The Scottish War Graves Project Part of the Scottish Military Research Group (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Experimental gravestone scanning          The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> News and Guidelines View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Adam Brown Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:28 pm    Post subject: Experimental gravestone scanning This link is to the BBC website and is about very interesting development in scanning technology which is being tested on old headstones in the US http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7024672.stm Adam Back to top Mary Young Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:31 pm    Post subject: Well that is typical of BBC "dumbing down". It's in the technology section but doesn't explain what the technology is!! Can anyone tell me how it works? _________________ Mary Young remembering my great-uncle, Joseph Lewis, 235304 Gordon Highlanders, 1898-21/9/1917. Back to top spoons Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:40 pm    Post subject: as a real techy guess - pattern recognition allied with vector graphics? \Paul Back to top Mary Young Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:20 pm    Post subject: Hmmm ... not being a techy ... "pattern recognition allied with vector graphics" leaves me more puzzled! What does the gizmo look like? A digital camera - or a handheld scanner - or a sheet of brown paper and some wax crayons? Can one weak woman carry it about or does it need a gang of strong men? _________________ Mary Young remembering my great-uncle, Joseph Lewis, 235304 Gordon Highlanders, 1898-21/9/1917. Back to top apanderson Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:31 pm    Post subject: Not being a 'techy' either . . . . I think you and I might be better sticking to sun and shadows Mary!! I have this image in my head of wandering around graveyards looking like a dalek or something - oh, wait a minute - daleks can only go on flat surfaces, or was that only in the days when I was scared witless of them? Anyway, I wonder if anyone's considered the amount of palimpsest stones - the ones with several inscriptions on top of each other, or would this new wonder thingy understand all that? Anne Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> News and Guidelines All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum General Section----------------IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THE POST IN THIS SECTIONNew Members IntroductionsNews and Guidelines Other Topics----------------Queries and RequestsUseful links Regions----------------AberdeenshireArgyll & ButeAyrshireBordersDumfries & GallowayDundee & AngusEdinburghFifeGlasgow & DunbartonshireHighlandsLanarkshireLothiansMorayOrkney & ShetlandPerth & KinrossRenfrewshireStirling & Central ScotlandWestern IslesOverseas burials  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com