UC+Galapagos+Project

=Island Terrain=

TerrainKit Ruby Script:
There is a script written in Ruby by Greg Mefford that is able to parse DEM geological height data and create a RAW terrain file for uploading to a sim. The script requires the RMagick Ruby bindings for the ImageMagick library, which it uses in order to easily manipulate the image data. It allows a specified grid of sims to have their terrain generated from an input height map file, automatically resizing things to fit. The script is hosted on Google Code, and can be checked out for review using the following command: code svn checkout http://sl-terrain-kit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ sl-terrain-kit-read-only code

=HMS Beagle Model:=

See the HMS Beagle Model page.

To animate the HMS Beagle for the automated tour ride, we were assisted by JonyBlade Codesmith of [|The Guided Tour Company] who customized our HMS Beagle model with the tour script. JonyBlade also added the custom sounds triggered when the ship is in motion and sit poses. Thanks JonyBlade!

=Plants= A number of plants were purchased pre-made from .the [|Heart Garden Center] - the budget did not permit creating authentic recreations of Galapagos plants, but as much as possible we attempted to purchase plants that closely resembled those found on the Galapagos, based on documentation from a number of sites (see the Documentation & Historical Notes section). The following plants were purchased for the Galapagos Islands project:


 * FLEXI - Golden Bamboo - delicate
 * Mangrove Tree - Mature with Fruit
 * Mangrove Tree - Saplings
 * Mangrove Tree - Young
 * Tropical Chain Fern
 * Tropical Dracaena Cane
 * Tropical Dwarf Fern
 * Tropical Long Stem Fancy Fern
 * Cactus - Pipe Organ - flowering
 * Devils Bottle Brush
 * Wild Grass - common rush
 * Wild Grass - cotton grass
 * Wild Grass - crested dogtail
 * Wild Grass - pendulous sedge
 * Wild Grass - yellow sedge
 * Wild Pampass Grass
 * Tropical Anthurium - Peach
 * Tropical Anthurium - Red
 * Tropical Anthurium - White
 * Wild buffalo grass - flowering - springgreen
 * Wild buffalo grass - flowering - sun baked
 * Bellock's Crown - Green
 * Climbing black thorn - singles
 * Climbing black thorn - clusters
 * Linden Tree3 - Super XL 2

=Animals= Two types of models were developed by Greg Mefford, lead student designer for the Galapagos Project.

Iguana:
See the Galapagos Land Iguana page.

Birds: See the Galapagos Finches page.

Signage: [|Birds Nameplate.tga]

The budget did not permit creating authentic recreations of all Galapagos animals, but as much as possible we attempted to purchase animal models that closely resembled those found on the Galapagos, based on documentation from a number of sites (see the Documentation & Historical Notes section). The following animals were purchased for the Galapagos Islands project:


 * Galapagos Trek Turtle Isabella (Ridable) - Breandan Turas (Breandan let us use his existing Galapagos Trek turtle! Thanks Breandan!)
 * B&B Aquarium Reef Pack 2 (Copyable) - [|B&B Aquarium ~ Wandering Fish & Birds]
 * Green Sea Turtles (Copyable) - [|Aquarium Shop Gonbe]
 * Wander Leatherback Sea Turtles - [|B&B Aquarium ~ Wandering Fish & Birds]
 * Wander Humpback Whales - [|B&B Aquarium ~ Wandering Fish & Birds]
 * Green Lizard (Mod/Copy) - [|Celtic Dreams Markets] (With special thanks to Liane Lisle for allowing us to purchase a copyable version)
 * Growing Sea Turtles - [|Paradise Pets]
 * Groovy Sea Lion - Clapping Hands - [|Groovy Pets] (With special thanks to PLANT Obscure for allowing us to purchase a copyable version)

=Images= Several faculty have donated images taken at the real world Galapagos Islands to be used in the project. For easier browsing, the photos are stored on Flickr with all rights reserved.

http://flickr.com/photos/fleep/sets/72157608710323128/
 * Dr. Kenneth Petren, Dept. of Biological Sciences**

Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleep/sets/72157613150167192/ Notes: http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dchcx2d8_125d82tsqhk&revision=_latest
 * Sandra Degen, Vice President for Research**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleep/sets/72157613112101653/
 * Dr. Charles Mincer, College of Applied Science**

=Documentation & Historical Notes= All websites used during the research period were tagged on delicious with "UCGalapagos" for future reference. See the complete list of references and websites for the [|UCGalapagos tag] on delicious.com.

Video Links
The following videos are archived and playable in the Darwin Celebration Theatre:

1. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/darwin_am.mov, Darwin AM Program 2. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/darwin_pm.mov, Darwin PM Program 3. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Darwin_AlumniWeekend_512K.mov, Alumni Weekend 4. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/darwin_103009_keynote_512K.mov, Oct 30 Keynote 5. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/darwin_103109_512K.mov, Oct 31 Talks 6. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Ken_Petren-stream-wifi.mp4, Dr. Ken Petren 7. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Patricia_Foster-stream-wifi.mp4, Dr. Patricia L Foster - Stress Induced Mutagenesis - Indiana University - Bloomington IN (2009) 8. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/John_van_Wyhe-stream-wifi.mp4, Dr. John Van Whye 9. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Miriam_Steinitz_Kannan-stream-wifi.mp4, Miriam Steinitz Kannan 10. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Richards_Haeckel_Lecture-stream-wifi.mp4, Rhichard Haeckel 11. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Robert_J_Richards-stream-wifi.mp4, Robert J. Richards 12. rtsp://streaming.ucfilespace.uc.edu/secondlife/Doug_Schwartz-stream-wifi.mp4, Doug Schwartz

=Miscellaneous= A project like the Galapagos Islands would take an enormous amount of time if all props and decorations had to be created from scratch. Fortunately, the content creators and entrepreneurs in Second Life provide a wealth of pre-created models and objects that we were able to incorporate into the project. With thanks to the following for their terrific creations:


 * Picture frames used in the Darwin Gallery & Museum - [|Totally Tempting Designs]
 * Rowable boat with oars - [|Ace of Spades]
 * Landing point plaza, lamps, signs and miscellaneous - [|[ba barnesworth anubis]]
 * Red wingback sculpted chairs, wall sconces - [|Elilka Sieyes Furniture Store]
 * Buildings for Gallery & Museum, Darwin Celebration Theatre, and Library & Research Center - [|Gene Jacobs Freebies]
 * Sculptie packs for lava, rough terrain, furniture, and more - [|Cel Edman's Sculpted Building Packs @ Claremorris]
 * Furniture and linen sculptie packs - [|Cloud Factory Sculpty Designs Main Store]
 * Sculpty 1 prim bookshelves - Nathalie Rozenberg at [|N.A.T. Designs]
 * Movie Projector model in Darwin Celebration Theatre - [|Tooter Claxton's Main Store]
 * Comfy chairs - Lordfly Digerido ~ [|Grid.Living Main Store]
 * One prim office chairs - Aodhan McDunnough - [|Aodhan's Forge]
 * Bistro tables and chairs behind Gallery & Museum - [|Tres Blah Main store]

Do you see something you created on the Galapagos Islands, but your name isn't listed? Please let us know! We made every attempt to document all purchases and give proper attribution to the content creators of Second Life, but if we missed you, we want to correct it! Please email secondlife@uc.edu - thank you!