site recording tall tripod photography at mesa verde digital documentation at the ramessseum reconstruction recording objects and structures in chich n itz rebuilding an acanthus column in greece geographic recording recording quarries in upper egypt assembling an archaeological map of thebes architecture the illuminated palace rebuilding the avila portal at usf films and web sites sunken treasures of the nile ramses ii the great voyage the maya skies data archive donate now insight believes in visualization what data matters to you how can information be seen read about the visualization techniques we use and how you can apply them to your work . more ... recording the quarries of aswan and gebel silsilah insight s field survey of several important ancient quarries in upper egypt led to an unexpected discovery and surprising onward development of the data . more ... the maya skies data archive www.mayaskies.net mayaskies.net a new site created by insight provides open source data and tools for researchers educators and full dome film producers . more ... a decade of digital documentation at the ramesseum content projects the french archaeological mission in thebes is using insight staff and data to help prepare their eventual publication of the temple of ramses ii . more ... tall tripod photography at mesa verde national parks service archaeologists at mesa verde peer in on areas too fragile to access via insight s tall tripods . more ... rebuilding an acanthus column in delphi archaeologist jean luc martinez used laser scan data to validate his idea the well known omphalos sculpture once rested on a column of dancers . more ... engineers of illumination the illuminated palace tagline text insight worked with california state parks to reproduce angel island inscriptions in nyc for moca . more ... reassembling the avila portal at usf cyark and chapiter construction joined forces with insight to erect a historic stone portal on the usf campus . more ... archaeological map of western thebes using a 1962 institut g ographique national survey of western thebes we helped build a 3d model required for current archaeological work . more ... insight 2000 2010 read about insight s work over the last ten years then join us in making plans for our next decade . more ... 01 insight believes in visualization 02 recording the quarries of aswan and gebel silsilah 03 the maya skies data archive www.mayaskies.net 04 a decade of digital documentation at the ramesseum 05 tall tripod photography at mesa verde 06 rebuilding an acanthus column in delphi 07 engineers of illumination the illuminated palace tagline text 08 reassembling the avila portal at usf 09 archaeological map of western thebes 10 insight 2000 2010 pause frontpage slideshow copyright 2006 2010 joomlaworks a business unit of nuevvo webware ltd. read on introducing insight the sciences have never been richer in data . from static formulas to dynamic simulations science is shifting . archaeologists use digital proxies both for scientific study and as a hedge against the destruction of artifacts . climate scientists see the world through data and see their data through visualizations . marine biologists discover new species in the deep sea using remote data collection at great depths . building engineers manipulate digital jig saw pieces in simulated space before transforming the actual world . read on the mayaskies.net open archive the product of more than four years of work this repository for the data collected during the making of the full dome filmtales of the maya skies contains photography and 3d models of objects and structures at the maya site chich n itz complemented by articles and video that describe how to work with the data using open source software . popular projects the maya skies archive the quarries of aswan and gebel silsileh recording angel island poetry an archaeological map of western thebes more projects google plus one sunken treasures of the nile explore egypt s ancient quarries on the nile with the insight team in this 2010 national geographic channel film . read more ramses ii the great journey philippe martinez and kevin cain introduce insight s work with dr. christian leblanc s team in the tomb of ramses ii . read more contact info the institute for study and integration of heritage techniques p.o. box 1166 berkeley ca 94701 2166 mission statement insight works to document and visualize the human record . for cultural heritage specialists insight acts as a bridge between the disciplines of archaeology art history computer graphics and computer vision . for the general public insight fosters interest in archaeology through the lively digital media we create . text size created by insight scroll to top