CIPA HERITAGE DOCUMENTATION · BEST PRACTICES AND APPLICATIONS · Series 1, 2007 & 2009

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CIPA HERITAGE DOCUMENTATIONBEST PRACTICES AND APPLICATIONS
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Editors: Efstratios Stylianidis, Petros Patias, Mario Santana Quintero

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CIPA’s Sustaining Members
ARCHEOTECH SA
Chemin des Croisettes 23
CH 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
www.archeotech.ch
The Getty Conservation Institute1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1684, USA
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Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
Riedenburgstr. 48
A-3580 Horn, Austria
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Metria Digital, S.L.
New Techniques for Heritage Documentation
Parque Tecnologico de Asturias, CEEI Building
33428 Llanera – Principality of Asturias, Spain
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Prefacehe ICOMOS Scientific Committee, CIPA Heritage Documentation, is proud to present this first in aseries of publications presenting state-of-the-art research and applications in the discipline of Cultur-

al Heritage documentation.
The intention of this publication is to record and archive the progress in documentation techniques
and products during the two-year cycle of the CIPA symposia. In addition, the CIPA-HD Board would liketo acknowledge the important contributions made during these symposia which, besides their theoreticaland technical rigor, also provide examples of good practice or important applications in Cultural Heritage
documentation.
The publication starts with an introduction to heritage documentation by presenting the state-of-theart, the different approaches and the tools engaged in heritage documentation procedures.
The first section includes papers presented in the 2007 CIPA Symposium in Athens, Greece. All papers have been selected by a special jury and awarded Best Paper awards in various categories at the
Symposium. The six (6) selected papers concern Best Practices and Applications. All the papers present
different aspects, applications, technical problems and novel approaches to CH documentation.
The second section is dedicated to papers presented in the 2009 CIPA Symposium in Kyoto, Japan.
As in the case of Athens, all papers have been selected by a special jury. The seven (7) selected papers
concern Best Practices and Applications. All selected papers present different aspects, applications,
technical problems and novel approaches to CH documentation, mainly in Asia.
The publication concludes with a brief description on the future trends in heritage documentation.
It is our belief that this publication will prove useful for those working in Cultural Heritage documentation and we wish again to congratulate the authors for their contribution.
We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of the Sustaining Members of CIPA-HD, whose
financial support has made this publication possible.
C. Ogleby, CIPA President

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1. Introduction to heritage documentation–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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Table of Contents

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1.1 State-of-the-art ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9
1.2 Training approaches –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10		

1.2.1 The training objectives and contents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10		

1.2.2 What is a baseline record of heritage places? ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10		

1.2.3 Practical issues when recording heritage places ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11			

1.2.3.1 Defining scope: levels of detail ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11			

1.2.3.2 The Reconnaissance Record ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11			

1.2.3.3 The Preliminary Record ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11			

1.2.3.4 The Detailed Record ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11		

1.2.4 Tools: level of engaged with a heritage place – –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12		

1.2.5 Documentation dossier or site atlas ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12

References –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13

2. Best Practices and Applications (2007) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 15
2.1 Introduction ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 15Filling lacunas in terrestrial laser canning data:
the “Cavallo ligneo” of the “Palazzo della Ragione” (Padua, Italy)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 17
M. Fabris, V. Achilli, D. Bragagnolo, A. Menin, G. Salemi

The multi-image spherical panoramasas a tool for architectural survey––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 21
Gabriele Fangi

Architectural patrimony management in Yemen––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 29
R. Héno, Y. Egels

3D modelling of heritage objectsby fringe projection and laser scanning systems––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 35
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Evaluation of structural damages from 3d laser scans––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 41
J.I. San José, J. Martínez, J.J. Fernández, J. Finat, J.D. Perez-Moneo

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3.1 Introduction ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 53

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3. Best Practices and Applications (2009) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 53

Application of a low cost laser scannerfor archaelogy in Japan––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 55
Akihiro Kaneda

A study on the gps tracking analysis for information management on heritage site––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 59
S. Kim, J. Kim

Multispectral image analysis for bas-relif at the inner gallery of bayon temple––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 65
T. Morimoto, M. Chiba, Y. Katayama, K. Ikeuchi

Introducing EDM survey for recording vernacular heritage and sites in Pakistan––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 73
Salman Muhammad

3D model of gedongsongo templeand topography using terrestrial laser
scanner technology––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 79
Adi J. Mustafa, Fahmi Amhar

Digital Construction for Spatial Documentation of Beijing Old City––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 85
Ruoming Shi, Guang Zhu, Ling Zhu, Ruiying Wang, Yuqing Mu

Laser scan documentation and virtual reconstruction of the Buddha figures
and the archaeological remains (Bamiyan)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 93
G. Toubekis, I. Mayer, M. Döring-Williams, K. Maeda, K. Yamauchi,
Y. Taniguchi, S. Morimoto, M. Petzet, M. Jarke, M. Jansen

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Introduction
to Heritage Documentation
P. Patias1, M. Santana2
1.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Cadastre, Photogrammetry and Cartography,
Univ. Box 473, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, patias@auth.gr
2.	Department of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning - R.Lemaire International Centerfor Conservation - University of Leuven (KU Leuven), president@cipa.icomos.org

1.1 State-of-the-Artorganise the available information, for which the metricsurvey is a natural support. Sets of thematic drawings (geometry, materials, pathologies etc.) can be prepared. A
specific set prepared by one specialist can bring insight toother specialists who are working on other sets.”

Cultural documentation is a complicated process, and includes a wide suite of activities that include surveying, testing
and monitoring and gathering textual and other information.
“The geometry of the object is not the only parameter to be recorded. All specificities making the object unique are meaningful; all potential values – architectural, artistic, historical,
scientific and social – are parameters to consider”, (D’Ayala
and Smars, 2003).
The guiding concepts of cultural heritage documentation
have been detailed by D’Ayala and Smars (2003) (Patias,2007) as:➧ Objectivity: “… an objective basis is a guarantee to having
a firm ground on which to debate the conservation choices…” and “…the use of any specific set of data necessarily influences any decision-making process. The manner inwhich a survey is executed significantly influences further
actions”.
➧ Values: “The recorder’s choices are critical…… What isseen today as uninteresting may appear tomorrow as extremely valuable. The importance of thorough recording isemphasised by the common loss of minor details which
may disappear at the moment of new conservation work,
leading to loss of integrity or of historical evidence.”➧ Learning process.
➧ Continuity: “… Documentation should not be seen as anactivity confined within a set time…. Therefore, a basic requirement is that the results of documentation should beavailable for future use.”➧ Fabric: “Documentation should not stop at the surface....
Integration with other documentation techniques is necessary.”➧ Documentation sets: “Information gathered during documentation may be large and manifold…. thus it is critical to➧ Redundancy: “… Every piece of information is associatedwith uncertainty. Documentation data should be supplemented by information about the quality of the data. Control procedures offer a way to assess quality.”
These concepts lead to increasing needs for recording anddocumentation of CH, which put briefly are:➧ recording of a vast amount of four dimensional (i.e. 3-Dplus time) multisource, multi-format and multi-content information, with stated levels of accuracy and detail;➧ digital inventories in 3-D and, as far as available, dated historical images;➧ management of the 4-D information in a secure and rational way, making it available for sharing and distribution toother users; and➧ visualization and presentation of the information in a userfriendly way, so that different kinds of users can actually retrieve the data and acquire useful information, using Internet and visualization techniques.

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CIPA’s main objective is to provide an international focal
point for efforts in the improvement of all methods for surveying of cultural monuments and sites. The combination of all
aspects of photogrammetry with other surveying methods isregarded as an important contribution to recording and monitoring cultural heritage, to the preservation and restoration ofany valuable architectural or other cultural monument, object
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In contrast to most conventional photogrammetric applications, cultural heritage documentation is much more challenging, due specifically to the varying size of the objects to be
documented as well as the different quality and resolution requirements. Choosing the appropriate technology (sensor,
hardware, software), the appropriate procedures, designing
the production workflow and assuring that the final output isin accordance with the set technical specifications is a challenging matter in cultural heritage documentation (Patias,
2004, Patias 2007). For this, the leading parameters are thesize and the complexity of the object and the level of accuracy required. These two are the major factors, which cruciallyinfluence the procedure to be followed and, sometimes, eventhe viability of photogrammetry itself. Other secondary factors, which may have an impact (and are sometimes crucial)are speed/time limitations for the documentation and budget
limitations. The reason that these factors are secondary in nature is that they do not influence the viability of photogrammetry as the techniques to be followed (since photogrammetry already has a distinct advantage over other techniques concerning the above factors) but they may influence the technicalities of the procedure which should be followed.
These strict and of varying type requirements gave rise toa palette of techniques and instrumentation for CH applications. Nowadays image acquisition systems are almost exclusively based on digital sensors. Even non-standard imaging
principles such as panoramic cameras, fisheye systems, rotating cameras and other vision techniques are used. Beside this,archives with thousands of analogue images demand the needof precise digitization of film, photo prints or even glass plates
for further digital photogrammetric workflow (Patias, et. al.,2008).
In addition to digital image based sensors (satellite, aerialand close range), different kinds of range based sensors like
3-D scanners (airborne, mid and close range), IR-sensors,thermal systems, geophysical sensors and many more areused to collect a whole spectrum of information on cultural
heritage objects and sites.

1.2 Training Approaches
Heritage places are a unique and irreplaceable source of information. The process of acquiring heritage information serves
for the identification of heritage places with significance at the
local, national and/or international community.
The documentation of cultural heritage requires a multidisciplinary approach, ensuring that recording and documentation tools. As well as, the preparation of information systems
provides appropriate and timely information enabling to understand the significance and to detect and monitor the integrity of heritage places.
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Information collected by recording and documentation forconservation projects play an essential role in safeguarding
our cultural heritage, it permits:

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places;➧ Transmission of this understanding thus increasing publicawareness;➧ Informing decisions for conservation;➧ Creating records for posterity in case of destruction;➧ Providing timely and sufficient information for preventive
maintenance
The teaching strategy should involve an innovative role-playing
technique, which empowers students and instructors to:➧ Develop an understanding of the role of information in conservation, addressing national and international standards;➧ Review the potential limitations of recording and documentation techniques, including simple and advanced tools,
and the financial constraints.
➧ Develop a practical approach to the use of these tools anddocumentation techniques in order to capture informationfrom cultural heritage resources;➧ Include the use of information systems in cultural heritage
resources management;➧ Design reports for presenting information to stakeholders
and decision makers.
A training programme should consider explaining:➧ Key definitions in cultural heritage documentation;➧ Type of cultural heritage documentation assessments;➧ Definition of a the heritage place baseline documentation;➧ Definition of scope and level of detail;➧ Cultural heritage Conservation workflow;➧ Selection of recording tools;➧ Explanation of heritage recording tools;➧ Preparation of a ‘documentation dossier or site atlas’ of theheritage place using recording tools.

1.2.2 What is a baseline record of heritage places?
A training approach should identify and define the parameters
relevant in particular heritage assessment. The chart in Figure
1 depicts the components of a baseline record.
This baseline, additionally, could be use as starting
point for designing and implementing plan monitoring strategy, allowing detecting changes affecting the statement ofsignificance of the heritage place. A baseline is defined byboth a site report and a dossier of measured representations that could include a site plan, emplacement plan,
plans of features, sections, elevations, three-dimensionalmodels, etc.
The following checklist can be used as guideline to adequate requirements of information required defining the baseline and training purposes:➧ Identify site location (centroid, boundaries, elements andbuffer zone);

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Figure 1: Defining a baseline, author.

➧ Identify and map evidences of criteria;

1.2.3.2 The Reconnaissance Record➧ Significance and integrity assessment;

Usually, the reconnaissance record is an overview photo surveythat will allow conservationists to visualize, in their entirety, asite and its related buildings and features in sufficient detail tounderstand the site’s overall general characteristics. It should
permit rapid identification of significant features and problem
areas. The quantity of photos taken will vary with the size of thesite and related structures and features, and the client’s requirements. For a building, a reconnaissance record would normally include elevations together with significant details. Morecomplex sites such as cultural landscapes or archaeological excavations will require general views from all compass points
and at various height elevations (that is heights of land), supplemented, as needs dictate, by representative details.

➧ Other assessments.

1.2.3 Practical issues when recording heritage
places
A good understanding of the recording heritage places requires the development of skills that recognize the following
issues:➧ Nothing is straight, square or horizontal, heritage places
are affected by weathering and their design might not be
regular;➧ One should record from the wide to the small (fault theory);➧ Records should be referenced, it is advisable to link and establish a Basis and Control system;➧ The site baseline means that the heritage recording is tocollect information of ‘as-built condition’, one should record
only what is visible, although assumptions deduced from“logical” way of fabric should be mentioned;➧ Define an appropriate level of detail of the information to
be provided;➧ All records should provide provenance information.

1.2.3.1 Defining scope: levels of detail
The following levels, developed by Letellier0 are presented
here to provide an essential guide to define the amount of heritage information required for a specific objective in understanding heritage places. Each training course to be developed should specify, which of these levels are been taught.
The levels are:➧Reconnaissance;➧

Preliminary;➧

Detailed.

1.2.3.3 The Preliminary Record
Preliminary recording will complement the reconnaissancerecord by providing more complete information pertaining to
the most significant elements of a site. The purpose of thisrecord is to produce a record of the resource’s major features.
Additionally, the preliminary record could include data necessary for preliminary analysis, and define areas for further investigation and future ‘detailed recording’. The accuracy of data isapproximately ± 10 cm for plans, elevations, and cross sections, and ± 2 cm for structural and other structural details.

1.2.3.4 The Detailed Record
Detailed recording may take place prior to, during or after aconservation activity so as to record a site’s physical configuration, condition and significant features. Detailed recording
occurs when a highly significant resource becomes the subject of directed research and analysis, or intervention planningand conceptual design. To ensure cost-effective detailed recording, completeness should be tailored to the immediateneeds of a conservation team. Detailed recording may bephased over a number of years depending on planning requirements and related budget. The accuracy of a detailed record
can vary between approximately ±5 mm (for details) and ±25
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Figure 2: Heritage information’s levels of detail for conservation (based on research by R. Letellier).

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The use of tools for recording heritage places can be alsoclassified according to the selection, time, skills and level ofengagement required with the fabric to capture data fromthe site being studied.
Selection: deals with the type of geometry captured by thesensor, for instance using hand-survey we are capturing
points, distances, profiles, etc, with laser scanning we arecapturing three-dimensional shapes, points, and to some extend the colour of the fabric. Defining the type of information
to be selected is of primarily importance when recording heritage places.
Time: relates to the time it takes to record features fromthe heritage place’s fabric, for instance when using hand-survey the time required onsite will be considerably more than theat the office, while using photogrammetry, the onsite time islimited to taking photographs and defining a control systemand the office time is larger to restitute the geometry and colour of the fabric.
Level of engagement: this relates to the time of control
system necessary to be defined and the knowledge requiredof the site prior to record the heritage place. For instance witha GPS unit, the operator requires to select the points to define12

the boundaries of the site, while when using laser scanning,the 3D-shape of the object is fully recorded, although it is important to point out that knowledge of the site is always required, see reconnaissance as the first level of detail required
when studying heritage places.
Skills: it relates to the expertise required to operate a capturing tool to record the fabric of heritage places. For instanceto record the centroid of a site using GPS and transfer that toa database, is a simple task that does not required much training, while if using a GPS equipped with a mobile GIS application might required much more training but certainly the resulting survey will be more complete.
In addition, to the requirements defined to prepare a sitebaseline, these parameters should be fully studied when considering recording heritage places.

1.2.5 Documentation dossier or site atlas
The training approach should encourage to work around several case studies, in which the participants will prepare dossier that should contain an initial understanding of the building’s current condition, history and baseline measured maps,
several examples of theses dossiers exist already:

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English Heritage ‘Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice’ (2006):

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Part 1:		 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Understanding_Historic_Buildings_1.pdf
Part 2:		 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Understanding_Historic_Buildings_2.pdf
Part 3:		 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Understanding_Historic_Buildings_3.pdf
Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning bulletin (28 MB)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb24/nrb24.pdf (last visited 2/2/2007)
The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation
http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_0.htm
The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Preservation Planning
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/pad/PlngStds/guideintro.htm (last visited: 2/2/07)
The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation
http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_6.htm
NPS-28: Cultural Resource Management Guideline
Chapter 8: Management of Historic and Prehistoric Structures
This chapter specifies contents of Historic Structure Reports
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nps28/28chap8.htm
HABS/HAER Documentation Programs:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/standards/habsguidelines.htm
Sample Projects:
http://www.nps.gov/hdp/samples/index.htm

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2.1 Introduction
The following six papers are presented as “Best Practises and Applications” in the next pages.
The selection is based on the papers presented to the CIPA Symposium in Athens (2007).
1. Filling lacunas in terrestrial laser canning data:
the “Cavallo ligneo” of the “Palazzo della Ragione” (Padua, Italy)(M. Fabris, V. Achilli, D. Bragagnolo, A. Menin, G. Salemi)
2. The multi-image spherical panoramasas a tool for architectural survey(Gabriele Fangi)
3. Architectural patrimony management in Yemen(R. Héno, Y. Egels)
4. 3D modelling of heritage objectsby fringe projectionand laser scanning systems(H.-J. Przybilla, J. Peipe)
5. Evaluation of structural damages from 3d laser scans(J.I. San José, J. Martínez, J.J. Fernández, J. Finat, J.D. Perez-Moneo)
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Filling lacunas in terrestrial laser
canning data: the “Cavallo ligneo” of the“Palazzo della Ragione” (Padua, Italy)
M. Fabris, V. Achilli, D. Bragagnolo, A. Menin, G. Salemi
Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Architettura, Urbanistica e Rilevamento,
Laboratorio di Rilevamento e Geomatica, via Marzolo, 9, 35131 Padova, Italy, massimo.fabris@unipd.it

Introduction
Terrestrial laser scanner devices represent one of the mostwidely investigated instruments in many fields of architectural and archaeological surveying applications. In order to allow
photo-realistic navigation and presentation of cultural heritage
objects, 3D models with good geometric accuracy, large
amount of details, different LOD (Level Of Detail) and highresolution textures are required (Boehler et al., 2001; Boehler
et al., 2003; Schulz, Ingensand, 2004; Staiger, 2005). Since
several years, laser scanning techniques are used for different
purposes also in the framework of cultural heritage (Bitelli,
2002; Lichti, Gordon, 2004). Terrestrial laser data acquisition
allows to collect a very huge amount of measurements with anaccuracy in the range of centimetres or even millimetres,
which produces dense, accurate and detailed models. On theother hand, for specific geometric conditions of survey or forthe objects interposition during the acquisition, the point
clouds could be not homogeneous and could have sub-areas
with absence of data (holes or lacunas). In these cases, someinterpolation algorithms can be applied to reconstruct the nodata areas and to define a more uniform support grid.
In this paper, the surveying operations related to data collection and data analysis of the “Cavallo ligneo” of “Palazzodella Ragione” in Padua (Italy) are described and discussed inorder to generate a 3D complete model of the wooden horsefor its restoration.

The Wooden Horse Surveying
Documents which have been preserved to the present day tellus that it was built in 1466 for a roundabout, commissioned
by Conte Annibale Capodilista. It was erroneously attributed to
Donatello, as the inscription on the base shows, but was infact the work of an unknown artist. The construction is hollow
inside and built like the hull of a ship, resting on the four sturdy legs which were made using a technique similar to today’s
segmented beams; i.e. the wooden boards are glued together
on the long side to exploit the tractive force of the wood in fulland minimise the warping typical of solid wood as much as
possible (Fischer, 2004). The wooden horse is characterized
by relevant dimension: 5.75 m height and 6.20 m circumference of the body (Figure 1).
The object has been planned in order to go inside and topark in quite comfortably: a trap-door allows the access inside to the body of the horse, while from the mouth air andlight enter.
The hinge of equilibrium for this complex structure seems
to be the cast iron sphere with a radius of about 27 cm andweight of about 615 kg. This sphere is the principal point ofanchorage of the horse to the wood basement (along about
6.42 m). In 2004 the structure seemed very degrated and acomplete survey was necessary to plan and to perform restoration operations for the wood statue.

