went with the full resolution photos on this one. When Photosynth introduces dense reconstruction this synth will shine all the more.

If you know someone who has a computer with obscene amounts of RAM, you should try the original photos in Yasutaka Furukawa's PMVS2 by using Henri Astre's PhotosynthToolkit. If you don't have the originals anymore, you can download original resolution copies of the photos with Henri's PhotosynthTileDownloader.

Cow & Calf Quarry, Ilkley

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:50:40 Z

by Watershed_Landscape "Interior of Cow & Calf Quarry"

PGRic Over 1 year ago

Excellent - how many horizontal image strips did you have to take? The lower strips appear to have fixed the max zoom out, which also improves the panorama.

St Cuthberts Cave

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:40:33 Z

by kration "St Cuthbert's Cave is named after Saint Cuthbert (634-687), who travelled from Lindisfarne to Durham, and rested in this cave on the way. Cuthbert was bishop of Lindisfarne. He converted Lindisfarne to Roman Christianity from Celtic Christianity. I'm not sure if that's in his favour or not! The cave is approched from a wooded path, which branches off into a ferned glade leading to the cave. It is a very special place, very peaceful. The rock of the cave is soft, and there are a lot of carvings - nothing prehistoric that I could see, but a lot of interesting 'graffiti' over the last few centuries. This includes carvings from the family that owns the land, though I would not class this as 'graffiti' - it is much more thoughtful than that. See if you can find the tributes they have carved . In this synth I've tried to show how the cave appears to you as you approach it from the path. I am amazed about how well the synth program has replicated my photos. Although there is one bit where it gets it badly wrong! You approach the cave along the path, explore the cave, leave via the ferned glade and are met by the vista of the Cheviots. But, the best bit is zooming in on the graffiti and testaments, or exploring the cave, or seeing the little pillar of rock that supports the caves overhang, or seeing my bike, or the Cheviot landscape - I can't make my mind up."

amn.hodge Over 1 year ago

great point cloud

Tinaja Blanca Petroglyph Site

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:29:08 Z

by sir_ivar "Trying to create a high resolution point cloud of this newly discovered archaeological site."

PGRic Over 1 year ago

Definitely a cracking methodology you're developing there Mark. I'll have to try once again to get my head round the vagaries of Meshlab.

Hagar Qim

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:03:29 Z

by Marouska "Hagar Qim is a prehistoric temple found in Malta in the village of Zurrieq"

PGRic Over 1 year ago

Excellent synth.
I visited this about 20 years ago in my teens and went round the site with my mouth wide open. Hard to believe this is about 5500+years old.

Terra Cotta Warriors

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:00:03 Z

by robert_sprout "The Terracotta Army (traditional Chinese: 兵馬俑; simplified Chinese: 兵马俑; pinyin: bīngmǎ yǒng; literally "soldier and horse funerary statues") are the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. The terracotta figures, dating from 210 BCE, were discovered in 1974 by several local farmers near Xi'an, Shanxi province, China near the Mausouleum of the First Qin Emperor. (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qín Shǐhuáng Líng). The figures vary in height (183–195 cm - 6ft–6ft 5in), according to their role, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits. Check out my other synths and tell me what you think. Be sure to use your P button to toggle between point clouds and photos. I also like viewing synths in the Direct3D viewer. Just click on the bottom left."

sencex Over 1 year ago

363 Photos - 96% Synthy
Cool!!!

Tyrannosaurus Rex, American Museum of Natural Hist

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:27:34 Z

by robert_sprout "This T-Rex is in the Museum of Natural History in NYC."

CliffBreedlove Over 1 year ago

very nice!