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 Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society

Dedicated to Preserving our Shipwrecks and Maritime History
"From Prevention to Preservation"

HomeMadeira and Hesper Monitoring Project 2019


Madeira and Hesper Monitoring
Project 2019


July 20 - 21, 2019

To Learn More about the upcoming Monitoring Project please click here 

 

 

    

          

              

Past and Present Madeira / Hesper Monitoring Project Photos


Please join us for an adventure Diving the shipwrecks along the North Shore to help Monitor them for deterioration



Here is your chance to dive the Madeira and Hesper aboard the R/V Preservation and have a great time learning the process of our research as well!



Closing Report:


The Madeira and Hesper Monitoring Project is typically an Annual Monitoring Project where the GLSPS Members shoot video and still photos of both the Madeira and Hesper shipwrecks to determine whether either ship has deteriorated from previous years.

This year we tried something different tha has never been tried on either of these ships before.  We attempted to shoot time lapse video to create a 3D Photogrammetry image of both the shipwrecks.   After shooting the entire underwater structure of each shipwreck, the time lapse photos will be loaded to a very powerful computer system and crunch the photos to create a 3D animated photo of the ship.  This will help in cataloging and of its deterioration.

Here is a link from Tim Pranke who shot most of the video to create the 3D image and also performed most of the editing using his powerful computer to create an awesome 3D animation of the Madeira. 

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Madeira 3D Animate Image

Please Note:  If the above link doesn't work, please copy and paste the link below to gain access to the animation on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/superior.wreckhunter/videos/3152922501390695/?t=2 

Please watch the 3D animation of the Madeira.  This 3D animated image will be used for many reasons in the future.  It will mostly be used for monitoring the deterioration, understand each part of the shipwreck, what area the divers are navigating to and what they are looking at as they swim by each part of the shipwreck.

The Hesper had an earlier version created.  We are still working on the entire 3D photogrammetry image of it at this time.  We will provide a link to the animation for the Hesper in the future.  Please check back later.

Corey Daniel
Project Leader