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Laser scanning methodology allows to reconstruct the metriccharacteristics of objects at different LOD (Level Of Detail) providing spatially dense points clouds. In particular, the terrestrial
applications carried out in the last years have demonstrated thepotentialities of the methodology useful in many different sectors. This technique has been used also for the “Cavallo ligneo”
of the “Palazzo della Ragione” (Padua, Italy) survey, providing
useful data for the restoration of the wooden horse. Due to themorphologic complexity of the object, some lacunas were created during the points clouds acquisition phase: different procedures to filling lacunas were stressed out providing a complete
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Figure 1: The “Cavallo ligneo” of the “Palazzo della Ragione” (Padua, Italy).

The surveys were performed by means of a Leica HDS (exCyrax) 2500 laser scanner which provides an accuracy of 6
mm (single point) for distance ranging from 1.5 to 50 m. The
single scans were acquired from eight different stationing
points (located in the four corners and in the medium pointsof the four sides) with a mean grid size of 1 cm. Also specificreflective targets (useful for the semi-automatic identification)
were acquired and used as control points; the coordinates
were measured in a local reference frame by a total station
Leica TC2003. The targets (5 for each scan) were positioned
outside the wooden horse surface but inside the window acquisition of the laser scanner to survey the whole object without artificial element which covers some portions.

Data Processing

points in order to execute the allignment and, again, a large
overlapping percentage between scans must be taken in account. In this case lower computational time is necessary andmore accuracy is obtained; furthermore, more time is neededin the surveying in order to acquire also high resolution scansof the targets. The last one procedure needs integration between laser data and topographic measurements: each target
must be acquired with a total station in order to obtain the coordinates in the same reference system.
So, no relevant overlapping percentage between adjacentscans is needed; nevertheless, minimum overlapping is required in order to guarantee the model continuity. In this approach, the measurement time is increased, but also the final
accuracy is scaled up. This survey registration method has
been used to align the “Cavallo ligneo” point clouds: eachscan was roto-traslated in a local reference frame imposing
the targets coordinates as control points. The final 3D model
has been processed using RapidForm2004 software (INUS
Technology): the data redudancy between subsequent scans
has been reduced, performing data fusion and extracting a polygonal mesh without discontinuities. Therefore, the data was
reduced of the 64% without information loss. The Figure 2
shows three different meshes obtained by point reduction of
60%, 40% and 10%.

Filling Holes
Due to the limited available space around the object, some
portions of the wooden horse statue were not acquired. Someof these areas with data gaps have no relevant dimensions,while others (like the back and the top of the horse) need affordable algorithms to close the lacunas. The reconstruction ofthese areas is performed using different schemes based on
different interpolation algorithms.
Using the Inverse Distance to a Power, Kriging, Radial Basis
Function, Local Polynomial (linear), Natural Neighbor, Nearest
Neighbor, Polynomial Regression (cubic surface) and Triangulation-linear interpolation algorithms, several tests were conducted on the scans of the lateral portion of the wooden horse.
However, the application of this method for reconstructing theback and the top of the horse provides not so good results(Fabris et al., 2005).
Further analysis was conducted with the RapidForm2004
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The allignment of the point clouds were performed using the
Cyclone v. 5.4 software (Leica Geosystems) to generate the3D global model. The software allows to co-register different
scans using three different procedures: cloud registration, target registration and survey registration. The first one needs alarge overlapping percentage between two adjacent different
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Figure 2: Three different meshes of the “Cavallo ligneo” head obtained reducing the point clouds: (a) 60%; (b) 40%; (c) 10%.

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Figure 3: Results from automatic closing of large lacunas using the RapidForm2004 software.

ic, manual or combined procedures. The filling of simple andsmall dimensions holes were conducted automatically, while
for the complex and large lacunas the procedure was performed with the semi-automatic modality. The automatic procedure, applied in correspondence of the back of the wooden
horse, carried out unsatisfactory results (Figure 3): the obtained surface is characterized by non adequate continuity
with the adjacent surfaces and some topological anomalies
are evident.
The semi-automatic procedure allows to close the large
lacunas (Figure 4a) respecting the topology of the adiacentsurfaces. At first, a carrying skeleton has been created (Figure 4b), taking in account the curved closing of the lacuna

The lacunas filling have provided a global 3D model; the polygonal mesh has been simplified reducing the faces number
and preserving the surface shape. In fact, the flat areas notneed a large amount of data and allow to construct a lighter
model with low computational effort.
Adopting a 10% mesh-reduction, an increased smoothingis observed; moreover, the comparison between the decimated mesh and the original mesh provides residuals lower of the
instrumental precision. This mesh has been used to extract
nurbs surfaces. The operation is needed because the meshmodification is a slow and laborious procedure which involves
also thousands of triangular faces. Using nurbs surfaces, theprocedure is easier dealing with single elements covering theobject.
The nurbs surfaces extraction has been performed using
an automatic procedure from the polygonal mesh; subsequently, the number and the control points’ distribution havebeen adjusted (Figure 6).

Cross Sections and Profiles Extraction
The polygonal mesh has been used to extract cross sections bymeans of the intersection between the 3D model with horizontal
or vertical planes in the local reference system adopted (Figure7). Moreover, the same approach allows to generate profiles, pro-

Figure 4: The big lacuna (a) on the backof the wooden horse
was artificially subdivided in smaller lacunas (b) using a transversal skeleton structure.

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Figure 5: a) Construction of the longitudinal carrying skeleton; b) automatic reconstruction of the
new lacunas (small
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Figure 6: Control points management for Nurbs surfaces.

Figure 7: Generation of the cross sections by means of the intersection of the 3D
Figure7: Generationof thecross sections by means of the inmodelwith verticalplans.
tersection of the 3D model with vertical plans.

jecting the contours of the wooden horse respect to a reference
plane. The cross sections and profiles allow to reconstruct the
metric and the features of the wooden horse in AutoCAD software (Autodesk) for the restoration plan of this structure.

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The application of the laser scanning methodology and its integration with the classical topographic procedures has allowed togenerate a 3D model of the “Cavallo ligneo” of the “Palazzo della Ragione” in Padua; the wooden horse, built in 1466, characterized by relevant dimensions and morphological complexity,
has a very degraded wood and restoration work has beenplanned. The laser scanner HDS 2500 have been used and thespecific reflective targets were acquired in a local reference system and used as control points. Due to the limited available
space around the object, some lacunas (no data areas) were located; the allignment has been obtained using the Cyclone software and the performances of some interpolation algorithms
have been evaluated. Some of these methods have allowed tofilling lacunas with precision comparable with the laser scanner
accuracy (the improvement was obtained considering somepoints of the surveyed data inside the lacuna). However, the application of the kriging algorithm to reconstruct the back andthe top of the horse in this case has not provided good results.
These methods can be used with small lacunas, taking advantage by the automatic procedures. Using the RapidForm2004
software the lacuna on the back of the wooden horse was filledby means of a semi-automatic procedure: at first, has been create by the operator an carrying skeleton in respect to the curving and subsequently the holes have been filled automatically.
On the final 3D model a decimated polygonal mesh has been
generated preserving the laser scanner accuracy; subsequently
nurbs surfaces, profiles and cross sections have been extracted
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The multi-image spherical panoramas
as a tool for architectural survey
Gabriele Fangi
Polytechnical University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, g.fangi@univpm.it

Key words: Multi-image spherical panoramas, simulation, adjustment, simple systems.

Introduction
Till now the only metric applications of images panning to360°, were mainly those gotten with high resolution rotatingcameras (5, Luhmann, Tecklenburg, 2004, 6, 7, Schneider,
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The surveys of the interior of two churches in Italy, theMagdalene’s church in Pesaro, and San Dominic church in Arezzo, are shown and described as examples of a new photogrammetric technique. The first church is one of the most noticeablebaroque architecture in the Marche region and it has been designed by the famous architect Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century,
the second one is a large and simple church in Arezzo. The proposed technique is based on the multi-image spherical panoramas. For the formation of the plane image of the spherical panoramas the commercial software has been used. The spherical
panorama can be regarded as the analogical recording of the angular observations of a theodolite having its center in the centerof panorama. But to be set in operational conditions as a theodolite, the spherical panorama has to recover two rotation angles
to set the verticality of its principal axis. The estimation of suchrotation angles can be performed both in a preliminary phase prior to the plotting or in a unique phase in a block adjustment.
Control points, control directions, geometric constraints such asverticality and horizontality of space lines, can be used. In thesestudy-cases almost no one of such control information was necessary, but the only block adjustment was sufficient. The block
adjustment finally furnishes the estimation of the unknown points
coordinates together with the six orientation parameters per panorama, three translations and three rotations, by means of the
known geodetic equations of the horizontal direction and the zenith angle, (modified to take into account the two horizontal correction angles), that are nothing else than the collinearity equations of the spherical panoramas. The technique of the spherical
panoramas has previously been experimented and used for thesurvey of two of the most noticeable Italian squares, Piazza delPopolo in Ascoli Piceno and Piazza del Campo in Siena. By thattime, to be able to use the panoramas, besides the angular corrections, further polynomial corrections were necessary, gotten
from a dense network of control points (100-200), (Fangi, 2006).
In the case under examination not only such corrections were notneeded but also no control point was used. The procedure improvement can be explained with the shorter distances, with thegood improvement of the Stitching software, (that thanks also to
the ceiling texture, produced better panoramas), and finally with
the improvement of the adjustment algorithms, via the block adjustment. The image distortion is automatically corrected by thesoftware itself in the rendering phase, by merging the overlapping
image frames. The interior orientation is skipped. For the time
being, the final plotting accuracy is limited by the quality of thepanoramas and by the resolution of the spherical images. In theshown examples the width was 10.000 and 15.000 pixels for all
the panoramas, corresponding to an angular accuracy of 0.040.03 g, therefore very scarce. The 3d plotting was performed
with monoscopic multi-image observations. In the first example
the block adjustment supplied, besides the orientation parameters, the coordinates of about 600 points, observed in at least
three panoramas. The achieved accuracy is in the order of few
the centimetres say σ x = σ y = ±0.02 m and σ z = ± 0.03m. The
advantage of the spherical panorama in comparison to classicalphotogrammetry consists in the greater completeness of the information due to its 360° amplitude, giving a synoptic view of thewhole environment. A single panorama can replace many image
frames; a couple of panoramas can substitute many photogrammetric models. The spherical panoramas are very simple, fastand easy to realize, they are very economic, and they are a very
useful and powerful tool for the documentation and survey of thecultural heritage.

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The theory of the multi-image spherical panorama has beendeveloped by Szelisky in 1994 for the Apple Computers (8,Szelisky, Shum, 1997). The whole extension to 360° aroundthe taking point is covered by photos, all of them having thesame center of taking, and partially overlapping. The ray connecting this center with the object point intersects the two
adjacent photos in the corresponding image point. Such ray
projects the image points on a sphere of arbitrary radius. The
sphere is then mapped on the cartographic plane with the socalled latitude - longitude representation (figure 1).

x = r.uMBey = r.f[1]

with the angles expressed in radiant. Such representation is
not conform, nor equivalent. The poles of the sphere are represented by two segments of equal length to the circumference of the sphere, and therefore equator and poles have thesame length. The height of the map is equal to the development of a meridian. From such representation the angles of direction of the projective line can be drawn. In fact, knowing
the extension, the radius of the generating sphere is derived.

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They are the same that would be measured with a theodolite.
Two are the differences: the first one is the achievable precision, in fact maximum width is around the 20.000 pixels, andevery pixel corresponds to 0.02 gon, therefore very inferior tothe one of a theodolite. The second difference is that in thesphere, contrarily to what happens in the theodolite, the axis
cannot be set vertical with sufficient accuracy. It is necessary
therefore before derive the angular directions, to estimate andcorrect two rotation angles around the horizontal axes. Such
operation is equivalent to a biaxial compensator of a theodolite. The estimation of such angles can be done with different
methods (6, Fangi 2006) such as control directions, control
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trary panoramas realized with images taken with normal digital cameras and then mosaicate with common commercial
software. The projection sphere of the images is mapped in
the cartographic plane with the so-called longitude-latitude
representation from which the angular directions can be
drawn that one would measure with a theodolite whose center coincides with the center of the sphere. The greatest difference consists in the fact that while the theodolite is set
with its principal axis vertical, in the case of the sphere it is
not possible to sufficiently make vertical the principal axis.
One must estimate and apply two correction angles aroundthe two horizontal axes (as it is done by a biaxial compensator in the theodolite). After the correction, the restitution of
the object takes place with the normal topographical methods as intersection and resection. The parameters of orientation of a panorama are six, the three coordinates of the center and three angles, of which one, around the z axis, is thezero bearing, common to all the angular theodolite stations.
Among the center of projection, the image point and the object point the collinearity equations are written, which arenothing but the traditional equations to the horizontal direction and the zenith angle, corrected to take into account of
the missed verticality of the principal axis of the sphere. One
can also write the coplanarity equations between two panoramas and estimate the five parameters of the relative orientation of one panorama to the other one and to proceed therefore to the computation of the model coordinates. In this approach the phase of interior orientation is completely omitted. The pattern of the errors has practically been observedin all the real panoramas as a consequence of the missing axis verticality. The survey with the spherical panoramas has
been in fact experimented for the first time for two noticeable Italian squares, Plaza of the People to Ascoli Piceno andPiazza del Campo in Siena (3, Fangi, 2006). In the tests
here proposed, realized for the survey of the interior of somechurches, almost no control point was needed. The improvement of the technique can be explained with the particulargeometry of the objects but above all with the block adjustment of the observations.

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bearing is the clokwise angle between the northern direction
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The point coordinates
Let’s considerer three orthogonal reference systems (figure 2):a) a local terrain system [OT;X,Y,Z] with vertical Z axis (“terrain system”);b) an auxiliary system [O;X´,Y´,Z´] parallel to the terrain system with vertical Z axis, with origin in the centreO(X0,Y0,Z0) of the sphere, (“sphere system”);

Xl- day ZlX*p
x = R . b- u0 + atg l = R . f- u0 + atg
Y*
Yl+ dax .Zlc) a system [O;X*,Y*,Z*] centred in the centre O of the sphereand oriented parallel to the panorama borders, with Z axis
not vertical, from now on called “panorama system”.
Given an arbitrary object point P(X,Y,Z), it is:X´ = X – X0

= a cos[4]

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Zl= a cos=dd- day Xl+ dax Yl+ Zldwhere d = Xl2 + Yl2 + Zl2 =The spherical coordinates of the point P in the panorama
system, are (figure 2):

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The corrected spherical coordinates (Xʹ,Yʹ,Zʹ) can be derived
from Xʹ,Yʹ,Zʹ of the sphere system, with a rotation matrix where
the angular corrections, dax, day around the two horizontal axes, are small enough:VR
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The preceding equations are the equations of collinearity
for the spherical panoramas or the correct equations of thehorizontal direction and the vertical angle corrected to take
into account the missed verticality of the axis of the sphere.
They must be linearized near approximate values of the parameters and coordinates and then adjusted in block, according to a surveying technique already set-up (2, Fangi,2004). The restitution takes places by means of the eqns.
[7] and [9]. The approximated values are supplied by a classical procedure where the initial values of the correction angles are set to zero, or by means of the relative orientation
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Figure 4. The central panorama of the Church of the Holy Magdalene in Pesaro, with the errors amplified 10 times.

Figure 5. Church of the Holy
Magdalene, Pesaro The observation network done from thefive panoramas(left).
Figure 6. Distribution of theerror vectors
amplified 10
times. It is evident a systematic effect (right).

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The procedure is similar to the one set up for the theodolite stations that was called “blind traverse” (Fangi, 1,1998),
with the sole difference that the unknown parameters increase
from four to six and that the relative orientation is performed
with five independent parameters among the 8 possible, as intraditional photogrammetry. The solution of [12] brings to therelative orientation of one bundle with respect to the otherone. The relative orientation is useful to link stations not having reciprocal observations and therefore to supply the approximated values of the unknown coordinates to input in [7] and[9] for the block adjustment. Note that no control information
neither interior orientation is needed.

The two corresponding image points Pʹ(xʹ,yʹ,zʹ) and Pʹʹ(xʹʹ,yʹʹ,zʹʹ)of the arbitrary object point P on the two spheres lay on thesame epipolar plane OʹPO” and their coordinates satisfy the
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Our first tests on the metric use of the spherical panoramas
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Number of observations =4640

Number of unknowns =1764

Redundancy =2876

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sigma zero =.0018754 rad = 0.1194g = 3 pixel.
Average of sd of the adjusted points
sqmx = .029m, sqmy = .032m, sqmz = .043m
After the restitution, 64 check points, taken with the reflectorless total station, have been compared with those taken with the photogrammetry, table 2.
In figures 4 and 6 the effects of a systematism are evident; therefore even if the average value of the module for theerrors is 6 cms, when the systematic error is eliminated, aconsistent reduction of such value will result. In the table 2
are shown the values of the correction angles. Note that theirstandard deviations are of one order inferior.

Church of rectangular plan with narrow high gothic windows
was built at the end of the 1200; it guards in the altar the famous painted Crucifix of Cimabue (XIII sec.). The inside,with one nave only with beamed ceiling, is decorated with
frescos of the 13th and 14th centuries (figure 9). On the rightwall the Gothic chapel Dragondelli stands. Two panoramas
with Lumix Panasonic FZ50 camera, 35 mm equivalent focal length, 10Mb, were taken by the A. only for tourist purposes. The panorama formation is by Autopano Pro, thewidth of every panorama is 15.000 pixels. Since no one
measure nor control point were available, the plotting was
carried out with the procedure of the relative orientation, described in 4, where an arbitrary value of 100 was given to thebase. As can be seen, the building frame is oriented according to the relative symmetric system and it is not levelled. It
was not possible to plot the abse, for the bad quality of theintersection and for the lack of photographic coverage. Obviously it is not possible to give some qualitative parameter ofthe restitution. The geometric congruence can serve as soleverification.

Table 1: Average of RMS errors on check points (in m).
Only 3 fixed Stations Points(64 check points)

3 SP+ 3 Control Points(58 check points)

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sx = 0.0234, sy = -0.0333, sz = 0.0044
mean module = 0.0639

sx = 0.0190, sy =-0.0197, sz =0.0081
mean module = 0.0470

sx = 0.0203, sy = -0.0246, sz=0.0065
mean module = 0.0537

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Figure 10. The network of observations of St. Dominic for the relative orientation, with the two panoramas Pan1s and Pan2 and the relative system.

Figure 11. Church of St. Dominic, Arezzo, axonometry of the plotting (wireframe).Due to the bad configuration of the intersection, the front and backwalls are characterized by a scarce precision.

prevailing use for indoor environments, where the constructionof the panorama is facilitated by the presence of the ceiling. All
these advantages with the possibility to perform a plotting withvery simple measurements only, like tape distances, make theprocedure to be a very useful tool for recording and classification of cultural heritage, even for non expert people.
Besides the possibility not to employ expensive instrumentation as the theodolite and the capability to perform theplotting in relative orientation, the sizing and the levelling canbe done afterwards by simple means, make the procedure a
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The accuracy of the here proposed photogrammetric procedure is the one typical of the monoscopic systems. The advantages are many: the great speed of execution, every couple ofpanorama includes or replaces many photogrammetric models, the completeness of documentation, every panorama constitutes the ideal image extending 360°. The possibility to skip
the interior orientation, due to the spherical form of the equivalent sensor or pseudo-sensor, permits the direct plotting from
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ThanksI am grateful to Giuseppe Di Carlo for the help in the plotting of
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Architectural patrimony managementin Yemen
R. Héno1, Y. Egels2
1. Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Département d’Imagerie Aérienne et Spatiale,
Cité Descartes, F-77455 Marne-la-Vallée CEDEX, France, raphaele.heno@ensg.ign.fr
2. Professeur, consultant, 99 rue de Charonne F-75011 Paris, France, yves.egels@free.fr

ABSTRACTOn the initiative of Marylène Barret, archaeologist and art restorer working at the French embassy in Sana’a Yemen, and detached at the SFD (Social Fund for Development) of Yemen, professors of the French ENSG (Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques), together with some of their students went twice toYemen since October 2004 to survey five historic mosques on
the point of being restored. The goal of both field operations andpost-processing of the collected data was to provide a specifictraining and to enable a transfer of technology to a Yemeni team
who should soon be in charge of organizing by themselves similar operations as part of a specific unit at the SFD. Today, according to an agreement between the ENSG and the SFD, trainings
should go on to make that unit operational as soon as possible.

