dont forget the NSS advert ! :O On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Geary Schindel via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> > Folks, > > Note that the date has changed from Thursday, June 15 at 11:55 am to > Friday, June 16 at 11:30 am. > > Thanks, > > Geary > > Edwards Aquifer Philosophical Society - > aka brown bag luncheon > > Friday, June 16, 2017 at 11:30 AM > > 3D Mapping of the Seco Creek Sinkhole, > A View of an Edwards Aquifer Recharge Feature from the Inside > > > By Benjamin von Cramon > and > Geary M. Schindel, P.G. > At > > Edwards Aquifer Authority > Training Room > 900 E Quincy Street, San Antonio, TX 78215 > > > Mr. Benjamin von Cramon and Mr. Geary Schindel will make a presentation on > "3D mapping of the Seco Creek Sinkhole, A View of an Edwards Aquifer > Recharge Feature from the Inside." The presentation will occur on Friday, > June 16, 2017 from 11:30 AM in the Training Room at the Edwards Aquifer > Authority, 900 E. Quincy Street, San Antonio, Texas. These are informal > presentations so please feel free to bring your lunch. You may also contact > the EAA at 210.222.2204 or www.edwardsaquifer.org<http:// > www.edwardsaquifer.org/> for additional directions. > > If you are traveling a long distance for the talk, I would recommend that > you call our receptionist at 210.222.2204 that morning to make sure that > the talk is still scheduled. On very rare occasions, we have had to cancel > or move the talk. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. > > Abstract > We will present the results of a pilot program to test the feasibility of > using 3D photoreal mapping of the Seco Creek Sinkhole located in Medina > County, Texas. This presentation will introduce the audience to 3D film and > photo techniques utilizing cutting edge technology. The 3D model has > multiple uses including an educational model of recharge features, cave > geology and hydrology, and also allows tracking and measurement of sediment > transport. The Seco Creek (Valdina Farm) Sinkhole is an important recharge > site in the Edwards Aquifer. The cave is composed of a 150-foot-deep > natural shaft that leads to approximately 1,000 feet of cave. During heavy > rains, the cave shaft will fill to the top with rushing water. > > The 3D photoreal model offers the opportunity to view the Seco Creek > Sinkhole without getting dirty or exposed to the vertical drops. It allows > for detailed analysis of the cave and model can be easily operated with a > game controller. > > Biography > Benjamin von Cramon, film maker - His body of work defies clean titles and > easy categories. In 25 years of writing, shooting, and editing for > broadcast, institutional, and private industry, von Cramon recalibrates > between wildly disparate projects, from documentaries filmed in prisons to > stories in Fourth World homesteads to intensely visceral adventure docs > deep underground. The auteur is as comfortable developing content around > issues of great social import as he is problem-solving advanced > technologies used to innovate the art of story-telling. > > A Fellow of the National Speleological Society and The Explorers Club, a > qualified stereo rig tech for Element Technica, and a developer for > Autodesk Labs, Reality Capture Group, the arc of his dynamic career > reflects a sustained effort to elevate the latest technologies in their > usefulness to education for highly visual learning experiences. Each of von > Cramon's projects are informed by broad humanities education, grounded in > highly physical experiences, and are inspired by unbound curiosity and > tempered hope for the human condition. > > Geary Schindel is the Chief Technical Officer of the Edwards Aquifer > Authority. He has been a caver for more than 40 years and is the President > Elect of the National Speleological Society (NSS). Geary is a fellow of the > NSS and the Geological Society of America. He holds a BS degree from West > Virginia University and an MS from Western Kentucky University. > Thank you. > > Geary > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
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