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Temple of the Sun photographs

 


Animation of the Temple of the Sun scan data in Polyworks

 

 

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(.obj polygonal mesh available in original resolution and 50% reduced resolution for faster download)
Data can be viewed using the free Rapidform EXPLORER. This free viewer application, based on Rapidform XOV, opens every popular 3D scanner file format, as well as STL, OBJ, IGS, STP and Parasolid formats. With EXPLORER, you can annotate and measure distances, angles and radii on both XOV inspection results and any point cloud, mesh or CAD model. EXPLORER also publishes 3D models as interactive web pages that can be viewed by anyone using just the Internet Explorer web browser.


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High resolution texture photos for visualization applications (please contact Turn on JavaScript! for ftp location)

 

Temple of the Sun
Laser scans edited and aligned in Polyworks 

 

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Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, (University of Arkansas) and Cotsen Institute for Archaeology (UCLA)

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Data developed under the authority of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Vladimir Dávila - Arquitecto del P.A.N Machu Picchu, Director del P.A.N Machu Picchu Direccion Regional de Cultura Cusco and Fernando Astete - National Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu. Data acquired, processed and distributed by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies staff (Snow Winters, Malcolm Williamson and Katie Simon) and by students in the 2009 Cotsen Institute for Archaeology  (UCLA) Cuzco/Machu Picchu Field School, Alexei Vranich Director.