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North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Paper No. 6
Presentation Time: 11:40 AM

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE: AN OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF DIGITAL 3D IMAGERY IN PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND OUTREACH


FARKE, Andrew A., Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, 1175 West Baseline Road, Claremont, CA 91711-2199, WIDGA, Chris, Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, CLAWSON, Steven R., Geology, Beloit College, 700 College St. Box 514, Beloit, WI 53511, NOTO, Christopher, Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, PO Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141 and PETERSON, Joseph E., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Harrington Hall 211, Oshkosh, WI 54901, cwidga@museum.state.il.us

3D technology has great potential for distributing virtual fossils among specialists and the public. Although technical hurdles for sharing 3D models are no longer significant, a sustained, stable platform for sharing paleontological 3D models with the scientific community and the public has yet to emerge. Researchers and museums are mutual stakeholders in open data distribution efforts. Any successful database will meet unique paleontological metadata needs, as well as accommodate institutional requirements for sensitive locality information and intellectual property. Digital 3D models have the potential to provide authentic educational experiences to many more students than would be possible with physical specimens. If widely distributed, they may also undercut the market in fossils and antiquities. This will be an open discussion of current efforts to create online vertebrate paleontology 3D databases, and will explore requirements for successful sharing of digital 3D data.

Session No. 25

From Virtual to Real and Back Again: Emerging 3-D Applications in Paleontology
Wednesday, 20 May 2015: 9:55 AM-12:20 PM
Hall of Ideas J (Monona Terrace Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 5, p.75
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