Comments on: World Heritage Digitzation projects

World Heritage Digitzation projects

stbalbach — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:09:09 -0800

Ben Kacyras is the inventor of the portable Cyrax 3D scanning camera traditionally used by surveyors for quickly creating "surgical exact" 3D models of large structures. Ben has set a goal to scan every World Heritage Site on Earth and make it available online so that if anything were to happen to a site, an exact replica could be re-built. Example Cyrax pictures. More 3D Camera links and other World Heritage Digitization efforts.

By: Wulfgar!

Wulfgar! — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:06:45 -0800

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By: angry modem

angry modem — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:25:40 -0800

Finish him!

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:36:51 -0800

So, he's going to scan the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu National Park? Sounds ambitious. Particularly the "rebuilding" part.

By: Tarrama

Tarrama — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:36:00 -0800

Jimbob, your forgot The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, which satisfied seven of a possible eleven criteria, more than any other World Heritage Site and covers 1.38 million hectares.

By: djspicerack

djspicerack — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:25:45 -0800

dammit angry modem, you only beat me by one day on that. Exactly where I was going with this one.