Photo imaging project at the Alamo

Metro Atlanta

About a dozen researchers are assembling highly defined digital photos and laser images that will allow them to track the condition of the nearly 3-century-old Alamo and help determine which stones were originally part of the structure.

Assistant professor Jim Glusing, director of the Institute of Architectural Engineering Heritage at Texas A&M-Kingsville, uses a large format camera to record images of the interior of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Glusing is part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Pam Rosser, conservator the Alamo, takes photos of students working at Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. The team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

A student uses a camera to make images in the confessional room of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. A team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Team members use lighting a a large format camera to record images of the interior of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. The team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

A date and initials are seen etched into an interior wall of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. A team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence.

Assistant professor Jim Glusing, director of the Institute of Architectural Engineering Heritage at Texas A&M-Kingsville, uses lights to illuminate an interior wall before making photo images of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Glusing is part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Soheil Hamideh is silhouetted against the Alamo as he uses a camera to record images of the Alamo long barracks, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Hamideh is part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Soheil Hamideh, left, and Bob Warden, right, project leader, professor of architecture and director of the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M, use a camera to record images of the Alamo long barracks, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. They are part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Texas A&M Kingsville student Alissa Godinez uses a large format camera to rmake images of the interior of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Godinez is part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

A date and initials are seen etched into an interior wall of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. The team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Bob Warden, right, project leader, professor of architecture and director of the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M, sets up equipment to record images at the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Warden is leading a team in assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

Team members use lighting and a large format camera to record images of the interior of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. The team is assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

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Assistant professor Jim Glusing, director of the Institute of Architectural Engineering Heritage at Texas A&M-Kingsville, uses a large format camera to record images of the interior of the Alamo, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in San Antonio. Glusing is part of a team assembling digital two- and three-dimensional highly defined photos and laser images as part of a nearly 2-year-long project to help aid in preservation of the famous shrine to Texas independence and ensure future generations will be able to remember the Alamo.

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