Authors
David C Blackburn, Doug M Boyer, Jaimi A Gray, Julie Winchester, John M Bates, Stephanie L Baumgart, Emily Braker, Daryl Coldren, Kevin W Conway, Alison Davis Rabosky, Noé de la Sancha, Casey B Dillman, Jonathan L Dunnum, Catherine M Early, Benjamin W Frable, Matt W Gage, James Hanken, Jessica A Maisano, Ben D Marks, Katherine P Maslenikov, John E McCormack, Ramon S Nagesan, Gregory G Pandelis, Heather L Prestridge, Daniel L Rabosky, Zachary S Randall, Mark B Robbins, Lauren A Scheinberg, Carol L Spencer, Adam P Summers, Leif Tapanila, Cody W Thompson, Luke Tornabene, Greg J Watkins-Colwell, Luke J Welton, oVert Project Team, Edward L Stanley
Publication date
2024/3
Source
BioScience
Volume
74
Issue
3
Pages
169-186
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
The impact of preserved museum specimens is transforming and increasing by three-dimensional (3D) imaging that creates high-fidelity online digital specimens. Through examples from the openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network, we describe how we created a digitization community dedicated to the shared vision of making 3D data of specimens available and the impact of these data on a broad audience of scientists, students, teachers, artists, and more. High-fidelity digital 3D models allow people from multiple communities to simultaneously access and use scientific specimens. Based on our multiyear, multi-institution project, we identify significant technological and social hurdles that remain for fully realizing the potential impact of digital 3D specimens.
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