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country one team able to use traditional techniques of closerange photogrammetry to produce the documentation.
The SFD is an autonomous agency with financial and administrative independence, governed by a Board of Directors,
representing the government, NGOs, and the private sector
under the chairmanship of the Yemeni Prime Minister. The
SFD seeks to reduce poverty by improving living conditions
and providing income generating opportunities for the poor. It
should be noted that it already has a department for Cultural
Heritage.
Having read about the particular works previously done by
French IGN (Institut Géographique National) on prestigious archeological sites, Marylène Barret invited its technical university, the ENSG (Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques),
to survey the first monument in order to convince the Yemeni
authorities of its interest. In that context, four ENSG teachers,Context
In the south of the Arabian Peninsula lies Yemen, formerly
known as an important step on the Frankincense Road, wellknown today for its astonishing mountainous landscape, andmuch less so for its very rich architectural heritage. This richness is a result of the country’s former prosperity, and needs
to be transmitted to future generations. Any action of safeguarding this cultural heritage is of course valuable. The firststep to preserving a monument is simply to produce a complete and precise documentation of it.

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Marylène Barret, archaeologist and art restorer working at the
French embassy in Sana’a (Barret, 2004), the capital of Yemen, and detached at the Social Fund for Development of Yemen (SFD), was the first to introduce the idea of creating in the

Figure 1: Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Great Mosqueof Sana’a,size: 75×66m.

Mosque of Asnaf, recently restored, size: 9×8m.

The two mosques surveyed in Taez, Al Ahsrafieh (size: 35×30m)
and Al Muzzafar (size: 54×54m).
Figure 2: The surveyed monuments.

Setting up a local topometric system

together with six post-graduates (Photogrammetry, Positioning
and Measures of Deformations), went to Yemen twice to do a
photogrammetric survey of historic mosques on the point ofbeing restored.

A local network of both flat and spherical targets has been set
up and measured to ensure that images and laser scenes could
be used later and combined into a common 3D coordinate system. Reference points were located inside (and even in a part of
the underground floors) and outside the mosques, links between them being made through the doors (between inner andouter mosque, and also between the inner mosque and thecourtyard) and the terrace. A basic network in 3D was thus
formed on which all the measurements depend. The team used
Trimble 5600 DR, Trimble 3600 DR, and LEICA TCR 803 (Direct Reflex) total stations for the control survey. The total stations’ direct reflex capabilities also enabled the team to takemeasurements of distance without prisms and accurately determine the position of the spherical targets by direct measurement. In total, 450 control points were established at Sana’a,
200 at Shibam and around 200 also in the two mosques inTaez. The 3D coordinates of all the network points were computed with COMP3D, a software program for global bundle adjustment, for micro-geodesy, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning developed by Yves Egels, ENSG’ professor. Results werevalidated on the site and the precision achieved was approx.

Sites of interest
Five mosques were completely surveyed: at first, in October
2004, the small mosque of Asnaf, the great mosques of Sana’a(7-8th/9th/12th century) and Shibam-Kawkaban (9th/10th century), then, in October 2005, the mosques of Al Ahsrafieh(13th century) and Al Muzzafar (13th century) in Taez.

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In order to obtain a reliable and accurate survey, being faithful to the shape and appearance of the monument, it has
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Figure 3: Extract of the wooden steep sided ceilings (real and schematic
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Figure 4: Image shooting of the ceilings.

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5-6 mm (0.2 in) on the Shibam site and approx. 1 cm (0.4 in)on the Sana’a site; these differences being mainly due to thesize difference of the surveyed sites (a 75-m-long (246-ft) side
for the Sana’a mosque, 35-m-long (115-ft) for Shibam).

Vertigeo
A tacit agreement between the SFD and the ENSG first stipulated that five mosques be surveyed by ENSG’ students, theirexpenses such as plane tickets and local accommodation being paid by SFD. Further data processing was subject to another contract signed in 2005 by Vertigeo, the ENSG company managed by students. Since that time, ENSG’ students
helped by their professors have worked in their free time to
produce and deliver the expected results.

Image shooting
Although a terrestrial 3D laser scanner was available (Trimble
GS100), traditional photogrammetry was considered for atleast two reasons. For one thing, some nicely decorated details obviously required high resolution images that the scanner could not ensure. Secondly, the configuration of themosque itself, like the wooden steep sided ceilings (Figure 3),
was so complex that a complete 3D laser scanning would havebeen much more tedious than a regular stereoplotting.
Thus, traditional stereoscopic image coverage has been
made on the ceilings, as well as the facade walls, and the particular details, such as the “mihrab”. A Minolta Dimage previously calibrated at the ENSG, equipped with an outer flash
was used, producing approximately 400 images on the site ofSana’a, and 200 in Shibam. In order to be as productive as
possible, images have been taken from ground level, which resulted in an average ceilings pixel size of 3mm.

Products to deliver
The list of results to be produced was vague at the beginning,as the SFD as a sponsor knew little about the possible resultsof topometry, photogrammetry and lasergrammetry, and as the
ENSG itself was making its first life-size field survey with a laser scanner. Traditional outputs of an architectural survey were

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3D laser scanning

City of Sana’aGreat mosque

A Trimble 3D Scanner was used to survey the general architecture of the buildings (columns, arches, interior and exterior
walls, and terraces) shaped without decoration but with lots ofhidden parts. The measurement interval was approx. 15 mm(0.6 in). 3D scanning is well suited to the walls as well as terraces and pillars in which detail density is fairly low, enabling
rapid scanning at a low resolution. In contrast to photogrammetry techniques, the scanner’s acquisition time is proportional to the detail desired. However, it is also less sensitive tohidden areas (no need for stereoscopy, precision independentof distance). Its main advantage is its ability to rapidly supply
large amounts of data without major processing. For instance,
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however required: horizontal plane at ground level, vertical elevations, main cross-sections, and orthoimage for the wooden
ceilings and for the façades. Results had to be delivered digitally and in hardcopy according to graphical rules that Vertigeo
was free to design (Figure 5).
Orthoimages were computed at the closest resolution to
the ground resolution of raw images, that is to say 3mm forthe ceilings of the mosques of Sana’a and Shibam, and 5mm
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Aerotriangulation
An IGN software, Topaéro, normally designed to computegeoreferencement of aerial images with the bundle adjustment method, has been successfully used for computing theaerotriangulation of the wooden ceilings and of the façades.
Tie points had been previously measured in a semi-automaticway, using LPS.

Orthorectification
Automatic correlation was tested on the wooden ceilings to
produce DSM, which is necessary to compute a true orthoimage. As a matter of fact, the ceilings look very much like adense urban area, although it is seen from below rather fromthe top. But because of the repetitive aspect of the ceilings,
both in shape and drawing, the correlation results were so poorthat the interactive editing task would probably have been longer than direct manual stereoplotting! Nevertheless the volumeof traditional stereoplotting would have lead to unacceptabledelivery time. Thus, a simplified method was adopted : only thelowest wooden beams have been recorded into the DSM, while
in Adobe Photoshop, the central area of the images were defined, limited at both extremities by the lowest beams, andsaved into alpha layers (Figure 7), that the software later used
to compute the orthoimage, was able to understand as such.
Taking only the central part of the images easily allowed the orthoimage to look like a “true” one, while limiting the area of interest to the lowest beam avoided possible ghosting effects or
any wrong edge matching artifacts.
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data processing. Rapidly operational, Cumulus was able to visualize laser data using any color, or scanning intensity, or color
from the scanner low resolution camera, or even color fromouter high resolution images whenever georeferenced in thesame topometric system as the laser data. Cumulus was alsoable to georeference laser scenes using the spherical target of
the topometric network, to compute sections through the laser data in any specified direction, and also to compute true
orthoimages, taking into account both occlusions in the laser
data and in georeferenced outer images. Y. Egels made his
software also usable for 3D data captured by traditional stereoplotting, which, as mentioned above was helpful in producing orthoimages on the wooden ceilings.

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Furthermore, even if a huge potential of the dense laser scanning was assumed since the beginning, no efficient and user
friendly tool was available yet on the market. Yves Egels, atthat time head of the DIAS (photogrammetry department at
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Graphical rendering of the data
Since it became, thanks to Cumulus, rather simple to produce, among other things, sections and orthoimages, which
are the traditional results that architects and restorers ask for,some of the people in charge of the restoration operations
asked for more than was initially required, like more cross-sections (fourteen cross-sections were asked for the Great Mosqueof Sana’a), and horizontal planes at different levels (groundlevel of course, but also pillar capital level). The raw output
from Cumulus is unfortunately a bit rough, because of the unexpected objects which have been scanned together with theintended objects (the mosques were usually full of bookshelves which were too cumbersome to move), and also because of the intrinsic noise of the scanning.
Moreover, there always remain occlusions that produce
holes in the final products. All this makes it inevitable to clean
the raw output from Cumulus, for use by most architects apparently not prepared to deal with such data. This step has
been very little tried out so far at ENSG, mainly through lackof time and manpower. However, a student is expected to workon that specific subject at SFD during the summer 2007, to
produce real cartographic data out of the raw output from Cumulus, and also to work out its methodology. However, one
may expect that architects will slowly come to appreciate thevery rich content of raw data, in spite of the above mentioned
defects.

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Yemen, and first in SFD, a specific unit specialized in advanced documentation techniques for the historical architectural heritage of Yemen. For that purpose, ENSG teachers
have identified four Yemeni experts from among various specialists (architects, surveyors, engineers) as being sensitive tothe urgent need to produce complete and accurate documentation of the rich Yemeni architectural heritage and able to understand the methods to produce this documentation.

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SFD unit specialized in advanced documentation techniques for the historical architectural heritage of Yemen
Although the documentation unit was first set up in SFD, it
may well be transferred later on to other organizations. This willof course require the current Yemeni trainees to have a goodknowledge of all steps in the production process, so that they
can become trainers themselves. It seems to be safe to keep
the documentation in SFD in its early stages, since SFD already invested in training sessions, and provided the first necessary basic equipment, that is to say, besides existing printers and computers, a semi-professional camera –Canon EOS
5D-, a total station –Leica TCR 803- and topometric accessories. Purchasing a 3D terrestrial laser scanner will be considered only when the documentation unit works smoothly.

Training sessions
In order to have that team operational as soon as possible,
training sessions have been organized. Trainees first attended
the two week field operation in Taez, where each of themworked together with one French student. This organization,
apart from leading to friendships, gave the opportunity to
Yemeni trainees to efficiently learn the basics of a field survey
and to French students to clarify the knowledge they had toteach. After that, two more training sessions were given in
Sana’a by ENSG teachers, during which basic theory required
to use the photogrammetric tools for the whole process where
taught. Most of these tools, like Cumulus, were translated into Arabic for the occasion. Finally the trainees came to France
for one month, where they surveyed almost alone a part of theChartreuse of Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon. This included field survey and data processing.

Conclusion
Although the idea of creating in Yemen an autonomous documentation unit was first looked on with some doubt, Marylène
Barret worked hard and finally succeeded in having SFD support this project actively. Today, thanks to the SFD’s sincere
involvement combined with great enthusiasm and long-term
involvement of ENSG’ professors to see that unit work, tangible results may already be seen: on the one hand documents
essential for the preservation of a still little-known heritage
have been produced, and authorities are beginning to see its
importance. On the other hand, the Yemeni team has received
most of the equipment, and is starting already to work properly. Once the documentation unit is fully operational, which is
expected to happen within two years, the next stage will be to
see that unit itself becoming expert in the field of 3D documentation for Yemen and for the neighboring Middle-Easterncountries.

Agreement of cooperation between the SFD
and the ENSG
An agreement between the SFD and the ENSG should besigned very soon, making the already very good relationships
between these two official institutions. Training sessions will
be regularly given in Yemen for at least two years, by ENSG
professors and professionals. Some engineers or high level students could take part in implementing the documentation unit
in SFD in their ENSG practical training (possible duration fromtwo to six months). For instance, two ENSG students maketheir practical training in SFD during the summer of 2007, one
to help organize the newly funded unit, the other to redraw
some rough cross-sections and to write its methodology.

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3D modelling of heritage objects
by fringe projection
and laser scanning systems
H.-J. Przybilla1, J. Peipe2
1. Lab. for Photogrammetry, Dept. of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Bochum University of Applied Sciences,
Germany, heinz-juergen.przybilla@fh-bochum.de
2. Institute for Photogrammetry and Cartography, Bundeswehr University Munich,Germany, j-k.peipe@unibw-muenchen.de

ABSTRACTThe recording and modeling of cultural heritage objects for the
purpose of conservation, structural investigation, restoration, visualization, documentation, and archiving is, by common consent, an
important task. Mobile and flexible optical 3D measuring systems
based on techniques such as photogrammetry, fringe projection,laser scanning, and combinations of these image-based or rangebased systems can successfully be applied to the measurement
and virtual reconstruction of objects in art and cultural heritage.
Recently, it was decided to establish a digital archive of thetreasure of the Essen cathedral by means of optical 3D measurement methods. The treasure of the Essen cathedral is one of themost significant collections of ecclesiastical art in Germany. It
originates from the former canoness convent’s treasure which
passed into the property of the parish after the secularisation in
1803. Since 1957 the diocese of Essen has been responsible forthe treasure. Because only a few pieces have got lost in the courseof history, the collection is exemplary due to its completeness.
However, the treasure includes approximately 250 objects comprising some outstanding works, in particular from the Ottonian
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Figure 1:
Otto-Mathilden-Cross,10th century,
different materials, 44.5 cm
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Figure 2: Child‘s Crown, made for Otto III., 10th century, different materials, e.g. gold sheets, jewels, and pearls (© Martin Engelbrecht).

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The treasure of the Essen cathedral in Germany is one of the few collections of medieval art completely preserved in the course of history, including approximately 250 objects such as crosses, crowns,
swords, statues, manuscripts, and reliquaries. These precious works
of art show a great variety in size, shape, material, and complexity. In
the paper, ideas and concepts for recording the manifold objects ofthe treasure by optical methods such as photogrammetry, fringe projection and laser technique are reported on. The measurement systems used are described as well as calibration aspects, difficulties ofdata acquisition and processing are mentioned, and virtual models of
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ying in size, shape, material, and complexity are to be measured. The artifacts provide more or less cooperative surfaces:a challenge for any measurement system. The 3D reconstruction is to be performed with high accuracy (0.1 to 1.0 mm, depending on the size of the object) at large scales (1:1 to 1:5).
The paper overviews both the main objects of interest being among the treasure and the measurement systems or techniques, respectively, to be used for the recording. A chapter
dealing with difficulties and drawbacks when digitizing artefacts is included. Finally, the state of the project as up to now
is reported on.

Measurement Systems“We can safely say that at the moment, for all types of objects
and sites, there is no single modeling technique able to satisfy all requirements, like high geometric accuracy, portability,
full automation, photorealism, low costs as well as flexibility
and efficiency.” (Remondino & El-Hakim, 2006)
The authors of this paper entirely confirm the above statement from their own practical experience. Therefore, several
measurement techniques are proposed for the project➧ photogrammetry,➧ fringe projection technique,➧ laser scanning.
Active sensors using fringe projection or laser techniqueaccomplish the very fast and precise digitization of an object
surface resulting in a dense 3D point cloud. The combinationof image-based and range-based methods is appropriate to alltasks where a single technique by itself fails. So the structureof an object can be measured by photogrammetry, complex
details of the object surface with a range sensor. Texture information for generating a realistic 3D model is provided by highresolution digital colour images.
Subsequent to the point cloud generation, software is used
for a topologically correct surface reconstruction, for texturing
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mainly fringe projection systems have been applied so far. At
the beginning of the project, a Breuckmann optoTOP HE-600 was used to digitize the Golden
Madonna, the oldest known statue of Virgin
Mary dating from around the year 990 A.D.
(Peipe & Przybilla, 2005). Since then a Breuckmann triTOS has been employed (Fig. 3;
Breuckmann, 2007). The system consists of amechanically stable base connecting a 1.3
megapixel camera and the fringe projection
unit, and a high-end PC or notebook with theoperating and object reconstruction software.
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Calibration data and accuracy figures of the triTOS systemwere determined by test measurements published in a previous paper (Bange et al., 2007).
A series of scans has to be generated to cover the complex
artefacts, including a lot of detailed views to acquire more orless hidden regions, too. The single views can be combined
within the triTOS software by a best fit approach based on iterative closest point algorithm (ICP). Moreover, a network ofreference points precisely determined by photogrammetricmeans may serve to merge all the scans of the object captured
with the range-based system. Furthermore, a Nikon D2Xs digital SLR camera was used to take colour images for texturing
the 3D model.

Laser scanning
In addition to the fringe projection system, a laserscanner will
be applied for point cloud generation. Laserscanners havebeen very expensive, but newly developed devices may change
this situation. For example, the MicroScan laser sensor is a
powerful but affordable measuring tool (RSI, 2007; Fig. 4).
The scanner is connected to the MicroScribe measuringarm, i.e. it is attached to the stylus of the 6DOF MicroScribe.
The portable MicroScribe + MicroScan combination provides
an accuracy of approx. 0.2 mm within a reach of about 1.5 m.
28.000 3D points per second are registered while the laserline is navigated over the object. The camera of the MicroScan
records the deformations of the scanning line caused by shapevariations of the object surface. Point clouds originating fromdifferent scans can be merged by the system software.
In addition to the laserscanning, the MicroScribe measuring arm can also be utilized as a touch probe device for digitizing single 3D point positions.
First results of laserscanner calibrations (by means of tools
included in the system) and measurements show a good accordance with the specifications given by the manufacturer ofthe system. Further investigations have to be performed concerning calibration procedures, especially those defined by
the German VDI/VDE guideline 2634 (VDI/VDE, 2002). An
example of object scanning with MicroScan in comparison toan image taken with the Nikon camera is shown in Fig. 5.

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State of the Project
As mentioned in chapter 2, the Golden Madonna of the cathedral’s treasure was digitized and modeled at first. In the meantime, some more works of art have been surveyed (Figs. 6 & 7):➧	the scabbard of a ceremonial sword (94 cm in length),
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Figure 6: Digitizing the Elfenbeinpyxis.
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These objects are very different in size, structure andmaterial. Therefore, the digitizing is complicated andtime-consuming. Some difficulties appear in case of➧	reflections, especially when capturing glittering material (gold etc.)➧	more or less transparent materials (gems etc.)➧	complex surfaces providing hidden parts.
Specifications of the data acquisition can be found in
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Visualization of complex object structures cannot bedone by common computer aided design programs.
Tools like those used for reverse engineering and rapid
prototyping have to be applied to transform scan data
into accurate digital models. Favourable results could beachieved with Geomagic Studio (Geomagic, 2007). This
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A serious problem when digitizing and processing complex objects is the large amount of data, especially if the modeled artefact
should be posted on the internet. Data reduction is an important issue. Fig. 8 presents a detail of the Elfenbeinpyxis, beginning (left)
with the original resolution and, then, after reducing to 25% and
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These experiences can be confirmed with the results ofother artefacts (Fig. 10). Data processing using reverse engineering software seems to be suitable for modeling complex
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Concluding Remarks
3D data from different sources are suitable to establish a digital archive of the treasure of the Essen cathedral. Fringe projection systems have been successfully applied to generate
3D models of several important and valuable works of medieval art. In addition, the combination of a touch probe digitizer
and a laserscanner provides an adequate accuracy and a favourable price/performance ratio, and seems very promisingfor quick data collection of complex objects.
Based on the geometrical reconstruction of the artefacts
and additional information, multimedia processing is planned.
In the near future, the data will be included in a 3D information system supporting any kind of art-historical activities andresearch, but also useful for the non-professional museum visitor interested in medieval art.

