The show is a documentary highlighting the story of the Kosciuszko tunnel and the technology behind the 3D mapping and preservation efforts concerning the little known tunnel that is a part of the Ninety Six National Historic Site in Ninety Six, South Carolina. The Mapping of Kosciuszko’s Tunnel project is collaboration between SCETV, The University of South Florida (USF), The Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies (AIST) and the National Park Service.
Closed captioning has been provided for this broadcast program.
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Part 1: The impenetrable Star Fort (1780).
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Part 2, a look inside the tunnel and some of its history. Summer 1781, Gen. Nathanael Greene had his military engineer, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, devise a plan to build a tunnel underneath the Star Fort in...
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Part 3, a look at the partnerships that made the 3D image mapping possible.
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Part 4. A look at the safety precautions necessary for exploration.
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Part 5: Keeping the tunnel structure stable during scanning.
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Part 6: Data Collection An in-depth look at how data was collected inside the tunnel for 3D imaging.
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Part 7: How different types of data were scanned and collected and will be utilized.
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Part 8: Understanding the posterity of the Kosciuszko's Tunnel project and the future of the novel technologies used.
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