Reconstructing China: the Virtual Western Han Dynasty

During the summers of 2008 and
2009 the University of California
Merced with the
Virtual Heritage Lab, Xian
Jaotong University, CNR (Italian
National Center of
Research), had the great
opportunity, unique for a
western research group, to
access archeological Chinese
sites in the Xian region (China).
Using Differential Global
Positioning System (DGPS),
Laser Scanners, 3D data
processing softwares, those
three institutions worked
together to obtain: important
telemetric surveys, a very rich
digital data collection of the
most representative monuments
and artifacts of the Western Han
Dynasty and also 3D
reconstructions of four tombs
and part of the ancient capital,
Changan.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• China
• western Han dinasty
• Han
• virtual reconstruction
• archeology
• virtual archeology
• laser scanner
• UC Merced
• Nicola Lercari
• Marco Valesi
• Fabrizio Galeazzi
• Maurizio Forte

[fabriziogaleazzi]

A great job! Especially for the 3D models!!!!!!

[paoladgdf77]

Yay!

[nenalizard]

Great Job!

Cultural Institutions seem to have understand that collaboration, sharing data, and new technologies are the way to the future!

My best wishes for the project!