References
Bange, L., Peipe, J., Przybilla, H.-J., 2007. Genauigkeitsmaße eines
Streifenprojektionssystems zur 3D-Objekterfassung. In: Photogrammetrie - Laserscanning - Optische 3D-Messtechnik. Wichmann, Heidelberg, pp. 116-122.
Breuckmann, 2007. Product information optoTOP and triTOS. www.
breuckmann.com (accessed 30 May 2007).
Geomagic, 2007. Product information Geomagic software. www.geomagic.com (accessed 30 May 2007).
Inus Technology, 2007. Product information RapidForm. www.rapidform.com (accessed 30 May 2007).
Peipe, J., Przybilla, H.-J., 2005. Modeling the Golden Madonna. In:
Proceedings CIPA 2005 XX Int. Symposium, Turin, Italy, ISSN
1682-1777, pp. 934-936.
Remondino, F., El-Hakim, S., 2006. Image-based 3D modeling.
Photogrammetric Record, Vol. 21 Issue 115, pp. 269-291.
RSI, 2007. Product information MicroScribe and MicroScan. www.
rsi-gmbh.de (accessed 30 May 2007).
VDI/VDE, 2002. VDI/VDE Guideline 2634. Beuth, Berlin.

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Evaluation of structural damages
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J.I. San José1, J. Martínez1, J.J. Fernández1, J. Finat2, J.D. Perez-Moneo2
1. University of Valladolid, Laboratory of Architectural Photogrammetry, School of Architecture,
Av. De Salamanca s/n 47014 Valladolid. jmr@ega.uva.es
2. University of Valladolid, MoBiVAP research group, I+D building, lab2.2, Campus Miguel Delibes.
47011 Valladolid. jfinat@agt.uva.es, juandi@ega.uva.es

ABSTRACT
There exists a very large number of damaged buildings in Cultural Heritage. Common damages are related with structural deformations (lack of verticality, crashes, e.g.) and the degradation of
their support (deteriorated materials, e.g.). A dense informationis needed for both of them. Non-intrusive methods based on laser scans provide 3D support with dense information with lowhuman cost. In this work, special attention is paid to structuraldeformations.
The software platform UVACAD has been developed for solving visualisation issues relative to sub-clouds of points extracted
from the global model. Interactive visualization concerns basic
projective operations (sections and projections), cell decomposition and colour re-projection of the global 3D model. Slices withconstant width and extracted by means of parallel planes haveprovided support for a semi-automatic drawing ofsections drawn over the exported slices after theirortho-projection. Structural damages can then be
visualised in a transparent way by overlapping theexported ortho-images. These results are illustrated
with an example taken from the gothic church of Villamorón (Burgos, Spain). The performed 3D model
has proven to be an accurate survey which has allowed the assessment for an urgent intervention
policy to correct serious damages observed in thisstudy.

times it is only possible to make a detailed study of the structure to prevent further damages. Despite the fact that Castillay León is one of the the European regions with the lowest density of population, it contains more than fifty per cent of theSpain’s Cultural Heritage.
Unfortunately, the high number of damaged buildings andthe limited budget makes it very difficult to design a global policy of conservation or restoration. Thus, before its collapse it isimperative to make a structural diagnosis and a thorough digitization of damaged buildings. Exchange of research experiences is crucial to compare and improve our current state ofknowledge, and to try to coordinate a future development of
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Due to the abandon of small villages and the lackof economic resources, the current state of Cultural Heritage buildings in rural zones show a poor
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Introduction

Figure 1: One among hundreds of ruined CH goods in Castilla y León.

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Figure 2: Scanning the Church of Santiago outdoors and indoors.

namental details, pinnacles, ledges, sculptures, e.g.). The automatic identification of complex primitives from basic geometric primitives is still a challenge for semi-automatic 3D recognition and modelling with a large number of applications to CAD,
Architectural or Archaeological Surveying, computer animationand simulation, including VR/AR, among others.
Currently, the LFA-MoBiVAP research group is developing
information systems for Cultural Heritage Recording by meansof advanced visualization systems. Post-processing of 3D information arising from sampling of huge clouds of points makes it
possible to compare the current state of certain areas with theirsimple planar and quadratic primitives. Multi-resolution models have been applied in the visualization and virtual reconstruction of archaeological sites; examples of these are theanalysis and ideal reconstruction of the roman theater of Clvnia (Burgos, Spain) as illustrated in [Finat et al 2005] and an
extension for urban environments, in [Fernandez, 2006].
The main goal of this work is to contribute to the semi-automatic 3D modelling and design of architectural primitives
corresponding to damaged buildings from range data files
from scanning. To achieve this goal, simpler PL-models (piecewise linear) are generated from huge unorganized clouds ofpoints captured with the laser scanner Ilris 3D (Optech). Sections of the point-clouds (understood as equispaced slices
with constant width) and projections of selected ones onto reference planes are the result of the performed projective operations. These partial intermediate models are obtained withlow computational cost and they are enough to identify coarse
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Common photogrammetric records are based on imagery
and total stations. Planning of network for acquisition and data capture are time consuming; furthermore, post-processing
work for image-based architectural surveying is tedious andrequires a very high level of expertise. However, 3D laser scanners have proved to be more efficient in three-dimensional
dense modelling. Although the local accuracy of measurements taken with robotized total stations is higher, laser-scanner surveys are often more appropriate for urgent interventions
as they provide massive 3D volumetric information. Information processing provides metric data which are very useful tosupport conservation and restoration policies.
Since the 2001 edition of CIPA, there has been a verylarge number of works published, focusing on the laser scanner and its application to heritage recording subject. [Boehler(2002), Malinverni (2003)].
On the other hand, a large number of developments in
Computer Graphics and Machine Vision for complex renderingof historical buildings have been performed along the last ten
years. Modern scientific visualization offers the possibility toinspect and evaluate structural properties of buildings andother information relative to their environment. Thus, it is necessary to develop multi-resolution and hybrid approaches forarchitectural and environmental surveying (see e.g. El-Hakim
et al, 2002). The development of interoperability tools between Surveying and Information Systems, including advanced visualization techniques models is the next challenge
to face. Advanced Visualization must allow the exchange,
processing and analysis of metric information with object-oriented data and metadata bases relative to the information
with a 2D/3D support.
For dealing with such a massive data source, it is necessary
to combine volumetric segmentation with 3D matching to different level-of-detail (LoD). This combination provides a semiautomatic identification of primitives appearing in buildings foreach LoD. The coarsest level of the hierarchy involves the identification of geometric elements (dominant planes, quadrics,e.g.) whereas the finest level deals with complex primitives (or-42

Methodology
According to the methodology planned the steps performed inthis and other precedent works is resumed as follows:
1.	Data capture and construction of a global model by meansof multiple scans alignining.
2.	Global orientation of the model using ground control
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The church of Santiago shows some structural problems someof which are probably derived from interventions during thetransition from Romanesque to early Gothic style. Indeed, thecentral nave may be too high compared to the side aisles;
some certainly evident misalignments in columns along thetransept produce strong alterations in the structure with visible crashes in the tower. This work is aimed at the identification of deviations with respect to vertical for walls and mis-

5.	Interactive drawing of vector section onto 2D projected
slices.
6.	Inspection and dimension of elementary symmetries forlongitudinal or transversal sections.
7.	Quantification of deformations by comparison between actual and ideal sections.
8. Inspection and conclusions report.

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alignments for columns, their quantification and theanalysis of crashes and structural failures in the global
3D model.
The western facade shows an evident list, which is
responsible for two large crashes across the wall, fromroof to ground. In the eastern end of the temple, there
appear severe crashes along windows which threaten
the stability of its structure. Inside, the vaults are apparently full of cracks and a considerable number of ashlar
blocks have fallen from the arches.
Crashes are also evident on the other end of the central nave, where lateral walls are literally detached fromthe roof. A large number of fractures also appear in thestartings of arch nerves with the walls.

Data Capture and Global Model

Figure 5:
A crack fromground to roof
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to thirty level references have been surveyed with an automatic level Pentax AL320.
Not having the x,y coordinates of the reference points may
seem to be quite imprecise but the points we took were on
near flat surfaces which are easy to locate with the help of asketch or picture. Some of them have been taken with the rod
up-side-down because it is easier to identify those being
above the scanner than other on the ground which was irregular and may be hidden by plants.
All of those levelled points were used for the absolute orientation of the model with the RMS of the being below
0.002m for the vertical adjustment.
The 145 scans covering the most of the inner and outersurfaces of the church where registered simultaneously withthe help of a dedicated application Polyworks by Innovmetric
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UVACAD).
More comprehensive data, where needed to record thetemple’s interior. They provide a global model of the vaults androof. The relationship between the outer model and the inner
one was possible thanks to the care taken while scanning themain entrance of the church from the outside. Some pillars
and walls were captured from the exterior scans allowing toregister the two models together.
A correct orientation and level allows the selection of a reference system given by a trihedral associated to ideal symmetric planes. The origin of this reference system has beenplaced at the intersection of the building axes at ground level.
Thus it is possible to obtain three-parametric families ofplanes which are pair wise orthogonal between them.
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Figure 8: The final polygonal model of the outside skin.

Figure 9: Vaults model registered to exterior.

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Figure 10: The two families of parallel sections are defined by building main axes.

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Figure 13: Inspection by cross sections. Dimensioning failures.

Longitudinal sections
As has been done with cross sections. The study of longitudinal
sections shows that the maximum inclination is between 0.5
and 2.8 degrees and corresponds to the exterior west facade.

Horizontal sections
The axis of the south wall of the church eastern end does
present a discontinuity with respect to the axis of columns of
the principal nave with a difference of 25 cm. The error originated in the transformation of the building from Romanesqueto early Gothic style. In particular, pillar bases do not compose
an exact orthogonal network but are displayed in different positions with angles of about 88º instead.

Figure 14: The floor plan appears plastic-like deformed.

Evaluation of structural deformations

The main problems related to the identification and evaluationof structural deformations involves the principal directions forwalls lean and the quantification of such a deviation. The absolute error bound is about 1 cm.. Independent analysis oftransversal, longitudinal and horizontal sections has been performed.. The distribution of deviations with respect to the vertical is not equally distributed across the building.

Transversal sections
A sample of transversal sections, makes it possible to verify
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From a technical point of view, the identification and the quantification for the wall’s lean and misalignments presents two
main orientations:
One shown by the longitudinal axis of the principal nave
towards the south wall; in the south facade the lack of verticality is maximum, and this affects also the wall which opens to
the atrium.
The other main gradient is showed by the wall which closes the feet of the temple
Furthermore, the longitudinal axis evidences lack of continuity, with displacements along intermediate components.
Some pillars present displacements towards the south, which
could be the origin of the largest cracks and the critical stateof conservation of the building.
The most outstanding list affects some parts of the south
wall where some vestiges of Roman cisternae have been identified. With the top side being 38 cm displaced from the vertical in 316 cm of height, resulting in a dangerous inclinationof 6.72 degrees.

way of highlighting some significant structural damages. In thenext two images is showed how well 2D image files obtained bymeans of projection of the clouds and some further image
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Contribution to the Heritage.
Conservation and Protection.
Conclusions and Future Work

References
CIPA2001: Surveying and Documentation of Historical BuildingsMonuments-Sites. Traditional and Modern Methods, CIPA Intlworkshop (Potsdam, Germany), 2001.
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5/C 34, 2003.
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As a resume, the whole structure is far from being stable. Indeed, recent corner ashlars falls and the fractures that are
growing in the basement (possibly due to water filtration froman identified the Roman cisternae close to the church west)
threaten to collapse the building totally or partially in the near
future if there is no intervention. Fortunately, as a result of thiswork, some consolidation interventions have recently been executed.
In this work we have developed a hybrid image- and rangebased methodology for an accurate evaluation of structural
damages of buildings. This will surely be a positive contribution in the field of Cultural Heritage Conservation. The volumetric analysis performed clearly shows the effects and, consequently, helps to identify the causes of structural damages.
Hence, it contributes in a decisive way to the assessment in
the design and application of restoration policies. Still, there
is much work to be done. Some of this, for which we are developing specific tools, such as 1) software aimed at facilitating the identification of damages to materials (i.e: state ofwalls, based in texture analysis), 2) the integration of basic geometric elements (piecewise dominant planes linked to walls
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V. Tsioukas
Department of Architectural Engineering, The Democritos University of Thrace,
New Building of Central Library, Kimmeria 67100, Xanthi, Greece, vtsiouka@arch.duth.gr

ABSTRACTOne of the main tasks of the Architects’ profession is in thefield of Architectural Conservation and Restoration of Buildings and important Cultural Heritage Monuments (archaeological sites, excavation sites, traditional settlements, urban complexes of high historic value, etc).
The expertise, an Architectural Engineer should have in order to have the ability to accomplish the hard task of a restoration, should include special knowledge on modern recording
techniques since they will help him to prepare a proper documentation. The results of the documentation project will leadto the final restoration study of the building. The appropriatetechno-economical study will give the best profit result of therestoration.

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Problem Statement

A basic tool for the creation of the digital recording files of
top-views, section and facade plans for the documentation ofa building is a CAD software application. For the recording offlat vertical facades, the procedure of digital photogrammetric rectification has been applied with great success in several cases in the past (Dallas, 1996).
AutoCAD by AutoDesk, the well-known digital design anddrafting application, is the most common software tool foundin an Architect’s office. It has been used with great successfor the creation of 2D designs and 3D models of buildings.
Although, the basic version is embedding some rasterprocessing algorithms it does not include photogrammetric
processing modules. For that reason, most of the owners ofan AutoCAD software license are using an add-on module tocreate rectified images and mosaics of buildings’ facades(Colorview GIS ImageRectifier by Peak Geo-Design, Inc.; ELCOVISION by PMS Photo-Mess-Systeme AG; PhoToPlan bykubit GmBh; SUPER/IMPOSITION by Datem). In other cases, the users prefer to use standalone raster processing applications to create the rectified images, which are later inserted in the AutoCAD environment to produce the final restitution designs.
Similar applications exist also as add-on modules for the
Bentley’s Microstation CAD application (Intergraph’s IRAS/C
and Bentley’s Descartes). The Microstation application has
been widely used from several recorders in the past.
In the past, some researchers have developed their own
non-commercial applications in order to rectify digital images
in architectural recording projects. Their aim was mainly tocreate the appropriate tools equipped with all the necessary
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In this paper a CAD application embedding photogrammetric
procedures is described. Oleg Kolbaskin has originally created
the CAD application and the photogrammetric procedures were
implemented in the Department of Architectural Engineering of
our Institute. The software can be used from both novice and experienced users in order to provide rectified images for cultural
heritage documentation in the best quality using appropriate calibration and monoscopic image processing algorithms. Since it
is based on a CAD environment further restitution and drafting
can be followed in order to provide the 2D top view plans and facades’ plans of sites and buildings. The original images are calibrated and corrected using an advanced image processing software procedure that provides the final images to be rectified. The
rectified images may be then produced using either the classicaldigital rectification algorithms of the central projection solution or
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The most of the applications that create rectified images,
coming from either conventional or metric cameras, are using
the projective transformation equations to define the relation
between the film or digital sensor plane and the recording
plane of a building’s facade. In this case, the building’s facadeis considered flat and the low relief (if present) is assumed to
produce negligible deformation on the final rectified image.
The observation-measurements of at least four ground control
points (predefined and topographically measured) on the image will lead to a solution of the unknown parameters that isconnecting every point of the facade onto its digital image.
The rectified image is finally generated through a resampling
process.
The advantages of the method are:➧	Quality control. By using more than the four minimum control points and through the statistical analysis it is possible
to estimate the mean error and standard deviation of the
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➧	It is leading to a complete digitisation, if the rectified image
is used properly in a CAD environment.
In the case where it is not possible to measure groundcontrol points on the building’s facade (due to the inability toaccess the building, or if the image has been created from an
old photograph scanning) the definition of the vanishing points
on the image, through the collection of parallel horizontal orvertical lines, can determine the position of the camera in relation to the building’s facade locus (Karras, 1992). A similar
product as the rectified image is generated. However, it lacks
the quality control provided from the typical digital rectification process since no redundant control point measurements
exist. No adjustment is applicable and only a couple of distance measurements can be used to calculate the final rectified product. The measurements that are used are horizontal
and vertical distances that provide the correct scale of the rectified image (Karras, 1992; Fangi, 2001).
However, the advantages of the method are the same as in
the previous case of a rectified image using ground control
point measurements. Additionally:➧	No complicated measuring devices and topographic networks are necessary.
➧	They provide a rectified image product in a very short time.
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appropriate photogrammetric results. Since, the images thatare processed are mainly coming from typical commercial digital cameras (i.e. student cameras) the low quality of theirlenses are generating great radial distortion errors (figure 3a).
The image calibration application, that has been developed, isused to calculate the radial distortion parameters according to
the Beyer model (Beyer, 1992). Prior to the use of the camera
the user is taking a snapshot of an A4 printed targets page (ofcircular shape) that are automatically identified and defined
accurately on the image using a best fitting ellipse algorithm.
Additionally, commercial software applications such as Photomodeler can be used to provide the camera calibration parameters that will be used to create the corrected images (http://
www.photomodeler.com/index.htm). Using a resampling andfiltering image processing procedure, every image generated
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The proposed software application can be used free ofcharge from any Cultural Heritage Recorder that wish to provide for non commercial purposes, rectified images and digitised drawings of buildings facades and other planar surfaces. The program is not a commercial application and thus nofee is charged for its use. It can be downloaded from the personal website of the author http://utopia.duth.gr/~vtsiouka/
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In the teaching process of courses concerning digitization, recording and restitution of buildings’ facades using surveying
techniques and Photogrammetry, common commercial CAD
applications have been used in our Department. The computers in the laboratories of our Department are equipped with theappropriate commercial applications to produce rectified images and are able to provide digital 2D designs of buildings’ facades. However, the software licenses in the laboratories do
not cover the elaboration of recording projects away from theuniversity facilities. The students have the need to execute thephotogrammetric and CAD applications on their personal computers at home. This need has lead the author to develop asoftware application that will have the ability to provide digital
rectified images using both the previously mentioned techniques and is free of charge to be used by anyone (student ornot) for non-commercial applications and projects (educational and research purposes).
The software has been based on the source code of VeCAD, provided by Oleg Kolbaskin and is comprising of a full
CAD application. The contribution of the author was to embed
all the photogrammetric processes to produce the rectificationof a central projection image, using ground control point measurements (figure 1) or vanishing point geometry correction (figure 2). Many of the features of the CAD environment are very
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Figures 3a and 3b:
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➧	the software application executables and the necessary
setting files,➧	instruction’s manuals in Greek and English language,➧	sample images and surveying data and➧	demonstration videos
are included.

References
Beyer, H., 1992, Ph.D. Thesis: “Geometric and Radiometric Analysis of a CCD-Camera Based Photogrammetric Close-Range
System”
Dallas, R.W.A., 1996, Architectural and archaeological photogrammetry. In Close Range Photogrammetry and Machine Vision, K.
B. Atkinson (ed.), Wittles Publishing, Caithness, pp. 283-302

This information will give a first guide and demonstrate theuse of the program to any potential user.

