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Dr
Stuart
Jeffrey
Research Fellow
Glasgow School of Art
Digital Design Studio
The Hub
Pacific Quay
Glasgow
G51 1EA
Scotland
Tel: +44 (0) 141 566 1465
The ACCORD team worked with The Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis on the 5th and 6th of July 2014. The project was based at the Glasgow Necropolis. Together we 3D recorded and modelled two headstone inscriptions (one dedicated to Francoise Foucart 1781-1863, the other to Mrs John MacDonald died 1841), and the portico and interior of the Monteath Mausoleum (1842-1850), in the Glasgow Necropolis (NS 60369 65405). We used the technologies of photogrammetry and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).
Established in 2005, the Friends of the Glasgow Necropolis have a constitution and is run entirely by a volunteer committee; membership is open to anyone over 18 and to families for a small fee. They are registered as a Scottish Charity (SC037918). As stated in their constitution "the objectives of the association are advancing public understanding and enjoyment of the Glasgow Necropolis, and working with Glasgow City Council to conserve and develop the Glasgow Necropolis, for the benefit and amenity of the public." Members include people from a range of professional backgrounds and from all across the globe. The ACCORD team worked with five members of the Friends, an Erasmus exchange student on placement with the Friends and one non-member who had previously collaborated with the Friends. The ACCORD engagement with the Friends grew out of an ongoing Adopt a Monument project run by Archaeology Scotland.
For photogrammetry, data collection consisted of digital images captured with an 18-55mm Nikkor lens on a Nikon D5300 DSLR camera and other various camera models (owned by members of the group). Before any images were taken, the camera and lens settings were set to automatic with no flash and images captured at JPG fine quality (metadata for each image is provided in the accompanying excel spreadsheet). A total of 609 digital images were captured in order to create a photogrammetric model of the Monteath Mausoleum.
For reflectance transformation imaging, in both cases, data collection consisted of digital images captured with an 18-55mm Nikkor lens on a Nikon D5300 DSLR camera. Before any images were taken, the camera and lens settings were fixed so that each image was taken within controlled parameters, with no flash and images captured at JPG fine quality. We used the RTI builder software available from Cultural Heritage Imaging, which uses a polynomial texture mapping plugin. We used a LED hand-held light source for highlight based data capture and a shiny black sphere mounted on a tripod next to the object surface. To minimise light pollution data capture took place under a tarp. In total we took 51 of the Francoise Foucart headstone and 40 of the Mrs John MacDonald headstone.
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