Battlefield and Farmsteads
A Closer Look

Field Crew on Site


On this spot, the crew set up a video camera and connected it to a laptop computer. A software package called "Photoshop" allowed Senior Animation Specialist Jeff Coleman of URS Greiner to align the field image to the 1862 Gardner photo and compare them directly.
With the Gardner camera position refined, it was now possible to inspect the composite image visually. Using 300-foot tape measures, the field crew was able to triangulate from enough extant building corners to locate Gardner's 1862 camera position.


Jeff Coleman on Site
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Last Updated: June 2, 1998
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