Fangi, G., Gagliardini, G., Malinverni, E.,S., 2001, Photointerpretation and Small Scale Stereoplotting with Digitally Rectified
Photographs With Geometrical Constraints, Cipa 2001 XVIII International Symposium, Potsdam, Germany

Contribution to the Heritage
Conservation and Protection

Nickerson, S., Chapiro, A., 2005, ASRix : A Simple Digital Image
Rectifier, CIPA 2005 XX International Symposium, Torino, Italy

The author has developed a software module and a calibration
software application to support the teaching and research activities in the Department of Architectural Engineering of the
Democritos University of Thrace. The application is able toprovide rectified images using typical photogrammetric processes in a CAD environment featuring:➧	No cost (but only for non-commercial applications)➧	Low hardware demands➧	Ease of use for an experienced CAD user.

Karras, K., Petsa, E., 1992, The use of perspective in uncalibrated
images for the documentation of the fa­cades of historic buildings without control. Terrestrial Photogrammetry and Spatial
Information Systems for the Documentation of Cultural Heritage. Ziti Editions, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. 199-212 (inGreek).
Sechidis, L., Georgiadis, C., Patias, P., 1999, Transformations for“Calibrated image” creation using camera reports and distortion models. ISPRS Vol XXII Part 5W11, Workshop “Photogrammetric measurement, object modeling and documentationin architecture and industry”, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-9 July,
1999. pp 215-219.

The main aim of this research activity was the wide spreading of photogrammetric image processing practice especiallyfor the recording purposes of buildings and sites, by an Architect, an Archaeologist or a Surveying Engineer.

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5.1 Introduction
The following seven papers are presented as “Best Practices and Applications” in the next pages.
The selection is based on the papers presented to the CIPA Symposium in Kyoto (2009).
1. Application of a low cost laser scannerfor archaelogy in Japan(Akihiro Kaneda)
2. A study on the gps tracking analysis for information management on heritage site
(S. Kim, J. Kim)
3. Multispectral image analysis for bas-relif at the inner gallery of bayon temple(T. Morimoto, M. Chiba, Y. Katayama, K. Ikeuchi)
4. Introducing EDM survey for recording vernacular heritage and sites in Pakistan(Salman Muhammad)
5. 3D model of gedongsongo templeand topography using terrestrial laser
scanner technology(Adi J. Mustafa, Fahmi Amhar)
6. Digital Construction for Spatial Documentation of Beijing Old City
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and the archaeological remains (Bamiyan)(G. Toubekis, I. Mayer, M. Döring-Williams, K. Maeda, K. Yamauchi,
Y. Taniguchi, S. Morimoto, M. Petzet, M. Jarke, M. Jansen)

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Application of a low cost laser scanner
for archaelogy in Japan
Akihiro Kaneda
Independent Administrative Institution, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Nara National Research Institutefor Cultural Properties. 2-9-1 Nijyo-cho, Nara-shi, JAPAN. akaneda@nabunken.go.jp

Key words: Low cost laser scanning, NextEngine, Traditional
drawing, Heijyo Capital Site, Nara.

Introduction
Aim of this report
The purpose of this report is to demonstrate a low-cost threedimensional documentation method in Japanese archaeological studies.
Japanese archaeologists have conducted several archaeological excavations in recent years.

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In order to use three-dimension data collection in archaeologicalstudies, it is necessary to establish realistic and feasible methods. This report presents our recent trial in Japanese archaeology. Three-dimensional documentation methods have begun to be
used in Japanese archaeology. However, these methods are generally expensive. Three-dimensional documentation for archeological studies needs not so much use a highly technical or expensive technology as a realistic and feasible method for documenting artefacts. Therefore, we have experimented in low-cost
three-dimension documentation methods for archaeology. Several photogrammetric and laser-scanning tools were tested. The
NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner Model 2020i (NextEngine,Inc.) yielded particularly good results for pottery and roof-tile artefacts. Point clouds data are able to transform and delete easily. These data export a three dimensional drawing with a traditional information. These works show several effects and problems with scanning archaeological artefacts. Most archaeologists
in Japan are unable to use three-dimensional data effectively. We
have to grope for how to use such data to classify and analyze artefacts. Furthermore, three-dimensional models of archaeological artefacts should be made accessible to the public on-line,
and in museums.

Most of these excavations are rescue excavations and according to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, more than 9500
such excavations were conducted in 2006.
Due to the nature of rescue excavations, however, the resulting archaeological records are difficult to use effectively.
In addition, the budget for such excavations is limited.
A great deal of time and resources (both budgetary andhuman) are spent on making traditional drawings of the uncovered artefacts in the present situation.
Recently, three-dimensional documentation methods havebegun to be used in Japanese archaeology.
However, these methods are generally expensive. It has
not yet been possible to utilize the advantages of this newtechnology for archaeological studies.
Undoubtedly, Japanese archaeologists are eager to achievea solution to the current problem – that is, to have access tomore-economical and accessible tools.
Three-dimensional documentation for archeological studies needs not so much use a highly technical or expensive
technology as a realistic and feasible method for documenting
artefacts.
It is important to compare the new methods with the old,such as hand drawing, photography, and rubbing (which is a
traditional recording method used in Asian countries). For example, we must ensure that the employment of new methods
for documenting artefacts does not result in the loss of essential information that has been captured in the past using old
methods.
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Recently, low-cost three-dimensional documentation methods
for historical heritage have been in the spotlight.
Low-cost scanning equipment was examined for effectiveness in documenting archaeological artefacts (Lesk, 2007;
Shear, 2008). The NextEngine scanner was reviewed by archaeologists (Abernathy, 2007). DAVID Laser scanner supplies a simple scanning tool for public use (http://www.davidlaserscanner.com).
UCSD CISA3 project prosecute Digital Pottery Informatics
with low-cost laser scanner (CISA3, 2009). They archive thedigital Iron Age ceramics’ data using NextEngine scanner.
Useful Open Source Software has been developed, such as
Meshlab (http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/), Blender (http://
www.blender.org/), and AutoQ3D (http://autoq3d.ecuadra.
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The ARC 3D Web service provides an online three-dimensional modelling tool (http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~konijn/3d/).

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Several photogrammetric and laser-scanning tools were tested. The NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner Model 2020i (NextEngine, Inc.) yielded particularly good results for pottery androof-tile artefacts. (These types of artefacts are common in
Japanese archaeological sites.) The NextEngine Scanner is a
low-cost laser scanner costing less than $3,000, including
turntable and software (figure 1).
First, pottery fragments and roof tiles excavated at the Heijyo Capital site (one of the ancient capitals of Japan) were
scanned using this scanner. All artefacts were scanned in wide
mode (dimensional accuracy is ±0.381 cm/±0.015 inch).
Each piece of scanned data was trimmed, and unified using Align and Fuse command at the ScanstudioHD with RGB
texture.
Point clouds data were exported to .STL and .OBJ formats.
These data were converted to PDF (PDF-E) file format by Acrobat3D ver.8.0 (Adobe Systems, Inc.).
It is possible to display this PDF file as an orthography projection or a perspective projection under various kinds of lighting conditions.
In addition, to create a bridge between the traditional approach to documentation and the new methods, it is necessary to include a traditional drawing of the artefact in a three
dimensional documentation. For example, a pottery surface
was drawn on the left side and the profile and inner area wasdrawn on the right side (This is the traditional way of presenting such information in Japanese archaeology, figure 2).
Point clouds data are able to transform and delete easily.
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Figure 2. The traditional drawing (Haji ware).

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Results
Many methods and types of low-cost equipment capable ofcapturing three-dimensional data are presently available. This
capability is oftentimes more efficient than two-dimensionalarchaeological drawing.
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Figure 3. Cutting out the model with texture.

Figure 4. Shading illustration model from low-cost laserscanner.

three-dimensional methods, than it is using traditional methods. However, documenting artefacts such as dishes and cups
is relatively easy using the traditional methods, but more difficult to document using three-dimensional methods due tothe difficulty of aligning scans (as a result of the absence ofmatch points). For example, the rims of pottery are often too
narrow to allow for the lining up of match points. I will attempt
to find a way to resolve this problem. Possible solutions include the appropriate positioning of artefacts and scanner, theselection of suitable targets, etc.

in museums. Our laboratory currently collaborates with archaeologists at local-government level and in foreign countries(such as China) on such projects. For example, PDF-X data
generated from Ikoma Kiln sites (8th century A.D.) was presented at an annual exhibition about the excavations by the
Ikoma City Board of Education.
Our laboratory will continue to further develop the utilization of three-dimensional data for use in Japanese archaeological studies.

References

Conclusion

Abernathy, D., 2007. Review: The NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner.
CSA Newsletter Vol.XX, No.1.
CISA3, 2009. Research Projects Digital Pottery Informatics. http://cisa3.calit2.net/arch/research/digitalpotery.php
Iwata, H. and Y. Ukai (2002) SHAPE: A computer program package
for quantitative evaluation of biological shapes based on elliptic Fourier descriptors. Journal of Heredity 93: 384-385.
Lesk, M., 2007. 3-D scanning. Electronics in the Visual Arts conference 2007.
Shear, G., 2008. 3D Scanning for Profile Acquisition and Reconstruction of Mayan Ceramics.
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Most archaeologists in Japan (including the author) are unable to use three-dimensional data effectively. It is important,
therefore, that archaeologists learn how to use such data toclassify and analyze artefacts. For example, pottery and clay
figures can be classified by the Fourier descriptor (Iwata andUkai 2002) under way.
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A study on the gps tracking analysis
for information management
on heritage site
S. Kim, J. Kim
a Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu Daejeon, 305-701,
Republic of Korea, sunny1015@kaist.ac.kr, jwkim21@kaist.ac.kr.

Key Words: Heritage Interpretation, Heritage management, Information management, Visitor behavior, GPS, Gyeongbokgung
Palace.

Introduction
Definition of Heritage and Heritage Site
Heritage is one of the most controversial concepts since heritage revealed itself as a various functioning role in our society; identity of citizens, history of region, as well as important

destination of tourism industry, means of community development. These versatile, such as social, historical, touristic andeconomical perspectives toward heritage sites hinder defining
what heritage is and what it should mean to the public. Under
these circumstances, many heritage practitioners simply leave
the definition as broad and malleable as possible. (Harvey,2001) Concurrently, Larkham defines heritage as “all thing to
all people”. (Larkham, 1995) Lowenthal sees that “heritage istoday all but defies definition”. (Lowenthal, 1998) Lastly
UNESCO World Heritage Program defines heritage as “ourlegacy from the past, what we live with today and what wepass on to future generations”. In addition heritage site is “theworks of man or the combined works of nature and man, andareas including archaeological sites which are of outstanding
universal value from historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view”. Heritage is not substantial object
which can be classified by the absolute rules irrespective oftime change, but on the other hand, it is essentially accompanied with communicative process within stakeholders in society. So, Heritage refers to “value-loaded concept”, and thevalue is always changing within social changes. (Hardy,
1988)
The definition of heritage is simple but still ambiguous.
Heritage studies nevertheless should imply any actual, concrete conceptual background which can be used for heritage
practitioners for the purpose of management. If we only emphasize unsystemized and heterogeneous side of heritage definition, heritage studies would be confronted with “morass ofcase studies”. (Harvey, 2001)

Heritage Interpretation as Communication
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Depending on the concept of ‘heritage interpretation’, the significance of visitors and their behaviors on heritage site has beenemphasized in recent days. The role of visitors should be redefined not only for immediate management issues of heritage site
but also for long-term conservation of heritage site. This paper investigates visitors’ behaviors on Gyeongbokgung Palace using
GPS to record accurate data of their spatial pattern. During theprocess of research, GPS logger was used to track the spatial data of 100 visitor groups. As a result, 4 typical spatial patterns (Axis, Circulation, Hybrid, Front) of visitors were derived from GPS
data. By statistical analysis, visiting time and spatial pattern haveno relationship with destination familiarity of the visitor, composition of travelling party, or purposes of visit. Because of the spatial characteristics of the heritage site, visitors are easily confronted with ‘ants-trail’. On the contrary, the spatial pattern of visitors
can be explained by the level of provided information aboutbuildings in Gyeongbokgung. The results of research will be applied to actual process of information management on the heritage sites. In conclusion, the structure and content of information
about heritage site are the most important factors which can affect the visitor’s spatial pattern and experience. This paper suggests information system in purpose of providing contextual information to visitors and providing more meaningful experiences toeach visitor.

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be laid down on an international basis, with each country being responsible for applying the plan within the framework of
its own culture and traditions.” Consecutive ICOMOS charters
emphasize the significance of public communication to heritage, including interpretation and presentation process. Interpretation particularly refers to the full range of potential activities intended to heighten public awareness and enhance understanding of cultural heritage site. Tilden insisted that heritage interpretation is more than to interchange of information
between interpretation provider and receiver. It rather inspires
and provokes the receivers of information, like citizens, foreign
tourists, and potential visitors. The scope of interpretation iscomplex, but Tilden suggests six fundamental principles of interpretation. (Tilden, 1977)➧	Any interpretation that does not somehow relate to what isbeing displayed or described to something within the personality or experience of the visitor will be sterile.
➧	Information, as such, is not interpretation. Interpretation isrevelation based upon information, but they are entirely
different things. However, all interpretations include information.
➧	Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the materials presented are scientific, historical or architectural.
➧	The chief aim of interpretation is not instruction, but provocation.
➧	Interpretation should aim to present a whole rather than apart, and must address itself to the whole man rather thanany phase.
➧	Interpretation addressed to different visitor segments
should follow a fundamentally different approach.

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The concept of heritage interpretation implies that heritagesite needs such information system which is based on visitor’s
behaviors and experience. This information system should
give a new phase of personal experience and emotional provocation to visitors.
The advent of new technology has given an opportunity toresearchers to model new media for visitor’s information system, like PDA, Cellular Phone, etc. However, convergence between information technology and tourism industry often neglect the side of information users. There have been so manytechnological inventions for information system, but detailed
knowledge of the basis of actual visitor behavior is lacking indesigning the information system. (Nielsen, 2004) It impedes
the system to be successful. Therefore, practical visitor studies need to be executed for establishing user-centric methodological framework in heritage information system.
Recent visitor studies were based on consumer behavior
theory in the field of management, and attempted to explain
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travelling party; family, friend or lovers. Product Characteristics are determined by purpose of trip and mode of travel.
Family life cycle and socio-economic status influence individual difference. (Fodness and Murray, 1999) The satisfaction
process of visitor also could be measured by theoretical model that explains the interrelationships between attitudes, priorbeliefs, post-experience assessments. (del Bosque and Martin, 2008) The number of visiting sites also affects visitor behavior model. (Tideswell and Faulkner, 1999) However, limitation of theoretical behavior model lies in its methodology.
The data which were derived from survey or questionnaire data, easily fail to describe the actual, spatial features of visitor
behavior and these models remain at only theoretical level.
(Mazanec, 2007)
Gareth Shaw insisted that research on spatial pattern of visitors has been neglected, though spatial concentration of visitors is the phenomena in tourism recently. (Shaw and Williams,
2002) Depending on the new technology, visitor behavior could
be observed and analyzed. In national park, managers are confronted to organize the flux of visitors. They used ALGE system,
which is used for athletic sports, to track the spatial pattern ofvisitors. (O’Connor and Zerger and Itami, 2005) In Akko, heritage site in Israel, 3 methods (GPS, Cellular Phone, Land Based
TDOA) were experimented in tracking visitors. (Shoval, 2007)
Engineers also developed computer algorithm that extract routeof visitors from GPS data, and cluster groups by similar spatial
pattern automatically. (Asakura and Iryo, 2007) VR and personal image, mental maps are combined to GIS recently. (Bishop
and Gimblett, 2000) This kind of research is interdisciplinary
approach of heritage studies.

Aim of Study➧	To record spatial data of visitor on heritage site➧	To analyze characteristics of visitor behavior in heritagesite compared to other tour sites.
➧	To set guidelines for building interpretation system on heritage site based on visitor’s experience.

Methods
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Gyeongbokgung, built in 1395 (the fourth year of King Taejo),
is the historical site No.117 of Korea, and was the main palaceof the Joseon Dynasty. It is the foremost palace of the five royal residences in Seoul, the capital of the Joseon Dynasty;
Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Gyeonghuigung and Deoksugung. The restoration project of Gyeongbokgung is in progress. As a result, the scenery of Gyeongbokgung will look differently from what it is at the current moment. However, there has been no research to observe the visitor’s spatial pattern and analyze their experience on Gyeongbokgung. The results of study must be applied to new information system of Gyeongbokgung, as it will be restored for the
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We used 2 methods to track the visitors in Gyeongbokgung;first, non-participatory tracking by trained researcher to record
behavior of visitors, second, GPS tracking by GPS Logger torecord more quantitative data of visitor’s spatial pattern. These
2 methods function reciprocally. Finding only geometrical pattern from GPS data is hard to give implications about visitor’s
experience. The geometrical pattern itself does not tell why
visitor has stopped at specific point and what visitor did at thatmoment. In contrast, non-participatory tracking depends on
subjective decision of researchers. Therefore, a large amountof data must be recorded by GPS logger in objective way. Nonparticipatory tracking is process to examine “Spatial Behavior”, and GPS tracking is process to examine “Behavior inSpace”. (Werlen, 2000)
We executed non-participatory tracking for 7 days, and 19
groups of visitor were analyzed. GPS tracking was carried out
for 7 days, and 100 groups of visitor were analyzed. We used
GPS740 Model (http://www.ascen.co.kr) for tracking visitors.
To supplement GPS data, we also executed 2 times of survey; before visiting and after visiting Gyeongbokgung. In priorsurvey, questions were ‘purposeof visit’, ‘composition of travelling party’, ‘first visit or prior visit experience’. In posterior survey, ‘impressive spot’, ‘used information source (brochure, signage, personal guide, none)’were asked to visitors. To control
the environmental features, we
carried out GPS tracking only on
weekends during pm 12:00 ~pm 4:00. For the same reason,
the cloudy or rainy days were exFigure 1. GPS Logger.
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Figure 3. Zone Analysis.

Figure 2. Process of GPS Tracking.

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Zone analysis is useful only for observing behavior inzones, but Grid analysis is useful for observing the whole areaof Gyeongbokgung irrespective of zones. We separated
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are 20 Zones to visit, including King’s Garden, Pavilion, Hall,
and Queen’s room, etc. The outer rectangle in figure 3 shows
area for the Throne hall compound. The inner rectangle shows
Geunjeongjeon hall. Point A was recorded at 2009/03/28
13:08:19 and Point B was recorded at 2009/03/28
13:33:39. The differences between A and B refer to time ofthe visitors staying in the Throne hall compound. The developed algorithm calculated the visiting time of 100 groups in
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Figure 5. 4 Patterns Mapping on Goole Earth. From left Axis, Circulation, Front, Hybrid.

By Grid analysis, we found the spot where visitors spent themost of time.

ResultThe spatial pattern of visitors in Gyeongbokgung could beclassified under 4 patterns; Axis, Circulation, Front, Hybrid.
Axis pattern is for visitor who walked straight from entrance
and only visited buildings which are on axis line. Visitors whowalk in Circulation pattern doesn’t move by axis line. Theyrather walk about Gyeongbokgung in clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. Front pattern is for visitors who only stayedin front of Gyeongbokgung. They usually visited only 3 or 4
buildings. Hybrid pattern is the combination of Axis pattern
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By cross-tabulation analysis, ‘information source’ whichmedia visitor used in Gyeongbokgung has correlation with thespatial pattern. Each information source, like brochure, personal guide, and signage, offers particular ways for visiting thesite. And also ‘desire of information’ makes difference in visiting time. Visitors who want more information about heritagesite or want to access information system tend to stay longer.
Otherwise ‘purpose of visit’, ‘composition of travelling party’,and ‘first visit or prior visit experience’ do not indicate any statistical relationships with the spatial pattern or the total visiting time.
Spatial pattern of visitors is not only affected by the visitors themselves but also by the Supply-side. Supply-side includes the information system which heritage managers offer,and proximity of buildings. (Tideswell and Faulkner, 1999 andShoval and Isaacson, 2007) As a result, we illustrated by GPS
data which zone is the most frequently visited and which zone
is not.
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H1. Purpose of Visit

Different Purpose of Visit makes different pattern.

