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3D Data and Visualization

Love Data Week

February 14th, 2022

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Doug Daniels, UCLA

Scott Mcavoy, UCSD

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3D Data

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Point Cloud

Polygon Mesh

Voxel (3D pixel)

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Tiwanaku

Reconstructing the Past at the Pumapunku

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Dr Alexei Vranich, 2016

tinyurl.com/ReconstructingTiwanaku

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bolivia_physical_map.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku#/media/File:Puma_Punku14.JPG

tinyurl.com/ReconstructingTiwanaku

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tinyurl.com/ReconstructingTiwanaku

Courtesy Alexei Vranich

Courtesy Alexei Vranich

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tinyurl.com/ReconstructingTiwanaku

All images courtesy Alexei Vranich

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/7_Puma_Punku.jpg

Courtesy Alexei Vranich

tinyurl.com/ReconstructingTiwanaku

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Artec handheld scanners

Space Spider

Eva

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Objects 5 mm and up

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0.1mm resolution

Objects 10 cm and up

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0.5mm resolution

sketchfab.com/LuxLab

Structured Light Scanning

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Ant Nesting Behavior

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

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Sean O’Fallon & Eva Sofia Lowell

Pinter-Wollman Lab

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Cuneiforms

Preserving Cultural Heritage

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Library Special Collections, ongoing

sketchfab.com/LuxLab

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sketchfab.com/LuxLab

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sketchfab.com/LuxLab

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LiDAR

  • Light Detection and Ranging
  • Up to 110m range
  • <1cm accuracy

Artec Ray

www.artec3d.com

tinyurl.com/LuxLabProjects

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LiDAR

  • Light Detection And Ranging
  • Drone compatibility
  • Large-scale surveying

www.gpsworld.com

www.geodetics.com

tinyurl.com/LuxLabProjects

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LiDAR

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tinyurl.com/LuxLabProjects

Andrew Tallon - news.nationalgeographic.com

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LiDAR

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tinyurl.com/LuxLabProjects

Andrew Tallon - news.nationalgeographic.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_FLIP

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LiDAR

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tinyurl.com/LuxLabProjects