Real-Time Applications

Great Wall Cultural Heritage

URL:
www.internationalmediacentre.com/imc/index.html

Contact:
Eric Frost and Eldon C. Hylton, San Diego State University (SDSU), USA, and International Media Centre (IMC), Beijing, China, eric.frost @ sdsu.edu, hylton @ cimcltd.cn

Collaborators:
IMC, China: Eldon C. Hylton, Li Wang
SDSU, USA: Eric Frost, Bob Welty, John Graham
Great Wall Society, China:: Cheng-Xi Zhao, You-Jie Song, Yun-Song Ge
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), University of California, San Diego, USA: Steve Cutchin
GLORIAD / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China: Baoping Yan, Kai Nan
GLORIAD / University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Institute for Computational Sciences: Greg Cole, Natasha Buloshova
Chinese Institute of Surveying and Mapping, China: Jie Sun
Cybermapping Lab, University of Texas-Dallas, USA: Xue-Ming Xu, Carlos Aiken
GEON visualization and 3D-scanning lab, University of Idaho, USA: John Oldow
Stanford University, USA: Milton Chen

An interactive visual presentation using graphical tools and high-resolution videoconferencing enabled by high-speed networks makes it possible for iGrid attendees in San Diego to visit China’s Great Wall. Visualizations of CAD environments are combined with high-resolution 3D scans of physical images and satellite imagery stored on servers in China and San Diego. Visualizations focus on the Jinshanlin Section of the Great Wall, located in the Hebei Province of China, which was constructed during the Ming Dynasty. Data acquisition from laser scanning combined with photogrammetry enables the construction of unique cultural heritage images from China and forms the medium by which content can be organized and interactively delivered from China to locations worldwide.