Maya Skies
Preview of Asset Offerings
CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR STUDY AND INTEGRATION OF GRAPHICAL HERITAGE TECHNIQUES
Preview asset listing (March 1, 2009)
Overview
The Chabot Space and Science Center is making production assets from the forthcoming full dome show Maya Skies available for licensingMedia types range from HD Video and time-lapse footage to 3D assets and scenes suitable for use in documentary production. The asset set portrays Chichen as it appears today as well as its appearance in the past.
Chichen Itza, the most well-known ancient Maya city, is the focus of Maya Skies. Most of our material centers on this site. The Pyramid of Kukulkan / Castillo, a structure that has become synonymous with the Maya culture, is sited at Chichen.
How to Use these Media Samples
The goal of this listing is to provide a taste of the media available in our data library to producers working on documentary films relating to the Maya civilization. The inventory below represent many assets being used for Maya Skies production. Entries are listed by media, with at least few examples of each category provided to give a general assessment. This is a preview because Maya Skies is still in active production. Interested producers, however, are invited to contact us for production updates for assets of interest.
Stock Photos
- High resolution digital source
- Archaeological views
CLICK FOR SAMPLE DIGITAL IMAGES (Yucatan Photos)
High Resolution Time-Lapse Footage
CLICK FOR SAMPLE TIME-LAPSE FOOTAGE (CARACOL INTERIOR, CHICHEN)
The Maya Skies team recorded full-day time-lapse sequences under varying sky conditions. The sequence linked above is one of several dozen available.
Panoramic Web Content
- Panoramas, Interactive Galleries
CLICK FOR SAMPLE PANORAMIC DATE (kiosk experience built from Maya Skies panoramic datasets)
Library of Production Textures
- Materials: Stone, stucco, sculptures, biota
Texture references include BRDF information, surface normal reconstruction via photometric stereo, and detailed digital photography under diffuse illumination.
150,000 High-resolution images suitable for detail texture synthesis.
16mm Film, Digitally Scanned
- Process photography, time-lapse, beauty shots
- Architectural views
CLICK FOR SAMPLE 16MM FILM (LARGE: 2GB)
The above gallery are a few images from a library of more than 50,000 photographs taken by a dozen professional photographers for Maya Skies.
HD Video
-Street scenes, People, Archaeological Tableaux
- Streets Scenes in Yucatan and Guatemala: Merida, Piste, Guatemala City, Tikal, among others
- People in close-up, largely of Maya ancestry
- Archaeological and Architectural tableaux
HD Video segments available by FTP download; please write for file permissions
Library of Maya Architecture (Present Day)
SAMPLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSET - EL OSARIO (QuickTimie movie- 17.8MB)
Major Chichen Itza Structures
- El Castillo/the Pyramid of Kukulkan
- Balankanche Cave
- The Temple of Warriors
- El Osario/The Ossuary
- The Caracol (Interior and Exterior)
- The Great Ball Court & Temple of the Jaguars
- Las Monjas
- The Venus Platform
- Southern Venus Platform
- Platform of Eagles and Jaguars
- Tzompantli
Major Sculptures
Some of the most beautiful freestanding sculpture in the mundo Maya
- Chac Mool, Merida Museum, Chac Mool, Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Standard Bearer, Adornos, Insensarios, The Caracol, Sculpted serpents, El Castillo/the Pyramid of Kukulkan, Inscriptions and Freizes, The Great Ball Court – Decapitation Freize
Reconstructions of Maya Strucures
SAMPLE RECONSTRUCTION: EL OSARIO (WORK IN PROGRESS)
SAMPLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSET - EL OSARIO (QuickTimie movie- 17.8MB)
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
SAMPLE RECONSTRUCTION: THE CARACOL (WORK IN PROGRESS)
SAMPLE MODEL DETAILS: THE CARACOL (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Lower Half of Upper Tower Frieze (1 of 4) - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Caracol Disc - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Insence Burner3 - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Incense Burner1 - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Incense Burner2 - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Lower Staircase Serpent Head - Doubleclick to view
Reconstructed models for elements relating to the Caracol structure.
Upper Staircase Serpent Head - Doubleclick to view
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