Rejected

H2. Prior Visit Experience

Number of Prior Visit makes different pattern.

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H3. Composition of Travelling Party

Different Travelling Party(Friend, Family, etc) makes different pattern.

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H4. Information Source

Different Information Source makes different pattern.

Accepted

H5. Destination Familiarity

Repeat visitors will spend more time in site

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H6. Heterogeneity of preferences

The larger the travel party size, the more time will be spent

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H7. Risk and Uncertainty reduction

The further the visitors’ city of origin, the more time will be spent

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H8. Desire of Information

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There are two findings from spatial analysis of Gyeongbokgung. First is the exception of ‘law of proximity’. Geoncheonggung Residence locates in northern side of Gyeongbokgung,but 3.34% of total visiting time is recorded. This number isquite high compared to nearby buildings. The reason is that
Geoncheonggung has implicit information. Queen Myeongsung, King Gojong’s wife, was assassinated here by Japanese.
Even though Geoncheonggung is far from entrance, this famous historical event functions as vital information to visitors.
The Second one is that visitors tend to stay much time out ofzone. 48.62% of total visiting time is being spent out of zone.
Heritage managers usually presume that visitors stay in thezone. Moreover, managers concentrated to develop information about zones. However, the fact shows that information
about heritage site must contain pathway, resting place, trees,
as well as a void space.

The results indicate that visitors’ behavior on heritage site areaffected by the information system rather than their own features, such as purpose of visit, composition of travelling party.
Previous studies showed the same results. Visitor behavior
model has concentrated on the visitor’s experience in macrolevel, like 2 or 3 days visiting. In micro level, like visiting only
one place, visitors are confronted with ‘ants-trail’. Individual
Preference, purpose of visit play a vital role before visitors arrive at heritage site. But during the visit, they move in same
pattern like ants. (Keul and Kuehbergerl, 1997) Therefore, theinterpretation system should be designed carefully, since theinformation affect the visitor’s experience directly. To deduct
management issues from ‘one’ heritage site, behavior modeland assumptions must be modified depending on particularsituation that heritage site faces.
Visitors depend on the information which heritage manager offers. Visitors on heritage site are different from visitors atother tourism site or leisure site. Previous studies have shownthat visitors on heritage site have a desire for leisure experience. (Prentice, 1993) And they also want to do window shopping, rather to get knowledge about heritage. (Markwell, Bennett, and Ravenscroft, 1997) But the result of previous studies was simply deducted, because heritage managers have offered only information for elite. (Bramwell, and Lane, 1993)
This kind of heritage information is useless for giving moremeaningful experience to visitors. Visitors need experiencethat is only possible on heritage site, even though they do notneed ‘to study’ about heritage. Visitors have desires to participate, to walk around, to experience. Therefore, heritage interpretation is more human than researcher assumes. (Mitshce,and et al., 2008)
Contextual information system which emphasizes on thesituation of visitors starts with archiving. Tracking data is alsoa kind of archive. Digital technology could be helpful for archiving. The most important point in archiving is to decide
what has to be archived about heritage. Photos, footpath, articles, and mental maps could be examples. The target of archiving is extended from past to present days, and from historical, architectural fact to visitor’s memory. Second step isto design the structure of system. The issues derived from theresults must be reflected in the structure of system. There isno perfect structure, but there are storytelling methods thatfunctions as a reference for designing structure. (Miller, 2004)
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media; PDA, Kiosk, Web, and also analogue media like paper
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Contextual information system will be evolving as socio-technical environment changes. It contains not only explicit information but also implicit information such as ideas, experienceof people, and events. The information system must be comprehensible by a present visitor as well as a future visitor.
(Cameron, and Kenderdine, 2007) Building heritage information system is a lively controversy. At least, information system
must be designed according to visitor’s desire and their experience. The definition of visitor must be enlarged to people
who never visited the heritage site or people of future generation. For such purpose, visitor’s need and experience should
be observed by studying visitor behavior constantly. This research is the first step for building sustainable heritage interpretation system.
Relationships between nationality and visitor behavior, anddifferences among heritage sites are neglected on this research. Alongside, actual process of building information system could be the next research area. These all must be thetasks of future work.

Acknowledgements
The research was executed under authorization of Cultural
Heritage Administration of Korea and Gyeongbokgung Office
for access to Gyeongbokgung Palace.

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Multispectral image analysis for bas-relif
at the inner gallery of bayon temple
T. Morimoto1, M. Chiba2, Y. Katayama3, K. Ikeuchi1
1. Institute of Industrial Science, The university of Tokyo, Japan - (tetsu23*,ki)@cvl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
2. Graduated School of the Science & Engineering, Waseda University, Japan - mayukochib@fuji.waseda.jp
3. Tokyo University Agriculture and Technology, Japan - katayama@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Commission VI, WG VI/4

Key words: Microorganisms, Bio-deterioration, Multispectral image, Normalized cuts.

Introduction
Spectral reflectance is inherent in the nature of objects. Different materials have different spectral reflectance. Object analysis based on this fact has been conducted in many fields, suchas medical imaging, agriculture, remote sensing, and archaeology, to name a few.
Our Digital Bayon Project (Ikeuchi and Miyazaki, 2007),
which have digitized the shape and surface reflectance of theBayon Temple in the Angkor ruin for preservation and deterioration prevention, needs to determine what kind of microorganisms are present and how widely they exist over the struc-tural surfaces. This involves the analysis of spectral reflection
distribution of microorganisms living on the bas-relief of theBayon Temple.
The microorganisms are one cause of deterioration in the
inner gallery of Bayon Temple. Due to deterioration, the detailed bas- reliefs on the walls are losing their shapes. We examine the kind, distribution, and reproductive cycle of the microorganisms to find an effective method to remove them. We
assume that some of them can be discriminated by detecting
the absorbance spectra of photosynthetic pigments in them,and we find we can calculate absorbance from reflectance.
For the efficient analysis of spectral distribution over an
object surface, a two-dimensional spectral image acquisition
system is desirable. Traditional spectral cameras provide spectral data only from a limited area, often from a spot. It is difficult, if not impossible, to cover the entire surface of the basrelief, whose size is 800m × 4m, located in the inner corridorof the temple. This is one of the motivations for us to develop
an efficient, handy, and yet high-resolution spectral imaging
system. The requirements of the system are: 1) to cover a wide
area for efficient measurement to be able to determine distribution of microorganisms, 2) to be able to ignore variations ofillumination conditions in dramatic weather changes frombright sunshine to dark squall, and 3) to design a handy system that can be transported to a deep jungle.
We developed a new multispectral imaging system using a
Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter (LCTF) (Tominaga and Okajima,
2000), mounted on an automatic pan/tilt platform. Compared
to conventional systems, our system has not only high image
quality with sufficient spectral resolution but also a wide capturing angle for efficient sampling.
Preservation of cultural assets involves challenges to spectrum measurement. Cultural assets are often in severe outdoor environments, such as the environments of the pyramids

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At the Bayon temple in Cambodia constructed by sandstone, a
study on bio-deterioration is one of key tasks of conservation
measures for it. Especially, the progress of the deterioration seenin the bas-relief of the inner gallery which was carved the mythworld of Hinduism by outstanding description is remarkable. The
purpose of this study is to investigate the kind, distribution, andreproductive cycle of biological colonization to discern the relationship with the environment attribute to deterioration and findan effective method to remove them. We assume that some of the
microorganisms can be discriminated by detecting the absorbance spectra of photosynthetic pigments in them. We developed
a new multispectral imaging system to analyze the spectral information of different microorganisms on the wall’s surface. Our system has a wide field of view, low noise, negligible distortion andhigh resolution enable us to measure the bas-relief in situ. We also developed a segmentation method in order to the spectral image allow to discriminate kind and distribution of microorganisms.
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method using the ”kernel trick” and NCuts method, and applies the NCuts segmentation to a multispectral image. In
Section 4, we evaluate our methods. In Section 5, we demonstrate the application for analyzing microorganisms on thebas-reliefs of the Bayon temple. Finally, we conclude the paper in Section 6.

Acquisition of a Multispectral Image
We developed a novel multispectral imaging system that has
a wide view angle, high image quality, and an accurate spectrum. The system can efficiently measure a target object in an
outdoor environment. In subsection 2.1, we describe thehardware construction of our system. In subsection 2.2, we
describe the technique for capturing images in an outdoor environment. In subsection 2.3, we describe reconstruction ofeach band of images having different configurations, and how
to stitch a multispectral image.

Panoramic multispectral camera
Our multispectral imaging system has been designed to be ahandy system with spectrum accuracy in each pixel with awide view angle. The system consists of a small monochromatic CCD camera with a liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF),
shown in Fig. 2, mounted on an automatic pan/tilt platform(CLAUS Inc. Rodeon VR head). The LCTF (CRI Inc. Varispec,
Bandwidth 7nm) is an optical filter that allows the wavelengthof the transmitted light to be electronically adjusted. The monochromatic CCD camera (Sony XCD-X710) with the LCTF
mounted can obtain a series of two-dimensional spectral images by repeatedly changing the LCTF’s transmittable wavelength with image acquisitions. The captured image has highimage quality without distortion. The LCTF capturing system
has a narrow field of view because the LCTF is mounted in
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in Egyptian desert or the Angkor ruin in Cambodian jungle. Inan outdoor environment, wide alterations in the illumination
environment often occur quickly. Fixed exposure of a systemcauses saturation and underexposure. To tackle these problems, we developed a measuring method that can estimate
optimum exposures based on noise analysis of the system.
Preservation of cultural assets also needs to determine not
only the kinds of microorganisms that exist but also how widely they are spread and how much they mix with each other.
This requires us to segment the multispectral images into spatial segments corresponding to the distribution of these microorganisms.
We propose an effective dimension reduction method byusing Normalized Cuts (NCuts) (Shi and Malik, 2000), a classof non- linear dimensional reducers. NCuts methods are widely used as segmentation methods for RGB images in computer vision, but they are not used for multispectral image segmentation in general. NCuts methods are convenient in reducing dimension in a nonlinear manner, and simultaneously
segmenting the data. One difficulty in applying NCuts method
to our problem is the necessity of a huge memory space (N ×N) for creating an affinity matrix. We solve this issue by applying a local linear approximation (Bishop, 2008), by assuming
local linearity on the tangential space of a global manifold
space in the high dimension.
The specific contributions of our work are to propose amultispectral image acquisition technique for obtaining panoramic multispectral images, to develop a segmentation method to handle global nonlinear dimensional reduction, and to
apply our method to the microorganism analysis of bas-reliefof Bayon temple actually.
The structure of this paper is as follows. Section 2 describes our hardware design for panoramic multispectral imaging and capturing techniques of data acquisition for cultural assets. Section 3 derives a nonlinear dimension reduction

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The optimal exposure time is necessary to be determined ineach wavelength due to the two reasons: uneven characteristics and varying illumination conditions. A multispectral imaging system using LCTF generally needs a fixed exposure
time over the entire range of wavelengths for comparing pixel
intensities over all wavelengths. However, the spectral sensitivity given by the combination of LCTF and monochromatic
camera is very low in short wavelengths (e.g., 400-500 nm),as shown in Fig. 3a, and relatively high in other wavelengths.
If the pixel intensity at a certain wavelength would be smaller
than the dark current noise, we would not be able obtain ameaningful measurement at that wavelength. For instance,
Fig. 3.b shows a measured spectrum under dark illumination.
Longer exposure time is necessary for spectral accuracy withwavelengths from 400 nm to 500 nm than for other wavelengths.
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Estimation of adaptive exposure in an outdoor
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sor samples spectral data by changing the LCTF’s filteringcharacteristics and samples a series of images along the wavelengths. During this sampling period, it often occurs that theillumination condition varies due to the movement of clouds.
If the intensity of illumination dramatically varies during measurement, it would induce saturation or underexposure at certain wavelengths. The dynamic determination of optimal exposure time at each wavelength is necessary for adjusting the effects of varying illumination conditions.
We attempt to estimate an optimal exposure time for eachwavelength based on noise analysis (Reibel et al., 2003). The
noise can be categorized into signal dependent noise (SDN)and signal independent noise (SIN). In this system, we mainly
consider the effect due to the SIN, since the SDN is negligible
compared with SIN. The SIN is composed of fixed patternnoise (FPN) and read-out noise, and photo response non-uniformity (PRNU). FPN is a dark current noise, a dynamic component. The read-out noise is composed of the reset noise,amplifier noise, and quantization noise. We focus on the FPN
and the read-out noise, since PRNU is a static component
easily calibrated in the initial stage.
The FPN depends on the temperature and the exposure
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sure time as shown in Fig. 4a. The linear relation can be expressed as follows eDN = at + b, where t is an exposure time, ais the amount of the FPN increase depending on exposure
times, and b is the amount of the FPN with zero exposure timeat that particular temperature. These values are measured at
the site before sampling from a series of images with various exposure times while the lens is covered with a cup.
The read-out noise appears randomly at pixel positions at
each image. We model the read-out noise as a Gaussian distribution at each pixel. In order to evaluate the parameters of
the Gaussian distribution, we obtain a series of lens covered
images, and we calculate mean and standard deviation values. The mean value of images εDC are the FPN, and thestandard deviation value of images εR are read-out noise. We
use the upper bound of the SIN as εDC + εR.
Based on the discussion of the noise analysis, we design
the procedure to determine the optimal exposure time at eachwavelength. The procedure consists of two parts. The firstpart finds the exposure time that gives the brightest image ofa white reference while avoiding saturation over all wavelengths. The second part determines any wavelength thatgives lower value in the white reference than the SIN upperboundary, and, if this wavelength exists, it increases the exposure time while avoiding saturation.

			

				

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Next, we stitch the multispectral images of different view
angles. Stitching usually extracts image features from a pair ofimages, establishes correspondences among such extracted
features, and calculates the translation and rotation parameters to superimpose overlapping areas for connecting these two
images. Here, the features in multispectral images are different in each band image. To overcome this issue, we generate
an intensity image using all the spectral images in each viewing direction. Second, we extract Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) features (interest points) (Lowe, 2004) from these
intensity images and establish correspondences for obtaining
the translation and rotation parameters. Finally, we stitch thespectral image of each view angle using these parameters.
Fig.5 shows a synthesized panoramic multispectral image.

Multispectral Image Segmentation
Segmentation of a multispectral image needs dimensional reduc tion. For dimensional reduction, linear and nonlinear reduction methods exist. Our prime objects, microorganisms on
the bas- relief of the Bayon temple, have a nonlinear characteristic in spectral distributions due to the combination of top
and bottom layers. This nonlinear problem can be solved either by employing the ”kernel trick” such as Kernel PCA(Schölkopf et al., 1998) or extending the Ncut method.

Nonlinear mixing
Some of the top layer’s pixel spectra typically show mixed
spectral characteristics between the top layers and bottom
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where a and b are, respectively, slope and intercept.

Step 3.	Determine the standard exposure time ts as the longest exposure time when all the values in the brightest
area found in Step 1 are not saturated. Namely,
Lmax < 216.

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correlation between the FPN and exposure time is as follows:

Step 1.	Select the brightest area (m × n) on a white referenceat each wavelength, λ, as shown in Fig. 4. b, and obtain the average brightness within the window, L(λ).
Repeat this step over all wavelengths

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The first part consists of:

The second part rescues the particular wavelength image
buried under the noise level. For this, we measure the FPN
εDC and read-out noise εR by putting the cap in front of lens.
Here, the average value is the FPN, and the standard deviationis considered as the boundary of the read-out noise.
In each wavelength, the optimal exposure time t (λ) is
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The NCuts method consists of nonlinear dimension reduction
and clustering. Among various segmentation methods, theNCuts method has a unique feature of nonlinear dimensional
reduction.
For this, let I = {I1, I2, I3, …, Ii, …, IN}, where I is input
data, of m dimension, at the node i. Then, the NCuts method
calculates the weight matrix W, representing similarity among
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tral mixing (Keshava and F.Mustard, 2002). The spectral mixing can be categorized into two models: linear mixing and nonlinear mixing. The linear mixing occurs when one pixel consists of sub-parts from different materials; the different materials are distributed on the image plane. Generally, the linear
mixing can be solved by reducing spectral dimension by using
PCA, and clustering reduced data.
Our application, analysis of microorganisms, falls in the
category of nonlinear mixing. This mixing occurs due to layer
surfaces such as microorganisms and bottom rock surfaces.
The different half-transparent materials are distributed along
the line of sight. The PCA method cannot be applied to nonlinear mixing, but mixing can be achieved either by employing
the kernel PCA (KPCA) (Schölkopf et al., 1998) or extending
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significant eigenvalue and the corresponding eigenvector. In
the least significant space, all the input data have roughlysame values due to the data normalization. We map the input
data onto this low dimensional space.

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Dimensionality is one of the issues in applying the NCuts method to the multispectral image segmentation method. The NCuts
method requires making a weight matrix of a high-resolution
image, of which the dimensions are (N × N), where N is thenumber of image pixels, typically more than 250,000. The
NCuts method handles this issue by effectively using the proximity threshold, ignoring remote nodes for calculation, and ending up solving a sparse matrix of a high-dimensional image.
We employ a two-step method to overcome this high-dimensional issue. In our microorganism analysis, we cannot
apply the proximity threshold because two remotely locatedregions from the same kind of microorganism should be classified into the same class. We assume that a nonlinear manifold of high dimension has a linear subspace in a low dimension such as local linear embedding (Roweis and Saul, 2000),or ISOMAP (Tenenbaum et al., 2000). First, we oversegment
the multispectral image using a standard PCA method and knearest neighbor method, and form super-pixels corresponding to each segment. Then, we apply the NCuts method tothese super-pixels.
Our implementation is as follows: First, we compute M super-pixels by over-segmentation using PCA dimension reduction and k-nearest neighbor method. Second, we calculate M
mean spectra for all M super-pixels. Let I = {I1, I2, I3, ., Ii, ..,IM }, where I is spectrum data of m dimensional. Third, we
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In this subsection, we evaluate image noise and spectral accuracy of a multispectral image given by our system.
Image Noise. Fig. 6a and b show, respectively, the captured
image in fixed exposure, and the captured image by the proposed dynamic exposure method. The captured image fromthe fixed exposure method provides much noisier data. This effect is more apparent in the short wavelength area. On the other hand, the captured image given by our method is less noisy.
Spectral Accuracy. Table 1 shows the spectral accuracy of
our system. In this experiment, we captured multispectral images of a color chart (X-lite Color checker), under artificial sunlight (Seric XC-100), by using both fixed exposure and the proposed dynamic exposure methods, respectively. Then, we
measured the spectrum of each patch using a spectrometer(PhotoResearch PR-655) as the ground truth.
Table 1: Spectral accuracy
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BlueSky1.254 0.909 Blue

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Foliage

3.060 0.850 Green

1.204 0.657

BluishFlower

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0.953 0.887

BluishGreen

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Orange1.460 0.987

Magenta

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PurplishBlue

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We compared conventional segmentation methods with theproposed method. Figs. 7 show the segmentation results oflayered surfaces for examining the effect on the nonlinear mixture. The input image is four watercolor pigments painted ona white paper. First, we calculated reflectance spectra fromthe input multispectral image by using our method. Second,
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Figure 9: Absorbance of photosynthesis pigments: green algae mainly has
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This section describes how we applied our proposed multispectral imaging system and segmentation method to analyze
a cultural asset. At the Bayon Temple in Cambodia, microorganisms are one cause of deterioration in the inner gallery.
Fig. 8 show the microscope images of microorganisms observed at each spot. Due to deterioration, the detailed bas-reliefs on the walls are losing their shapes. We examined thekind, distribution, and reproductive cycle of the microorganisms to find an effective method to remove them.
Microorganisms perform photosynthesis by absorbing thelight of a specific absorbance spectrum via sunlight, so the
waveforms of absorbance spectra vary according to the type ofphotosynthetic pigment in each microorganism, as shown in
Fig. 9. For example, the absorbance spectrum of gleen agle isshown as the linear sum of the absorbance spectra of chlorophyll A and B. And, Cyanobacteria mainly has chlorophyll A andphycocyanins. Based on above understanding, we assumed
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Figure 10a shows the image of the scene we observed.
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decrease in a dry season compared to a rainy season, which
implies that the quantity of phycocyanin has decreased in thedry season. The results indicate that the cyanobacteria, themain source of phycocyanin, increase in a rainy season anddecrease in a dry season.

