Below you'll find the first of the 3D models available for download:  we will add many more in early 2003.  We ask that you respect the cooperation given by the institutions who have allowed us to share these files.  Finally, please keep in touch to tell us what you're doing with these models!

Some Archaeological Uses for 3D Data

When objects or sites are documented by INSIGHT teams, the data gathered is archived for future use.  An archive's 3D data consists of all digital point measurements taken at a given site.  These point measurements, stored in a variety of formats, constitute an accurate expression of the real object in digital space.  The archived data is usable in different ways:

Available file types

QSplat Viewer (point display)

QSplat is a efficient 3D viewer developed by Szymon Rusinkiewicz at Stanford University's Graphics Lab.  QSplat is free for academic and research use and is supported on Linux, Irix, Solaris, and Windows platforms.  QSplat uses common OpenGL graphics hardware to accelerate the display of the raw 3D points available in a file:  each XYZ point is quickly drawn as one point, or splat, by the viewer.  To use QSplat:

Octree Viewer (voxel display)

Octree Viewer, an efficient voxel 3D viewer, is provided without cost for non-commercial applications by Octree Corporation.  The Octree Viewer allows users to display 3D objects using their web browser.  Octree is available for Windows 95 / NT / 2000.  To use the Octree Viewer:

.OBJ Data (mesh data)

.OBJ is a standard mesh format that can be converted into a wide range of 3D data formats.  For an overview of converters, follow these links:

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