Selfie Sticks and Innovation

Selfie Sticks and Innovation

Jan 13, 2017 | City Walls

The City Walls team is now mid-week through their project in Cartagena, Colombia. Due to unexpected wind conditions, the team is racing to create a 3D model of the wall without the use of a drone. If the team finishes the 3D model, Ph.D. candidate Manuel Saba can use...
City Walls Team Lands in Colombia

City Walls Team Lands in Colombia

Jan 11, 2017 | City Walls

JMU Students Go Global This fall 2016, the City Walls team from the James Madison University VA Drones Class partnered with Ph.D. candidate Manuel Saba, a Structural Engineering student at the Technological Institute of Bolivar in Cartagena, Colombia. For his...
City Walls Public Presentation

City Walls Public Presentation

Dec 11, 2016 | City Walls

The prosperous 16th century city of Cartagena, Colombia fortified itself against pirates and invaders with a wall surrounding the city. Today, that wall is a UNESCO-protected heritage site and important tourist destination in the city. Due to increases in acid rain,...
Meet the City Walls Team!

Meet the City Walls Team!

Nov 14, 2016 | City Walls, home

  We are the City Walls team from JMU, and our goal is to create a model of a historically and culturally significant wall in Cartagena, Colombia. We plan to stitch together images from video captured by a drone flying above the wall. We will give this model to...