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and a segmentation method for multispectral images. Our system can efficiently obtain a wide view angle image in an outdoor environment, and also segment a high-dimensional spectral image effectively. In our experimentation, we found thatour proposed multispectral imaging system has sufficient accuracy for material segmentation. Furthermore, our multispectral image segmentation method could effectively segment layered surfaces into different spectra. The system also
analyzed microorganisms on bas-reliefs in the Bayon Temple.
Our experimental results showed the reproductive cycle of microorganisms in rainy and dry seasons.
Our next task using the proposed system is to consider the
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Introducing EDM survey for recording
vernacular heritage and sites in Pakistan
Salman Muhammad
Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan, Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Jutial, Gilgit 15100,
Northern Areas of Pakistan, salmanmuhammadali@yahoo.com

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Key words: Vernacular, REDM, Conservation, Recording, Image
rectification, Topographical Survey.

The conservation of the 700 year old Baltit Fort in Hunza by
Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP is the Pakistaniarm of Geneva based Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s Historic Cities Programme) demonstrated a strong regional innovativemodel of heritage conservation, long term sustainability and its
use for local development. It also presented the concept of architectural documentation for practical conservation in Pakistan. The conventional manual documentation practiced waslater applied to other AKCSP projects in the Northern Areas ofPakistan. All these vernacular monuments have no such previous records of drawings, images or iconographical sources.
The repercussions of rapid development in the past four
decades had already been observed on the built heritage ofthe remote Northern Areas of Pakistan. The high quality conservation work dictated AKCSP to upgrade the conventional
recording practices of monuments and order them in a systematic way. In an area where the legislation regarding theprotection and inventory of the monuments is not fully active,the documentation of vernacular monuments and settlements
becomes even more crucial. Furthermore, international recognition in the form of UNESCO heritage awards for completed
projects made AKCSP realize the process of documentation
as being a specialized field. This was at a time when AKCSP
had just finished conservation of the 400 year old Shigar Fortand had initiated the ground work for the conservation of the
Khaplu Palace in Baltistan. Essentially, all the previous
projects were following international guidelines for conservation but the more specific guidelines (Article 16, Venice Charter) relating to the precise recording and reinterpretation ofmonuments were slow to receive attention. Pursuing an advanced master’s studies in architectural conservation at Leuven, Belgium provided me with the chance of getting handson experience and exposure to recent practices in heritage
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The case study of the 200 year old Khaplu Palace, in a very remote and mountainous area of Pakistan, will present the outcomes and issues of recording an outstanding example of a vernacular monument using EDM device and related software forthe first time.
Heritage conservation in Pakistan has always faced a lack ofresources and expertise, and is invariably accorded low priority.
Recording heritage, one of the most important prerequisites inconservation, is not addressed properly. Conventional methods
for heritage documentation are in practice but have their own
limitations - consuming a lot of time and resources and often resulting in technical errors. Additionally, architectural schools in
the country have no training programmes or exposure to heritage
recording available for their students.
Since 1991, Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP)
has been involved in monument conservation in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, with the active participation of local people.
Conservation of the 700 year old Baltit Fort and 400 year old Shigar Fort are prime examples. During these projects on-site training of architects and engineers was offered, as well as summer
internships for students from architectural schools. This latter toenhance exposure to firstly, conservation and secondly, to the architectural survey as a basic step before any intervention.
Since 2005, on-site training programmes in EDM building
and topographical surveys have been organised for local girls andboys, in order to build local capacity. These trained girls are now
part of Women Social Enterprise (WSE) formed by AKCSP andworking full time as an enterprise carrying out topographical andthe architectural surveys in Pakistan. A team of architects andengineers were also given opportunities to extend their skills inarchitectural surveys whilst working on the projects of Khaplu
Palace, the Wazir Khan Mosque Lahore and the topographicalsurvey of the Walled City of Lahore.

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Figure 1. A 3D wire-frame model of Khaplu Palace
Complex. Hundreds of years old historic agricultural walls andbuildings documented using measured drawing technique, EDM (total
station) survey and rectified photography.

heritage support programme in Baltistan, the long term sustainability is one of the prime objectives set by AKTC-AKCSP
for this project. Working closely with the local community the
project is contributing to the revival of traditional wood andbuilding crafts, income generation activities and capacity
building of locals.
Site surveys and documentation prior to any conservation
and restoration works are now defined as the basic pre-requisite for understanding an historic building or site. This has
been widely expressed in many national and international
charters and conventions – from Athens Charter of 1933 to
the Venice Charter of 1964 or the Burra of 1979. This discipline needs proper training, human resources and equipment.
In the absence of any previous documentation efforts, the current documentation programme with EDM equipment was experimental in its own nature, its main objectives being:➧	Disseminate and build capacity in recording techniqueswith REDM.
➧	Gather detailed information about a vernacular monument
and site in the form of base drawings.
➧	Detailed recording of the as-found state of the monument,
which ultimately allows us to propose conservation and reuse plans.
➧	Set an example of architectural surveying which would beavailable for researchers and experts for future studies.
➧	After conservation, this documentation will provide us thebasis for management, monitoring and maintenance of thesite and monument.

Figure 2. A complete 3D wire-frame model of the Khaplu Palace (north-eastern view).

duced for the first time in Pakistan for heritage documentation, and Khaplu Palace was the first monument surveyed using this method. This method was further strengthened by using allied image rectification software.

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Located in the rugged Karakoram mountain range at theheight of 2500 meters, the Khaplu Palace is the finest surviving edifice of royal residence in Baltistan, Northern Areas. Its
significance lies in its cultural importance as a former seat ofroyal government in the area, and in its quality as a building,both aesthetically and as an exemplar of traditional building
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with the help of LisCAD and AutoCAD. Later, the more comprehensive stage of documentation of the historic buildings
was initiated in March 2006 with the aim to document themonuments for the practical conservation works. The conservation activities running simultaneously made this documentation campaign more challenging as we needed torecord the as-found state of the monument and site. Therefore, more practical solutions were worked out to fit the time
constraints and conservation activities. The inevitable combination of EDM survey and rectified photography was used.
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lenges. Documentation is a process which continues during theconservation of any monument and is the only accurate tool forrecording information in order to understand the structure, ultimately leading to the management of cultural heritage.
The field survey, as a training process, was initiated in
October 2005 primarily to cover the topographical featuresof this historic vernacular site. Initially, the field data wasgathered with one total station (Leica TCR 405) and thendownloaded on a computer and converted to vector form

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Figure 3. North view of Khaplu Palace with main entrance wooden loggia
under restoration.

In this project EDM survey provided us an opportunity to interpret the obtained data in a variety of ways. Most of the teammembers knew the technique of architectural documentation
using conventional manual measurement and drawing methods. The new EDM survey technique, therefore, was never going to be easy to understand and initially it was critical that I
provided them common and easy examples. For this we initiated introductory lessons about the instruments and the future interpretation of collected data in the form of drawings. Ina remote environment this was not an easy job to do and it wastherefore important for us to overcome the limitations of our

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Floor plans of
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Figure 6. Rectified photography of western elevation of the 100 year old Darbar Khang.

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Figure 7. East elevation of Khaplu Palace site. Hundreds of years old historic agricultural walls and buildings are documented using EDM (total station) survey
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Figures 8 & 9. Set of drawings produced for the restoration of wooden entrance loggia about 10 meters high. This set of drawings shows the structure and location of timber elements in the plan and section. Additionally, the sectional drawing shows the subsidence and bulge in the structure.

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Primarily, the data in form of CAD drawings producedwith the help of EDM survey has been used to study themonument and its adaptation for reuse. Secondly, thedata was key to identifying and studying the dilapidated
parts of the monument. Total station has been extensively used during the investigations of the structure of
the main entrance loggia of the palace. The abnormal tilt
and the subsidence recorded with the help of EDM survey of the loggia at the floor level of level 1 revealed that
this part of loggia was not structurally connected withthe main building of the palace. The investigations
showed in the structure a tilt of 14 cm and subsidenceof 8 cm. Based on other such structural connections in
the palace, the intervention proposal was implemented.
A new connection and additional wooden beams were
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expertise are the main causes of heritage loss and the main hindrance in documentation. Under these circumstances, the concerned authorities for cultural heritage should at least start updating the documentation process of deteriorated monuments in amore accurate and timely manner by utilising the best practices of
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drafting process were easily mitigated with this combination of EDM and rectified photography surveys.
Since 2006, most of the architectural documentation has been completed in the form of floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, structural drawings, detail elevations of each room, cross sectional drawings, building
elevations and a complete 3D wire frame model. Mostof the major elevations and elevation features in the
cross sectional drawings were completed with the helpof image rectification software combined with EDM
survey. Rectified photography has been used to map
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Refrences
Almagro, A., 2007. Traditional drawings versus new representation techniques. In: CIPA XX! International Symposium of Architectural Photogrammetry. 01-06 October 2007, Athens, Greece.
Bianca, Stefano, 2005. Karakoram: Hidden Treasures in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Umberto Allemandi & C. for The Aga Khan Trust for
Culture, Torino.
Muhammad, Salman, 2006. Conservation and adaptive reuse of Khaplu
Palace. Thesis Report, RLICC Katholike University, Leuven, Belgium.

Figure 12. Traditional construction
techniques are being implemented
during the restoration of loggia.

Figure 13. Lifting and pulling back theloggia to a stable state is being closely
monitored with total station.

Figure 14. Lifting of loggia to a stablestate with the help of hydraulic jacks.

Figure 15. Turning buckles are being
used to pull back the tilted loggia.

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As part of dissemination, in the past three and halfyears, a total number of 25 people were trained in topographical survey with EDM technique. Additionally, 10
architects and engineers have also been trained in moreadvanced techniques of architectural building survey
with EDM device and image rectification process. The
process which was initiated on a vernacular monumentin Northern Pakistan has now been actively practiced in
the Walled City of Lahore, documenting the thick urban
fabric and historical monuments of great importance.
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Figure 16. North façade of Khaplu
Palace. The wooden entrance loggia at the centre was the subject ofmajor conservation activity in 2008.
This restoration is very closely monitored with total station.

Figure 17. Cross section at AA of Khaplu Palace. Rectified images were used
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3D model of gedongsongo temple
and topography using terrestrial
laser scanner technology
Adi J. Mustafa, Fahmi Amhar
Geomatics Research Division, National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL),
Indonesia, adijm2001@yahoo.com or adijm@bakosurtanal.go.id and famhar@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Background
Surveys and mapping activities are not limited to conventional works for mapping the earth surface. Many surveys andmapping instruments are developed to support various objectives. In archaeology, Geomatics technology has a significant
potential to map and to document cultural heritage objects using medium and high resolution satellite imageries both from
active and passive sensors, large format and linear array digital aerial camera, and other terrestrial instruments (Campana
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Key words: 3D model, temple, topography, terrestrial laser scanning.

and 3D modelling of cultural heritage object using terrestrial
laser scanner instrument.
Three dimensional (3D) models of cultural heritage objects
are needed to document people’s collective memory about theobjects. When unwanted condition, like earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption, or vandalism, takes place so that the objects
are destroyed, then the reconstruction of the objects can bedone accurately. Directorate General of Historical and Archaeological Object (DG-HAO), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism(2007) announced with heritage cultural object conservation
through improvement the quantity and the quality of practicalresearch, human resources, and establishing an excellent information system based on informatics technology in a formof Geographic Information System. 3D modelling can also assist related institutions to process the inscription of the heritage objects on the World Heritage List based on the World
Heritage Convention [World Heritage Center, 2008]. Clear
identification on location and area of the object plotted in an
up-to-date map are required. The description should be completed with photographs. To fulfil the requirement, 3D model
can be used as an effective representation.
The Geomatics Research Division of BAKOSURTANAL has
a program to investigate relatively new instrument for surveys
and mapping. This paper reports the use of terrestrial laser
scanner Leica HDS-3000 to map and model Gedongsongo
Temple and its surrounding topography. The objective is tohave an experience and skill of using the instrument and to
produce a 3D model of the temple and its topography. The authors hope that the research gives a significant contribution to
the Indonesian government for conserving heritage objects.
Therefore the research in carried out in cooperation with
Borobudur Heritage Conservation Office (Borobudur-HCO),
which is a unit of DG-HAO.

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Jawa Province, Indonesia. The research is carried out by the Geomatics Research Division of National Coordinating Agency ofSurveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL) is cooperation with
Borobudur Heritage Conservation Office (HCO). BAKOSURTANAL has a program to investigate the suitability of relatively new
instruments for surveys and mapping, while Borobudur-HCO
concerns about documentation of cultural heritage objects inform of 3D model. Gedongsongo, located in a beautiful hillsideof Mountain Ungaran, has nine temples grouped in five Gedong(complex of temples). Gedong-1, Gedong-2 and Gedong-3 andthe topography surrounding the three complexes have been successfully measured. The result of measurement is still in form of
point clouds based on the accuracy of the measurements, i.e.
between 5-15 mm for the temples and 20-25 cm at 100 meters
distance for the topography. The accuracy of the measurements
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Table 1. Some technical specifications of Leica HDS-3000.

There are several methods to map and model 3D objects. Fourof them are conventional terrestrial surveys, close range photogrammetry, airborne LiDAR and terrestrial laser scanner (Siu,2007). Both airborne LiDAR and terrestrial laser scanner use
laser to measure distance from the instrument to objects.
In principle laser scanner has five components, (1) atransmitter, laser pulse in HDS-3000, (2) a transmitter optics, two rotating mirrors in horizontal and vertical direction
in HDS-3000 (3) a receiver optics, (4) a detector, and (5) anelectronic system for data acquisition, processing, evaluation, display, and storage (Figure 1).

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HDS3000

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Pulsed time of flight

Field of view3600 horizon. and 2700 vert.

Optimal scan distance

1 m – 100 m

Scanning speed

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Accuracy in distance (50m)

6 mm (single measurement)

Angular resolution

60 micro-radians

Divergence/spot size in 50m ≤ 6 mm
Calibrated video camera

RGB 64 mega-pixels,
spatially rectified

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3D laser scanner works using high-speed laser to scan thesurface of objects which can capture a huge amount of 3D coordinate points of the surface model. These 3D coordinates
can be integrated to form “point clouds” and high-resolution
3D models by using certain software. The distance of an object is determined by measuring the time difference of theemitted laser pulse and its return signal travel to and from theobjects and the instrument. The angle of emission is controlled by two rotating mirrors.
Laser scanning technique has been used in 3D documentation important cultural objects, like the 3D mapping Old
Star Ferry Pier area (Siu, 2007) using HDS-3000.
Meanwhile, in Indonesia cultural heritage area mapping
has been rarely done. Borobudur HCO mapped Borobudur
Temple, Prambanan Temple and other temples using HDS3000 too, when an earthquake hit Jogjakarta city and the surrounding area in May 27th, 2006 to identify the damage on
the temples. However, there is no scientific publication about
the result of the mapping. Therefore the measurement of Gedongsongo temple becomes an important study to test the capability of laser scanning technique to map the temples andits surrounding topography.
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Gedongsongo area is located in the Ungaran Mountain area,
Candi Village, Ambarawa Sub-district, Semarang District,Middle Jawa Province, Indonesia. Gedong means building or
temple, Songo means nine. Gedongsongo has, as reflectedfrom its name, nine Hindu temples. These temples are however grouped in five complexes of temples.
The temples of Gedongsongo were found by Raffles in
1804. It is a Hindu culture heritage from the time of Syailendra Kingdom in the ninth century. The temples are located on
the height on 1,300 meter above the sea level with a mountainous air temperature of about 19-270C.
The nine temples are surrounded with a beautiful landscape and pine-forest. Figure 2 shows part of the beautiful
landscape.
The position of five complexes of temples or Gedong,measured using GPS, is shown in Figure 3. In the figure contour lines, street or foot-path and river stream line are takenfrom the 1:25,000 scale topographic map produced by BAKOSURTANAL.
It is shown that the river crosses and divides Gedongsongo area into two parts. In the valley, near the river stream, hot volcano gas comes out from a small hole. A small hot springswimming pool is located also there.
Gedong-3 and Gedong-4 are located in almost the sameheight, while the highest temple is Gedong-5.

Planning of and Processof Measurement
Instrument and Tie Points Location
Location of instrument and the target of tie points must beplanned carefully before measurement. It is necessary to minimize un-scanned parts of temples and/or topography. Topographic measurement needs more systematic locations to ensure that the tie points can be seen from three or more locations
in order to integrate all measurements and to get viewableheight differences. In this study topography around Gedong-2
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Figure 2. Above photo is Gedong-2 potrayed from near of Gedong-3 location. The background in the lower place is Ambarawa-city. Below photo shows Gedong-3 with background of pine-forest and hillside of the Ungaran Mountain.

Measurement Process
Before measurement, the instrument can be set up to capture
images in 00-3600 horizontal and certain angle interval invertical direction. The images can be used to determine whichpart of landscape the surrounding area to be scanned and inwhich interval of angle the location of the temple by using
measurement scripts. Once the scripts are set up, the measurement will be performed automatically.
In a normal weather, i.e. no rain and no fog, measurementof temple and topography from one point needs about twohours time. Detail measurement describing location of instrument, scripts, resolution and time is summarized in Table 2.

ScriptResolution

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Temple5mm

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Temple5mm

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Big Temple
Small Temple
Topography
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Topography

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Topography

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Temple15mm

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Topography
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Figure 4. Measurement ofGedong-1 from SW
direction (above) andfrom NE direction(middle). Left image
shows location of the laser
scanner, NE from thetemple.

Result and Discussion

Topography

The result of measurement is divided into 3D temple and topography. This study has measured Gedong-1, Gedong-2 andGedong-3. Each temple is measured from two points, while
topography around Gedong-2 and Gedong-3 are measured
from six points.

Gedongsongo area has a unique and beautiful natural hilly
landscape. Like depicted in Figure 3, the temples are locatedin separate positions with relatively long distances from one toanother. The distance between Gedong-1 and Gedong-2 isabout 380 meters, while Gedong-2 and Gedong-3 are separated with about 120 meters. Therefore, surveys and measurements of Gedongsongo’s topography cannot be separated inour study.
As mentioned in Table 3, positions of the instrument formeasuring topography are the same as positions of it for measuring the temples except one location, namely at the distanceof 100 meters in the SE direction from Gedong-2. The resultsof topography 3D points are shown in Figure 6.
The result of topography model shows that the integrationof some measurements from five points can be done well using at least four tie points between adjacent measurements.

