Drone Projects, 3D Models, Maps
Drone Projects, 3D Models, Maps
A selection of my most enjoyable models:
Boconó Fault: (3D model, video) animated strike slip fault in the Venezuelan Andes
Viana de Jadraque: (3D model, video) a plunging anticline with a blind fault in the Spanish Central System
Friuli Earthquake: (video) geological framework of an earthquake in Friuli, Italy North-Eastern Alps
San Salvatore: (video) virtual reconstruction of an ancient church in Piacenza, Italy
Piacenza WalkMap: (app)digital map with ancient maps of Piacenza, Italy
Po valley flooding: (3D model) and its influence on the foundation of Piacenza and Cremona, Italy
Bagno Vignoni: (video) virtual model of a historical thermal site, Siena, Italy
Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola: (video) remains of a dismissed railway line in Piacenza province, Italy
Canale Fodesta: (video) remains of an ancien canal in Piacenza, Italy
Quaresima: (video) a GoogleEarth review of the Easter gospels, Israel
San Giovanni cloister: (video) the unexpected past of a cloister remains in Piacenza, Italy
Ancient glacier : (video) animation of the Ivrea moraine and glacier, Italy
Geology:
Boconó Fault: geological interpretation of a strike-slip fault in the Venezuelan Andes and its evidence in the present day topography
Belvedere di Ruggiano: limestone outcrop at Belvedere di Ruggiano, Puglia, Italy
Maiolica cliff: cliff with Maiolica carbonates in Gargano, Puglia, Italy
Morella Quarry: cliff showing the transition from continental to marine sediments, at the Morella Quarry, Teruel, Spain
Camarillas Platform: outcrop with sedimentary channel at Camarillas, Teruel, Spain
Pantano de Santa Ana: outctop faulted by thrusts at Pantano de Santa Ana, Lerida, Spain.
Spanish Central System: two outctops related to thrust faults at Huérmeces del Cerro and Viana de Jadraque, Sigüenza, Spain.
Montgó Massif, Aerial Photos: 3D model generated with 1977 aerial photos, Alicante, Spain.
Cruzianas: outctop with traces of trilobites (cruzianas), near Navas de Estena, by the park of Cabañeros, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Fossil burrows: outcrop with Ordovician giant worm fossil burrows, in Cabañeros National Park, Ciudad Real, Spain .
Los Arroturos: surface with footprints of Triassic reptiles, between Tordelrábano and Rienda, Sigüenza, Spain.
Riba de Santiuste - Regional : 3D geological model of the "Riba de Santiuste" anticline, Sigüenza, Spain
Riba de Santiuste - Outcrops : outcrops layout with 3D models and 360º views, "Riba de Santiuste" cliff, Sigüenza, Spain
Falla de Sallent: thrust and back-thrust of pyrenean influence, close to Guix de Sallent, Barcelona, Spain.
Friuli Earthquake: geological framework for an earthquake that occurred in Friuli Alps (North-Eastern Italy) on 13/07/2020
Heritage:
Club Las Águilas: my first photogrammetry test in a model airplanes airfield in Caracas, Venezuela
Castro de Ulaca: 3D model of a pre Roman archaeological site near Ávila, Spain
San Pedro de la Mata: 3D model of ruins from a Visigoth monastery, Toledo, Spain
Ferriere mines: 3D models of the entrances to ancient pirite mines, Ferriere, Piacenza, Italy
Vigonzano Mines: The ruins of an ancient abbey on the hills near Morfasso, Piacenza, Italy
San Salvatore: 3D model of San Salvatore church that was demolished in 1923, Piacenza, Italy
Via Crucis : 360º view of the "Via Crucis" in the "La Encarnación del Señor" church, Madrid, Spain
Piacenza WalkMap : Interactive historic map of a blog on Piacenza, Italy
Mapa Madrid : Interactive map of Madrid ancient city wall
Resy 2021 : Video and Panorama: Youth Camp at Resy, Val d'Ayas, Western Alps, Italy
Fondazione di Piacenza e Cremona : Geological grounds for the foundation of Piacenza and Cremona Roman colonies, Northern Italy
Panorami di Piacenza di Giulio Milani : Location of the shooting points of panoramic pictures of Piacenza taken in '800-'900
Panorama dal Bastione Campagna : The picture from Bastione Campagna replicated with a drone
Bagno Vignoni: Parco dei Mulini di Bagno Vignoni
Rurallure: Parco dei Mulini di Bagno Vignoni
Cittadella di Strà Levata: Analysis of the possible location of a medieval castle in Piacenza, Italy
Via Francigena a Piacenza: Interactive map showing the pilgrim route "Via Francigena" in Piacenza, Italy
Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola: A walk along the traces of a dismissed railways line between Piacenza and Bettola, Italy
Canale Fodesta e Cittadella Vegia: A walk along the traces of an ancient canal in Piacenza, Italy
Torre de Cerrillos: An ancient tower in Almeria, Spain
Amuleto: An amulet from roman time on display in the archaeological museum in Pianello Val Tidone, Piacenza, Italy
San Salvatore di Morfasso: The ruins of an ancient abbey on the hills near Morfasso, Piacenza, Italy
Torretta di Montesanto: The ruins of an ancient medieval tower near Biana and Montesanto, Piacenza, Italy
Via Stradazza: Proposal for a bike-hike along an ancient Roman route
Culti delle Vette: 3D map of significant peaks in prehistoric time in the Italian North Appenines
Monumeto a Federico Rubio: video on erosion analysis applied to a monument ruined by civil war bullets (Parque del Oeste, Madrid)
San Gervaso: 3D model of an ancient church demolished by end '800 in Piacenza, Italy
3D Samples:
In progress:
Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola: old simpler version
Miniera Vaie: 3D model of Miniera Vaie, near Farini, Piacenza, Italy
Himalaya Fieldtrip: 3D geological model for the 2018 fieldtrip in Himalaya
Riba de Santiuste : update
Mina de Bustarviejo : 3D geological model of the Bustarviejo silver mine, Madrid, Spain
Software:
Utility for "DJI Ultimate Flight": utility to upload a flight plan from GoogleEarth to "DJI Ultimate Flight"
Blender Tutorials: collection of workflows to edit the 3D models
Useful links: collection of workflows to edit the 3D models
ArcGis Cross Section: Toolbox to generate a Cross Section from a Raster Image
Erosion Analysis - Blender Tool: a Blender script to perform an analysis of the erosion of a building surface
Publications:
Dronitaly blog, December 2015
GEOLOGO ITALIANO SPERIMENTA IN VENEZUELA
Pix4D blog, December 2015
Drone Mapping for Structural Geology of Boconó Fault
"AAPG International Conference & Exhibition", Barcelona Spain, April 2016
Low Cost 3D Mapping Using a Commercial Drone/UAV: Application in Structural Geology
"2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference", Bergen Norway, September 2016
Photogrammetry with DJI Phantom 2 drone: 3D model of an area deformed by neotectonics in the Venezuelan Andes, pagg. 184-185
"SciencePG", October 2017:
Society of Petroleum Engineers. SPE Online Education, July 2018
Applications of Drone Acquisitions in Geology
AGGEP (Asociación de Geólogos y Geofísicos Españoles del Petróleo), April 2019
Examples of geological outcrops recorded with a drone
Sketchfab blog, May 2022