The sites of some of America’s proudest moments and historical achievements are eroding and rusting away at Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Using terrestrial laser scanning in combination with aerial LiDAR, imaging, and geospatial documentation, researchers at the University of South Florida are digitally preserving and conditionally assessing these structures to develop management and interpretive plans and curriculum to teach field methods and preservation skills to scientists of the future.

1. ALLIANCE FOR INTEGRATED SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIESCOLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAHTTP://AIST.USF.EDU

2. PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr. Margo Schwadron, Archeologist, Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC)
Rusty Simmons and Jayce Hill, archeology field crew from SEAC
Superintendent John Slaughter, Ninety-Six National Historic Site
Sarah Cunningham, Interpretation Ranger
John "Gray" Wood, Maintenance Chief/Operations
Drs. Lori Collins and Travis Doering, Principal Investigators
Dr. Jeffrey Du Vernayand Bart McLeod, 3D Survey
Dr. Sarah Kruse, Geophysics
Steven Fernandez, GIS Manager
Jorge Gonzalez, 3D Modeling
Joseph Evans, Graduate Student (Ph.D), Google Glass, GoPro, AR
Christine McKniff, Graduate Assistant (MS), Geophysics
Garrett Speed, Graduate Assistant (MA), 3D Printing
Bert Bender, Structural Engineer
Special Thanks to: The Greenwood Fire and Rescue Confined Space Specialty Team
South Carolina Educational Television
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3. SCANNING UNDERGROUND
•Project used digital imaging, terrestrial laser scanning, and aerial LiDARcombined with remote sensing and GPS survey
•We documented, prepared conditional analysis, and are developing public interpretation methods that extend management, preservation, and interpretation potentials that yield insight into important historical events in our Nation's history.
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4. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT
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6. Area of Collapsed tunnel
Collapsed
earth
earth
Brick
Wood framePROJECT PLANNING
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8. Right Gallery
Left Gallery
Entrance Shaft
Collapse Area 1
& Excavation
Collapse Area 2
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North
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20 feet
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10. SURVEY AND SCANNING CHALLENGES
•SAFETY FIRST
•LIGHTING
•TARGETING
•MOVEMENT OF THE SCANNER
•CLEANLINESS
•BRINGING SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE DATA SETS TOGETHER
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11. Tunnel 1
Tunnel 2
Entrance Shaft
Collapse Area 1
& Excavation
Collapse Area 2
25 feet
North
10 feet
20 feet
Opening up two areas to access tunnels…
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12. On-site conditions were examined by fire and rescue and structural engineer
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17. GREEN LIGHT TO SCAN
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