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The Z+F 5006i scanner is one of the Center's three long/mid-range scanners. Others are an Optech ILRIS and a Leica C10. The Z+F is a phase based system while the Optech and Lieca systems are time-of-flight. The Z+F is designed for an effective working range of 1m to ca 50 m - though somewhat longer distances are possible out to its design limit of 79 m. Because it is a phase based system it can acquire data very rapidly - up to some 500,000 poiunts/second and its morotized head permtis data to be acquired in a 360 degree (horizontal) by 310 degree (vertical) coverage. As a result it is ideal in scanning building interiors, complex urban spaces and similar situations.  Like the C10 it can be used in stand-alone mode or with wireless or wired connection to a laptop.

The 5 mpixel Schneider Kreuznach M Cam camera system can be attached to the Z+F scanner to automatically acquire  color images that can be mapped onto the point cloud. Specifications of the camera system are provided here.  Data acquired by the systems is processed using various software including Cyclone, CloudWorx (for AutoCAD) PolyWorks and Rapidform. Results from Z+F scans can be quickly displayed over the web using the Leica TrueView software.


More information on the Z+F 5006i can be found here.

Research and education projects

Research Projects

Stabia is a ancient Roman town just southwest of its much more famous neighbor Pompeii.  Like Pompeii, however, it was also overwhelmed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  The structures preserved by this disaster are generally larger villas. In summer 2010 the Z+F's ability to rapidly scan interiors was used to good effect in scanning at Stabia. More information is available on the project pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Projects

Along with the Leica C10, the Z+F 5600i was part of the  CI-TRAIN NSF  funded summer field training program at the University of Arkansas campus in summer 2010 (more information is here) as well as the 2010 summer program at Eleusis Greece co-sponsored by the Center, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and the Initiative of Heritage Conservancy (more details are here).

 An important area for the use of scanners is in the documentation of historic structures.  One of the first projects for the Z+F was in scanning the historic Fay Jones residence in Fayetteville Arkansas (photo in upper left).  In the summer of 2010 a team of architectural students documented the house to the Historic American Building Survey's specifications.  Their drawings of the E. Fay and Gus Jones House won first place in the 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize competition (announcement is here). Over the next months the results of this type of documentation will be compared with the scanner data to assess the strengths and weaknesses of these two complimentary methods.