Holden Observatory -- 3D Scanning a Full Size Building!

Holden Observatory -- 3D Scanning a Full Size Building!

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After scanning a few people, some art, and even my cat I was approached by Arland Whitfield, founder of Skyworks, with the idea to put our heads together & scan something BIG.

The building we decided on was Holden Observatory on Syracuse University's campus, being one of the oldest buildings in the area and at a little over 2 stories tall it was the perfect sized challenge to try and bite off.

![Scanning Holden](http://teambudmen.com/scanning-holden/holds/holden-web-24.jpg)

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##PROCESS Study

From my experiments scanning regular sized objects, I knew there were 3 basic angles we needed to capture in order to get the scan.

1. Low and angled up
2. High and angled down
3. Directly above and straight down

![Scanning Holden](http://teambudmen.com/scanning-holden/holds/drone-animation-trans.gif)

To read more about our process for scanning a full size building [check out the writeup](http://teambudmen.com/scanning-holden/)!

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