Douglas_Gann's Most Recent Photosynths

Long House Village - Mesa Verde NP

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:43:11 Z

"A tour of Long House Village in Mesa Verde National Park"

Deer Valley Rock Art Center

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:23:42 Z

"This is a Photosynth of a complex rock art site called the Hedgpeth Hills Petroglyph Site in northern Phoenix, Arizona. This Photosynth does an amazing job of capturing both what it is like to tour this rock art site, as well as capturing dense and detailed 3d geometry. The rock art images are often very subtle. A couple of key groups of petroglyphs, have been highlighted here, but part of the fun of touring this site is to explore the area on your own and see what pops out at you. The carved stone glyphs were left by a people southwestern archaeologists call the Hohokam. The O'odham people call these same people Huhugam, which reflects an ancient ancestry. This photosynth also reflects part of the problem in photographing ancient rock art. On a different day, with different lighting conditions, an entirely different set of images may be visible. It will be fun to try this photosynth again on a late afternoon or a cloudy day. The Center for Desert Archaeology is conducting detailed studies of other ancient petroglyph sites in the Phoenix Basin. So check back soon to see more ancient art."

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.

Presidio San Agustine del Tucson

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:47:18 Z

"This is a Photosynth 3d model of a full scale physical model that was made from a 3d Studio Max model that was generated by incorporating archaeological data from excavations by Desert Archaeology Inc. Most of this reconstruction is based upon data collected by Homer Thiel as part of Tucson's Rio Nuevo project. The reconstruction reflects the North East torreon, or gun turret of the Tucson Presidio. The original structure was founded by the Spanish colonial military in 1776, and then subsequently expanded after repeated attacks by Apache raiders. The presidio was constructed to protect the local population of O'odham peoples and the Spanish settlers who joined them to form the community of Tucson. The reconstruction is roughly 15 feet off of the original foundation, and adobes from this wall are on display within the new presidio park. 

The original plan conceived for this reconstruction was intened to be part of a larger interpretive program in which the location of original the presidio walls would have been marked throughout downtown Tucson."

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!

Las Capas Area D

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:48:27 Z

"A sampling of features from Las Capas Area D.

Photography By Mat Devitt, 2009."

La Pintada

Tue, 26 May 2009 09:30:11 Z

"La Pintada is an ancient painted rockshelter near the city of Hermosillo, in the Mexican state of Sonora. The site is being developed into a national park by the Instituto Nacional de Antroplog'ae Historia..The painted images are pictographs, which means the figures were painted onto the rock surface rather than carved into the stone. Many of the images may have been made by the Seri Peoples of Northern Mexico, during the sixteenth century. However, some of these figures may be much older."

Las Capas Area C

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:20:46 Z

Kentucy Camp

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:12:29 Z

"Historic Mining Town in Southern Arizona. Managed by the BLM and stablized through the efforts of Volunteers.
These photos were taken on May 14 and 16."

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