ESRI Project Competition Application

CAST’s 3D Laser Scanning Proposal Competition

Do you like to work in 3D? Ever wished you could obtain a model of some real world object without having to model it yourself, polygon by polygon? Now you can! Using a technology known as 3D laser scanning, you can acquire 3D data of nearly anything in your environment. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) has access to two 3D laser scanners and would like to come to your school to scan any object(s) that you like! You can scan objects as small as a pencil with an amazing level of detail using the Konica Minolta VIVID 9i scanner (learn more about the VIVID 9i here). Interested in scanning something much larger such as a building or a cliff face? Then the Optech laser scanner may be better suited for your project needs (learn more about the Optech here).

CAST is accepting proposals from EAST labs describing how this technology can be implemented into an EAST project. The winning school will be announced at this year’s conference, and a CAST staff member will travel to the school for a two day session to assist students in using the scanner and processing the 3D data. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to use University-level research equipment valued at over a half million dollars! 3D objects can be exported in numerous formats that can be imported into your projects in SoftImage, Lightwave, or other 3D software.

How to Win Another source of information on what these scanners are capable of is CAST’s Internet Virtual Metrology Lab (InVirMet). Here you’ll find more examples of how we use this technology, BUT we want you to be creative and not necessarily choose something commonly done. We know EAST students have tons of ideas, and we want to see them when we read your proposals. The past two winners of this competition were projects that involved scanning buildings with the Optech, so for 2009 things will probably change (hint hint).

For more technical information, please don’t hesitate to contact Adam Barnes ([email protected]).

Please submit your application and PowerPoint as an attachment to [email protected] by Wednesday, January 21st.

Submission / Contact Information

Names of Team Members:

School Name:

Main Student Contact Name: Email Address:

Facilitator’s Name: Email Address: Proposal Guidelines Send us your proposal of no more than two pages in length (single spaced). Each proposal should include: 1. - an abstract (brief overall summary of your proposal, 2-5 sentences) 2. - an introduction/problem statement (why do this project) 3. - objectives and approach, (what you plan to do and a little bit on how you plan to do it, including images of the object(s) desired to be scanned) 4. - a summary of community benefits, including: a. the situation in which using this application addresses or benefits the community, b. the procedures followed to explore the situation or solve a problem (if applicable), c. who you are helping/benefiting, and to what degree, d. what is next for this project, e. and any other helpful information 5. - one PowerPoint slide that will be used to identify the winning submission on stage during the Opening Plenary on Tuesday, March 3rd. Include the following items on the one (1) PowerPoint slide: o Submission title o Team name o School name, city and state o Brief description of the submission (large enough print so that it is easy to read) or an image or screenshot

(Left) A completed model comprised of multiple scans of a cat-effigy pot, used by the Upper Nodena Native American culture and found in Crittenden County, Arkansas (scanned with Konica/Minolta Vivid 9i scanner)

(Right) Last year’s 3D Laser Scanning contest winner, the historic Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, scanned for the students of Eureka Springs High School (scanned with Optech ILRIS-3D)