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Madaen Saleh Rock Formation, Saudi Arabia

General Attributes
DOI	10.26301/zfkk-6975
Project Name	Madaen Saleh Rock Formation
Country	Saudi Arabia
Status	Published

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Data Bounds (approx.)
Data Types

Data Type	Size	Device Name	Device Type
Photogrammetry - Terrestrial	0.6 GB GB	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1	CAVEcam
Data Derivatives	1 GB GB	CaveCam	Not available

Background
Site Description	Madain Saleh is the southernmost outpost of the Nabateans; these tombs are from the first century, CE. KAUST arranged this CAVEcam expedition as part of a training session conducted by Dick Ainsworth, Tom DeFanti, and Dan Sandin, for KAUST Visualization Lab team members. This image shows a tomb in the distance carved from the sandstone, and a good idea of the native cliffs.
Project Description	Digital cameras are used to capture images in full stereo surround for use in virtual reality systems. These images can cover any field of view, including 360 degree by 180 degree spherical panoramas. Two photographic cylinders are created with identical dimensions, capturing the perspective as seen from each eye position. When these cylinders are mapped to a spherical surface, full stereo in all directions is achieved. This technique allows photographic imaging to create the virtual environment itself. The complete stereo image that is created by this technique can be viewed in any direction that is supported by the virtual reality system design.
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Collection Date	2011-04-11 to 2011-04-14
Publication Date	2022-05-04
License Type	CC BY-NC-ND

Entities
Contributors	Dick Ainsworth , Tom DeFanti , Dan Sandin
Collectors	N/A
Funders	N/A
Partners	N/A
Site Authority	N/A

Citation
Dick Ainsworth , Tom DeFanti , Dan Sandin 2022: Madaen Saleh Rock Formation - Photogrammetry - Terrestrial , Data Derivatives . Collected by . Distributed by Open Heritage 3D. https://doi.org/10.26301/zfkk-6975