One of the digital artifacts, Ark_HM_Headpot, has been selected to show an example project metadata set below.
Acquisitional metadata
The project level metadata below would be completed once for the entire project.
| Project Level Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Project Name |
Virtual Hampson Museum Project |
| Name of monument, survey area, or object |
Ark_HM_Headpot |
| Monument/Object Number |
NA |
| Survey Location |
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park; Wilson, AR |
| Survey Date(s) of survey (Month/day/year) |
6-APR-2008 |
| Survey Conditions |
Indoors |
| Scanner Details |
Konica Minolta VIVID 9i; mm |
| Company/Operator Name |
Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Christopher Goodmaster |
| Control data collected? |
N |
| Turntable used? |
Y |
| RGB Data Capture |
Y. The VIVID 9i uses internal RGB capture. A three point lighting system was used to illuminate the object from the top and from both sides; this minimized shadows on the object. Each light in the system had 1-3 white light (5000k) flicker free fluorescent bulbs. The number of bulbs that were used to illuminate each artifact varied depending on ambient light conditions and object color. |
| Estimated Data Resolution |
0.35mm |
| Total Number of Scans in Project |
18 |
| Archived Datasets |
Original scans, registered dataset, premesh dataset, Mesh dataset, Decimated mesh dataset |
| Planimetric map of scan coverage areas |
N |
| Additional project notes |
NA |
| Images from survey |
Y. Ark_HM_Headpot_001.jpg, Ark_HM_Headpot_003, Ark_HM_Headpot_004.jpg, Arka_HM_006.jpg, Ark_HM_Headpot_009.jpg, Ark_HM_headpot_010.jpg |
The information in the scan level metadata table below would be completed for every scan in the project. This information could easily be created in a spreadsheet using the metadata elements as column headings and a row per scan.
| Scan Level Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Scan Filename |
Ark_HM_Headpot_scan1.txt |
| Scan Transformation Matrix |
Ark_HM_Headpot_scan1_matrix.txt |
| Name of monument/object area |
Ark_HM_Headpot |
| Survey Date |
6-APR-2008 |
| Scan Number |
1 of 18 |
| Number of Points in Scan |
160909 |
| Additional Scan Notes |
NA |
| Scanner Technology |
Triangulation |
| Data resolution |
0.37 |
| Lense or FOV Details |
Tele lense |
| Registration Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Name of Registered Dataset |
Ark_HM_Headpot_GR.txt |
| Total number of scans used in Registration/Total number acquired |
18 of 18 |
| Global Registration Error in units (2 units precision) |
0.06 |
| Total number of points in final registration |
3156822 |
| Pre-Mesh Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Name of Pre-Mesh Dataset |
Ark_HM_Headpot_GRE.txt |
| Number of points in file |
995742 |
| Point Deletion Summary |
Overlap reduction was computed in Polyworks software. Following overlap reduction, floating data points were also deleted. Data remnants from overlap reduction were also deleted. |
| Overlap Reduction (Y/N) (optional) |
Y |
| Smoothing (Y/N) (optional) |
N |
| Subsampling (Y/N) (optional) |
N |
| Color Editions (Y/N) (optional) |
N |
| Mesh Creation and Editing Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Name of Mesh Dataset |
Ark_HM_Headpot.obj |
| Estimated mesh spacing |
.8 |
| Holes Filled (Y/N) |
Y |
| Smoothing (Y/N) |
Y |
| Color Editions (Y/N) (optional) |
N |
| Healing/despiking (Y/N) (optional) |
Y |
| Total Triangle count (post editing) |
647169 |
| RGB Color Included (Y/N) |
Y |
| Data Reduction (Y/N) |
N |
| Coordinate System Adjustment (Y/N) |
N |
| Additional processing notes |
NA |
| Decimated Mesh Metadata |
Sample Entry |
| Name of decimated mesh dataset |
Ark_HM_Headpot_25k.obj |
| Total Original Triangle Count |
647169 |
| Decimated Triangle Count |
25000 |
| RGB Color preserved from original dataset |
Y |
