Learn more about this Virtual Tour
The following are buttons on the control bar along the bottom of the virtual tour screen. From top to bottom, the symbols below appear from left to right.
Point Cloud Site: Click to see Ellis Island as a point cloud, or set of data points.
Point Cloud Hospital Buildings: Click to see Ellis Island's Hospital Buildings as a point cloud.
Show/Hide thumbnails: Click to show or hide the strip of thumbnail images along the left.
Hide/Show Site Plan: Click to hide or show the site plan (map) in the lower right.
Open HDP Website: Click to open the Heritage Documentation Programs' website in a new tab or window.
Hide/Show Information: Click to hide or show historic information in window in upper right.
Share the tour: Click to share the tour via various social media platforms.
Show/Hide help screen: Tips for navigating and using point cloud viewer; key for panorama icons and site plan navigation.
Hide/Show controls: Click to hide the controls (buttons) along the bottom; click the center white dot to show the controls (buttons) along the bottom.
Historic images: Click for a series of related historic images from the National Archives.
Site Fly-through: click to view "HALS Fly-through of 3D Point Cloud of Historic Ellis Island, New York" on YouTube.
Main Hospital Fly-through: Click to view "HABS Fly-through of Historic Main Hospital Buildings at Ellis Island, New York" on YouTube.
