Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 3 dimensional documentation

2018-02-22 Thread john cummings
This fits nicely with the increase in drone photography, there are several software packages that can create 3d models from drone footage On 22 February 2018 at 08:48, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > This is quite an exciting development!! Of course, it could always speed > things up (and encourage

Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 3 dimensional documentation

2018-02-21 Thread Isla Haddow Flood
This is quite an exciting development!! Of course, it could always speed things up (and encourage others to donate their already created models) if there was a specific global prize category for 3-D modeled monuments …? warmest Isla > On 22 Feb 2018, at 3:03 AM, Philip Kopetzky wrote: > > The

Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 3 dimensional documentation

2018-02-21 Thread Philip Kopetzky
There are definitely people out there making 3D models of monuments, one example being http://www.noe-3d.at/ , a website for monuments in Lower Austria.The time time and effort needed to create a model out of several hundred pictures (depending on the size of the monument) are quite high though. Ne

Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 3 dimensional documentation

2018-02-21 Thread Lily
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > Hi all, > > As some of you may have noticed, Wikimedia is now supporting the upload of > 3D models of objects. See this WMF blog post. > > I'm just curious: are there any national competitions planning to focus even > slightly on 3D submissions in