The Scottish Ten is an ambitious five year project to use cutting edge technology to create exceptionally accurate digital models of Scotland’s five UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites, which of course includes Edinburgh.
Historic Scotland and Glasgow’s School of Art’s Digital Design Studio are using laser scanners to create a range of digital imagery that will aid in the conservation, maintenance and management of these globally important sites.
In addition to the five sites in Scotland – The Heart of Neolithic Orkney; The Antonine Wall; the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh; New Lanark and St Kilda – the team will also record five international sites.
When the digital models are complete, they will be hosted in perpetuity by CyArk, a non-profit organisation set up to digitally record heritage sites across the globe and provide public access to the information.
At the moment there are no images of Edinburgh but there are some photos on Flickr of New Lanark, an idea very much ahead of its time.
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