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Archaeo-Tech: Photogrammetry

2 minutes 21 seconds

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Archaeologists preserve an excavation site in three dimensions using a new photographic technique. Photogrammetry is the art and science of extracting 3-D information from photographs. The process involves taking overlapping photographs of an object, structure, or space and converting them into 2-D or 3-D digital models. Part of the "Archaeo-Tech" series.

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Runtime: 2 minutes 21 seconds

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