Monthly Archive: June 2012

Jun 25

Augmented Reality

Hi Folks, I’m interested in AR at the moment for archaeology – smartphone AR rather than the headsets, gloves, and haptics of VR. There’re obvious uses of augmented reality for public archaeology, outreach, and education (including games), but I wonder if anybody is doing anything regarding AR and landscapes? Stuart Eve in the UK is …

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Jun 18

GIS Help

I’ve used the 15′ quads for Pittsylvania County, VA, imported them into CAD and placed a symbol over each structure and organized them in layers and saved them as shapefiles. Then I’ve pulled them into QGIS and can query those. But what I want to be able to do is to work with Census data, …

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Jun 18

Pattern Recognition

What I could really use is some form of pattern recognition software that uploads a 30′ and/or 15′ USGS quad sheet and recognizes the railroad symbol and then creates a shape that superimposes itself upon it that can then be uploaded into a CAD or GIS program to map the hundreds of miles of RR …

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Jun 13

Actual artifacts versus Virtual Objects

As I sit here creating a replica (using a MakerBot replicator) of a Fort Ancient effigy pipe from a digital file loaned to me, I am interested in discussing how others use and view virtual objects in terms of public archaeology, research collaboration, and issues with creating and sharing not only digital files, but replicas …

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Jun 11

whoo-hoo

Thank you for accepting my registration and very much looking forward to meeting new people and being able to participate in such a learning workshop.  This is very exciting and looking forward to August!  kev

Jun 11

Registration Now Closed

Thanks to all who have registered for THATCamp CAA-NA! We have 46 total registered participants. Thanks to my friends and colleagues on Twitter and in the Scholars’ Lab who helped get the word out in the last two weeks and grow our list by about 30. I will be sending out logistical emails to participants …

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Jun 02

Registration Period Extended

In order to provide more time for potential attendees to register for THATCamp CAA-NA, we are extending the deadline from May 31st to June 10. We have plenty more space for participants. Registration is first come, first served until June 10. We currently have a diverse and interesting crop of applicants, and we’d love to …

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