3D Scan of Outcrop, Ziegelei Raum, Germany

3D Model

In the summer of 2023, we visited the clay pit of the Ziegelei Raum (50.861547°N 14.027569°E) in the Elbsandsteingebirge in Saxony, not far from the city of Dresden, where shallow marine sediments from the Cretaceous period are exposed. The outcrop has long been one of the stops on an excursion for first-year geoscience students at U Potsdam.

There we made 3D scans with an iPhone 14 Pro. For this we used the excellent software Scaniverse available for iOS. When scanning, ensure that a maximum distance of ~5 meters is maintained between the iPhone and the outcrop. The scanning process is carried out by moving slowly along the outcrop, with the software displaying the segments that have already been scanned and combining them into an overall image.

More at MRES Blog by M.H. Trauth, U Potsdam