things that worry me 1. loss of unstructured process documentation (aka “detailed notes”)
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Things that Worry Me 1. Loss of Unstructured Process Documentation
(aka “detailed notes”)
Response to Mobile Apps SessionFAIMS Stocktaking Workshop 2012
Adam RabinowitzThe University of Texas at [email protected]
Bert Hodge Hill’s 1902 Corinth field notebook, from the Corinth archives
Things that Worry Me 2. Impoverished Drawing and Sketching
(aka “connect-the-dots”)
From John Wallrodt’s blog Paperless Archaeology (paperlessarchaeology.com): examples of the PARP:PS context drawing system using the vector-based TouchDraw app
From coastalarchaeology.blogspot.com: excavation unit mapping using PDF graph paper (left) and clean-up with illustration software
Various sketches made with iPad drawing apps: Bamboo Paper (with grid, upper left) and Paper (ballpoint pen “brush”, above, and fountain pen “brush”, left)
Things that Are Exciting 1. Computational Photography
Photomodels made with AutoDesk’s 123D Catch application, with cloud processing (they also make an iPad app)
Model of a church pier by Herman Kruger, http://www.123dapp.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/776302
Things that Are Exciting 2. Self-conscious Field Survey
(with thanks to Matthias Lang)
Things that Still Worry Me Despite All the Excitement:
That Old Black Box
Back to the analog: stratigraphic preservation through 3D
printing?
3D print model of surface of Mars derived from NASA imagery and posted on Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25319)