The Web: Resource Links

3D Architectural Examples

The Ceren Project
A project involving 3D architectural reconstruction of an archeological site, this web site illustrates various ways in which 3D information can be presented and organized. Mark Gross was intimately involved in this project while at the University of Colorado.

The Hagia Sophia
A project involving 3D architectural capture or recording of an existing site, this web sitegrew out of the Ceren project and an interest of streamlining the process of creating such sites. Mark Gross was also involved in this project, and the subsequent creation of an authoring tool for such sites, called Placemaker

The Taj Mahal
A commercial site offering a (QuickTime / QTVR) "virtual tour" of the Taj Mahal. Their info page also lists a number of software tools.

General Web Background/Authoring Info

Getting Started with "webbing" at the University of Washington
This document discusses some of the issues which you have to deal with to put up a web site for yourself here at the UW, including where it will be, how you move files back and forth, etc. There are also a number of links to further resources.

Getting Started With Web Publishing at the UW
Here is the official UW documentation on student web pages, policies, etc. Of course it includes links to tutorials, examples, and so on.

How to Edit locally and Update Files via FTP
Explains how to set up your environment so you can use the browser and text editor to develop your web pages "off line", and then use ftp to transfer the files to your weber account.

HTML Tutorials, etc.

A Beginners Guide to HTML
This is one of the classic documents on HTML. It has been around, and been revised, for a number of years. If you look at nothing else, take a look at this document.

Brian's ACADIA'95 Course
While only an outline of the workshop given at ACADIA'95, and not an ideal place to read in any depth, this document includes a number of examples of basic tag usage. Some of the "outbound" links are "404" (not working), but the local contents are OK.

Web Pages That Suck
An interesting style guide. It'll help you avoid some of the common pitfalls of web page design.

Graphics Information

Color Table Info

Netscape Colors by Name

Gamma

The 216 Color Palette

On Line Books

Creating Killer Web Sites

Software Sites

The Web3D Repository (Mac/PC/etc.)
Lots of links to lots of sites, with models, software, and other information.

The Cosmoplayer VRML Client (Mac/PC/etc.)
One of the "old folks" of the VRML world, Cosmoplayer development on the Mac is stagnant and the installer sometimes need (significant) help getting it right, but it is available.

The Cortona VRML Client (Mac)
A new player in the VRML browser (or viewer) world. More actively maintained than Cosmoplayer.

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