Data Visualization Update: 3D Thorpe Pool

Data: The data we hope to use were images we took of the pool on Friday. However, this most recent batch of photos is very very large, so these images are still being processed. We had many failed iterations of taking pictures, since the photogrammetry software was having trouble piecing together various areas of the pool area, likely due to reflection off of the water, but the combination of our previous photos are what we have to show for the time being. We have been bouncing between the softwares RealityCapture and Metashape, and the embedding below was done using RealityCapture, but the final visualization may use Metashape if it produces a better model. The source of our data was our original photos, and the data will be “cleaned” by running it through Metashape. Settings within Metashape that will specifically be used will include changing the key point the 100,000 and tie point to 0, deselecting generic preselection and reference presentation, and building the point cloud, mesh model, and texture.

Tool: As previously mentioned, the software we used to visualize the model was Metashape.

Data viz: The visualization is explanatory, in that it shows what the pool looks like without you physically being there. We still need to add the story points of to show the areas of interest within the pool.

Style: Not much has to be done to increase clarity for a 3D model; since our model is still not good looking, we haven’t had to trim / clean up the model. This step might have to be done when our most recent batch of photos uploads to Metashape, so for the time being, we’re crossing our fingers that this new batch produces a better model.