Author: Kevin Ponce

One important skill we learned while working with the Historic American Buildings Survey was the use of Photogrammetry. Photogrammetry is a form of model-making by stitching multiple photos into a program like MetaShape and create a 3D mesh of the model. The plaque we photo...

Going back to the East coast from our short / long week in Texas surveying in the heat – it feels good to be back familiar temperatures. The heat of D.C. is more bearable than working out in the field in San Antonio. Back in...

After completing our  first week surveying the Alazan Apache Courts in San Antonio Texas, I have a much bigger appreciation for the amount of work that field surveyors go through when documenting Historic Sites and buildings. Our work consisted of laser scanning The Alazan Courts Leasing...

Our first week of the LHIP HABS program was spent in San Antonio Texas. Coming from Philadelphia, I was excited to learn about the Texas architecture and culture. I heard that Texas is home to a lot of Spanish heritage, so I was looking forward...