GPR of atta texana nest on immersive system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The atta project maps tunnels and chambers of a vast leafcutter ant colony. An 8x8 meter Ground Penetrating Radar scan was translated into polygons, resulting in a model that can be viewed on an immersive visualization system, scaling the viewer to ant size. The system developed by our team is nondestructive to the ants and is the first time GPR has been used to map a living ant colony.

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Carol LaFayette, MFA, Vizlab, with Fred Parke, Ph.D., Vizlab, Carl J Pierce, M.S., P.G.,
Geophysics, Tatsuya Nakamura MSVS, Jace Miller MSCS