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Part of the temples has not been scanned, because themeasurement is carried out only from two points. Further
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Figure 5. Measurementof Gedong-2 (above)
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The targets of tie points is used to integrate the model if only the errorof them is less than or equal to 4 mm.
In the scanning process, laser signal ran to trees and leaves. Therefore, the measurement has not resulted in earth terrain or elevation
model yet. It is still in a form of surface model. The result needs to beprocessed carefully to produce 3D topography of earth terrain. The result has not been connected to the national coordinate reference yet. It
is in a local coordinate system. However, applying a simple analysis,
the 3D model of topography can be displayed from side cross-section,
as shown in Figure 7. Using the display, the height different amongsome positions can be determined visually.
According to the measurement, height difference between Gedong-2 and Gedong-3 is about 28.6 meters. It is consistent to the data from the topographic map (Figure 3). Gedong-2 is located near thecontour line of 1,350 m and Gedong-3 is near the contour line of
1,375 m, so that the height difference is 25 m.

The paper has described and discussed the result of
measurement of the temples and the topography ofGedongsongo area using laser scanning techniques.
Measurement of three temples, i.e. Gedong-1, Gedong-2 and Gedong-3 and the topography of about
400 m x 400 m (16 hectares) around Gedong-2 andGedong-3 and about 150 m x 150 m (2.25 hectares)
around Gedong-1 has been finished in 3 days or
about 21 hours, with an assumption of 7 hours/day
working.
From this research the authors recommend theuse of laser scanning techniques to map temple areas and other cultural heritages in Indonesia. By this,the instrument owned and maintained by BorobudurHCO and also trained and skilful human resources
can be utilized optimally to support the program of
Ministry of Culture and Tourism through DG-HAO. A
comprehensive recommendation will be formulated
systematically together with experts and practitioners from archaeology.
This preliminary study shows that laser scanning techniques can be applied to map topography
accurately. However post processing is still required
to produce 3D earth terrain model and to be usedas height information in the topographic or the base
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The authors would like to thank the Borobudur-HCO that
actively participates in the study and provides the instrument HDS-3000 to be used in the laser scanning measurement. We are also thankful to the DG-HAO for the cooperation.

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Figure 6. Above image is topography of Gedong-3, measured from Gedong-2;
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Figure 7. Above image shows a cross-section from South. Gedong-2 is located in
5.8 m height from local reference, while Gedong-3 in 34.4 m; Below image is thesame cross-section but from North.

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Digital Construction for Spatial
Documentation of Beijing Old City
Ruoming Shi, Guang Zhu, Ling Zhu, Ruiying Wang, Yuqing Mu
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Email: ruoming@yahoo.com

Key words: Old City, Historic Heritage, Spatial Information, Digital Restoration, GIS

Introduction
Before the middle of 1960s last century, Beijing’s enceinte
had little been changed; the wall of the old city had been kept
about 500 years since the Ming Dynasty (A.D.1368-1644)
and the Qing Dynasty (A.D.1644-1911). After the middle of1960s, Beijing old city has been changed on a large scale andthe wall of the old city had been dismantled entirely becauseof population increasing and infrastructure developing. However, an amount of non digital spatial documents of the oldcity, such as city map, topographic map sheet, aerial photoand city building and sand table, have still been preserved.
Therefore, it is an actually significances and feasible on thehistorical culture heritage protection and urban planning toapply the non digital spatial recordings to construct the digital interface for Beijing old city so far. Figure 1 shows two period city maps, (a) the Ming Dynasty, (b) the Qing Dynasty.
The basic idea of the digital construction involves in researching the collection and procession methods of the multisources and multi-type spatial recordings of Beijing old city bycolleting the large scale topographic map, ortho-image, andwood city sand table of 1950s, and researching organization,
management and display methods of the multi-sources andmulti-type spatial documents by designing a technique procedure and creating digital interface for the historical buildings
and historical district in Beijing old city. Furthermore, a large
number of buildings in the old city block belong to the stateand private. Management and control of these properties under historic and present circumstances are very difficult almost impossible since many necessary information for that is
not yet recorded. The creation of a spatial information system
is expected to dramatically improve the situation and help tosolve the problem. Practically the project aims at the reassessment of the functional use of spatial data and other relative information in the old city, most of them traditional.
A project design of digital construction is implemented torescue the available spatial data and make their exploitation.
The enhancement of the existed spatial information collection
and architectural heritage restoration of the old city are the research area undertaken by Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission with the technical assistance of the Digital Archives Laboratory of Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture(BUCEA). There are three phases to carry out the project, the first phase is for collecting data andbuilding a spatial information management system; the second phase is for making three dimensional (3D) restoration of

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Beijing old city has been changed on a large scale and the wallsof the old city had been demolished entirely because of population increasing and infrastructure developing. However, historicnotes in Beijing old city are objects of architectural or cultural interest since it includes a large number of traditional buildings
and monuments dating from various historic periods. Thesebuildings and monuments together with their access and surrounding areas are often a unified construction total, whose spatial design and planning characteristics had been fully recorded
and documented by means of some analogy methods, such as
the topography map, aerial photo, sand table and city map etc.
before 1960s. Nowadays, it is feasibility to make a digital restoration of the old city notes, such the old city walls and Siheyuan
are restored by virtual technique using the existed spatial information and documents. Therefore it is necessary to create a spatial system to manage, organize and protect the existed spatial
information and further, combine those data with a variety ofquality information, such as picture, videos, old maps and city
plans and other available data. In this paper the background, aproject design of digital construction is implemented to rescue
the available spatial data and make their exploitation.

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architectural heritage and the third phase is for integrating
and displaying several of spatial data, 3D module, and multimedia of the old city. In addition, this paper describes an attempt on the first phase work of the project.

Old City Wall
Chinese cities rarely centre on a castle. Instead, the city’s administrative centre is spread over a relatively large area, which
may or may not be surrounded by a second set of “inner”
walls similar in shape and construction to the main, outerwall. The wall of Beijing’s inner city was originally about 24
kilometres in length. The outer wall to the city was 16 meters
in width, while the imperial city’s wall was about 10 meters
wide. The wall enclosing the Forbidden City still stands today,spanning 1,006 meters from south to north, and 786 metersfrom east to west. Thus the area of the Forbidden City is 72
hectares. The ruler of Ming Dynasty began constructing thewall spanning 40 kilometres in 1419. In the 1950s and1960s, the majority of the wall was razed to develop the city.
A section of the old city wall in Beijing has become an attraction for both travellers and local residents after a delicate renovation project. Figure 2 shows a plan of the walls of Beijing
old city and Figure 3 shows two gates and towers photos of
the old wall, Yongdingmen and Xizhimen.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a political dimension was added to the economic problem posedby city walls. In Beijing, for example, the proposed demolitionof the city walls was at first opposed by experts ranging fromarchitect Liang Sicheng, to Soviet advisor Mosin, on the

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The history of Beijing as a city may be traced back to about3000 years ago when a small town appeared on the present
site of south-western Beijing. It was named Ji and thenchanged to Yan. At the beginning of the 10th century, it was
the second capital of the Liao Dynasty. From then on, the oldcity had been the capital of the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties until 1911. A long history has left numerous famous
historical sites which possess great aesthetic and cultural valleys. Beijing old city divides as two parts, the Forbidden City
belongs to the inner city of the old city (Figure 1) and it locatesa centre of the city and is splendid crystallization of ancient
Chinese architectural art, but also a lot of traditional buildings
surrounding outer city. The old city is an area protected by aspecial legislation, which rules the construction development
and defines very strict building- and land-use regulations to
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Figure 2.
Plan of the wallsof Beijing old city.

grounds that the city walls of Beijing were the most sophisticated and well-preserved system of city walls in China. However, in 1958 summiteers intervened, and declared that thedemolition of the old city wall wasa political issue, by 1970 almost
all of the city wall had been demolished.

Figure 3. Yongdingmen (top), Xizhimen (bottom).

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A Siheyuan (quadrangles) is a historical type of residence that wascommonly found throughout China, most famously in Beijing. The
name literally means a courtyard
surrounded by four buildings. Fully
Figure 5. Hu Tong of Beijing old city.
Figure 4. Si He Yuan of Beijing old city.
developed Siheyuan date back asearly as the Western Zhou period(1122 BC to 256 BC), and exhibit the most outstanding andhouses were attached, forming a labyrinth old city with narrowfundamental characteristics of Chinese architecture. They expaths connecting the maze. The Hutongs they formed were orist all across China and are the template for most Chinese arderly, lined by spacious homes and walled gardens. Farther
chitectural styles. Studies put the estimates at about overfrom the palace, and to its north and south, were the com30,000 Siheyuan courtyards in Beijing old city.
moners, merchants, artisans, and laborers. Their Siheyuan
The four buildings of a Siheyuan are normally positioned
were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration,
along the north-south and east-west axes. The building posiand the Hutongs were narrower. It is record as the 978tioned to the north and facing the south is considered the
Hutongs listed in Qing Dynasty and swelled to 1,330 by 1949.
main house. The buildings adjoining the main house and facFigure 4 shows a classical Si He Yuan of Beijing old city anding east and west are called side houses. The northern, eastFigure 5 shows a typical Hu Tong of Beijing old city.
ern and western buildings are connected by beautifully decoModern Beijing's population boom has made housing one
rated pathways. These passages serve as shelters from theof city's biggest challenges. Siheyuan today are typically usedsunshine during the day, and provide a cool place to apprecias housing complexes, hosting multiple families, with courtate the view of the courtyard at night. The building that faces
yards being developed to provide extra living space. The livnorth is known as the opposite house. Behind the northern
ing conditions in many Siheyuan are considered squalid. In
building, there would often be a separate backside building,the 1990s, systematic demolition of old urban buildings took
the only place where two-story buildings are allowed to beplace in Beijing under rapid economic development. Siheyconstructed for the traditional Siheyuan.
uan are being torn down to address, and the hutong area is
The city of Beijing originally was protected by huge walls,
rapidly disappearing, replaced by modern apartments andand each Beijing home also had a wall built around it. Walled
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Figure 7. Renovation of the Siheyuan (top) and the Tower
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Protected Area

The Project Underway

The Plan to Protect the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Beijing will be fully implemented. Special attention will be given
to the protection of the royal city and the historical buildings
situated along the ancient city axis and within the 25 historical and cultural protection areas, the protected major historical and cultural sites, the ancient urban water systems andthe layout of the ancient city. The first group of Old City Conservation zones (25 zones with a total area of 1038 hectares)
has been protected strictly in accordance with the Protection
Plan approved by Beijing City in 2002. The protection of thesecond group of Old City Conservation zones (5 zones occupying 249 hectares) concentrated efforts made between 2002
and 2008 recovered or restored Beijing’s cultural relics inplaces named “two lines, five areas and six sites”. The “twolines” refer to the Middle Axis Avenue and the Chaobu Road.
The “Five Areas” refer to the Shishahai scenery area, the Imperial College ancient architecture area, the Azure Stone
Workshop commercial area, the Forbidden City scenery area
and the Bell Tower and Drum Tower ancient street area in theold city. With all these, Beijing old city will achieve a balanced
distribution and distinct presentation of its famous history andtraditional culture (Figure 6). Nowadays, according to the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage, there areover 3,000 “well-preserved” courtyards remaining in Beijing,and over 539 are in Cultural and Historical Conservation Areas (Figure 7).

A project design of digital construction is implemented to rescue the available spatial data and make their exploitation. Finally, with the rapid development of computer graphics, distributed-computing and Internet, it is possible to achieve Internet-based virtual old city restoration. There are three phases to carry out the project, in present, the first phase is working to collect data and building a spatial information management system and the second phase is working to make 3D restoration of some architectural heritage. The main technological procedure and their benefits are discussed as below.

Data Preparation
The first phase of the project is the compilation of a digitalframework for the whole area of the old city. This includes: thedetailed recording of the 1950s situation, the creation of different layers of geometric information, each one of them contains the situation at various time periods, using all available information, e.g., topographic maps at a scale of 1:1000 and
2000, any other geometric data at appropriate scales, such asa sand table of Beijing old city at a scale of 1:1000, made useof wood in 1950s, existing aerial photos at a scale of 1:2000,
street maps compiled in 1950s, urban plot maps, plans of specific monuments, etc. The utilization of the available large
scale aerial photos plays an important role for the creation of
integrated surveys, which represent the development of the oldcity in the area through time. Figure 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 show two

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Figure 9. Ortho-image of Beijing old city in 1959.
Figure 10. Mosaic aerial photo of Beijing old city in 1949.
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Figure 12. Street maps of Beijing old city compiled (a) in 1940s, (b) in 1950s.

Data Processing

topographic maps, ortho-image, mosaic aerial photo, sand table and street map of Beijing old city in 1950s respectively.
From those, combination of various data is used in orderto provide a powerful tool for recording and monitoring the development in Beijing old city certain time. Further, a structured light scanning processing of that sand table and photogrammetric processing of that aerial photo will produce 3D geometric information about the architectures in the old city.
This will include the city walls and their evolutions, the various
traditional buildings with information about their heights andvolumes. This document will be the basis for all subsequentactions towards part of the final goal of the project too.

Technological route of data processing is described as follow
as below:1)	Collecting multi-source and multi-type data: Scanningand digitizing topological maps of 1: 1000; scanning air
photos of 1:2000; scanning the sand table of 1:000 using a structured light system to acquire 3D point cloud of
the city walls and some historical architectures, and scanning some existing historical buildings using a terrestrial
laser scanner(TLS) to acquire 3D point cloud of the architecture in large scene (Figure 13). Adoping different tech-MB

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3)	Organizing and managing data: A basic framework is organized using the topological map of 1: 1000 of 1950s, otherdata are embedded in the basic framework, including thevector models which scanning from the old city model. The
3D data and models are organized with multi-layer and tree
structure to implement an effective visulization and management for large scene and details of the objects.

Spatial Information Management System
Basic spatial data frame and spatial data database, the qualitative (attributes) and their geometric characteristic, multimedia of Beijing old city are constructed using GIS
software,database and integrated developing method to store,
record, manage and utilize them. An interface and index ofthese digital documents are developed to search and display

Animation and Visualization
The completion of this project will be achieved through the final phase, in which animations and virtual walk-through paths
along selected routes are going to be produced. These works
will be done after the finalization of the third phases of the
project and it is scheduled that they will refer to the old citywalls and part of the protected area mentioned above.
An application of 3D animations will be developed; allbuildings will be presented in real time and the buildings ofspecial interest will be represented in detail. In this task terrestrial images will be draped on the 3D models produced inprevious phases. The level of detail on the 3D models will besuch that would enable the users to perform their own actions.
Finally, with the rapid development of computer graphics, distributed-computing and Internet, it is possible to achieve Internet-based virtual old city restoration.

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2)	Processing data: Transforming the scanning coordinationof these data to unified Beijing local coordination system
based on the topographic map in 1:1000, and then, making the geometry correction and joint respectively. The vetcor represents are archieved with extracting 3D models
from the point cloud data scanning the buildings (Figure14) and scanning the sand table. Jointed and edited vector models will be enclosed the unified local coordinate
system.

the historical spatial information and other related data of theold city using integrated technology. The linkage windows of
two dimensional (2D) and 3D data in the interface are designed to display this main city walls and important histoic
buidlings. The system’s architecture allows the integration of
additional geometric or other type of information, such as“time window” can be opened to show the spatial documents
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pushed the development of the restoration of the old city, andespecially the detailed models of the historical city notes
which were dismantled in various historic heritage cities using
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This paper was supported by the Funding Project “Study on
key technique for spatial information digitization of Beijing oldcity“, Project No. Z090406005809011, which is from Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, and by theFunding Project “Digital City and Architecture Simulation“,
Project No. PHR 20070101, which is for Academic Human
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Laser scan documentation and virtual
reconstruction of the Buddha figures
and the archaeological remains (Bamiyan)
G. Toubekis1,* I. Mayer2, M. Döring-Williams2, K. Maeda3, K. Yamauchi3,
Y. Taniguchi3, S. Morimoto4, M. Petzet5, M. Jarke6, M. Jansen1
1. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation, 52056 Aachen, Germany(toubekis, jansen)@sbg.arch.rwth-aachen.de
2. Technical University Vienna, Department of Art History, Karlsplatz 13/251, 1040 Vienna, Austria
3. Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, NRICPT, 13-43 Ueno Park,Tokyo, Japan
4. Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, 2-9-1 Nijo-cho, Nara, Japan
5. ICOMOS Germany, P.O. Box 100 517, 80079 Munich, Germany
6. RWTH Aachen University, Information Systems & Database Technology, 52056 Aachen, Germany
jarke@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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rations and detailed damage assessments. It will serve as demonstration and experimentation model when exploring the possibilities of a future anastylosis of portions of the figure. The system was adapted to the needs of an exhibition on Gandhara Art
in Germany in a special installation set-up reducing the amountof data to a minimum in order to achieve a real time rendering of
the 3D model of the entire cliff and the reconstructed 38m Buddha figure with limited computer resources. The documentation
work and the virtual reconstruction are embedded in the longterm management plan for the entire World Heritage Site.
Key words: Cultural Heritage Management, 3D, Laser Scanning,
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The Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan is located at a height of
2500m around 250km NW of the capital Kabul within the
Hindu-Kush mountain range backed by 4000-5000m highmassive peaks. The valley extends for several kilometres following the Bamiyan river as a tributary to the Kunduz river
system and part of the large Amudarya water basin known as
the Oxus River in ancient times. The Buddhist monastic cavesanctuaries and dwellings line up for several kilometres on thenorth side of the valley facing south leaving the fertile plane
open for agriculture (Fig. 1). The site of the Giant Buddha figures extends for 1,5km comprising more than one thousandcaves located at the broadest part of the valley. Situated within the crossroads of the civilizations of the East and the West
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Since the destruction of the Giant Buddhas in Bamiyan in theyear 2001 consolidation and emergency stabilization works under the auspices of UNESCO and ICOMOS have progressed. The
more than 1000m spanning cliff wall was scanned with a terrestrial laser scan system and a 3D model of the cliff was derived
from the measurements. After removing the large fragments fromthe niche of the Eastern 38m Buddha a detailed laser scan was
conducted and a textured 3D model of the empty niche generated in order to study the damages of the back wall in detail. Fromhistoric images and contour line drawings a 3D surface model ofthe destroyed 38m Buddha figure was created and successfully
integrated into the 3D textured model of the scanned niche. The
result has been processed for presentation in an immersive 3D
Cave Automated Virtual environment - CAVE at the Virtual Reality Center at RWTH Aachen University. The complex real-timestereo projection is computed by a high-end computer clusterthat adapts the projected image to the spectator’s view by headtracking with infrared devices. The previous state can be compared to the actual condition and serves as a communication andplanning tool among the different expert groups working on thesite for discussion on ongoing stabilization and restoration measures and future consolidation works. It is now possible to generate conventional 2D documentation material (sections, plans)precisely from any part of the virtual model in order to plan andconduct further detailed damage assessments and analysis onsite. The virtual model incorporates the results of scientific explo-

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the routes of the Silk Road.
The caves at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas have been
carved into the cliff during the 3rd to 8th century A.D. The ensemble of the Giant Buddha figures of Bamiyan has been known
as the world largest depiction of a standing Buddha figure fromthe first written records by the travelling Chinese monk Xuanzang who visited Bamiyan in 629 A.D. Carved deeply into thesoft conglomerate of the cliff the “Big” Western Buddha measured 55m and in a distance of 800m to the east the so called“Small” Eastern Buddha rose up 38m. In between the twostanding figures several seated figures of Buddha were carved
out also from the sedimentary rock. The Giant Buddha figures
mark the most western extension of the early Buddhist Gandhara School of art. Due to the artistic expression of its mural
paintings Bamiyan became a genuine centre for Buddhist art in
the Hindu-Kush region in the course of time.
First illustrations of the Bamiyan Buddhas were presented
in the first half of the 19th century by Alexander Burnes aspart of his travel memoirs from India to Persia (Burnes 1834)
and have been copied various times by others travellers. In the
beginning of the 20th century the Délégation Archéologique
Française en Afghanistan (DAFA) initiated comprehensive research on the site. The French mission conducted first conservation works on the mural paintings and executed emergency
restoration in endangered instable caves. An accurate topographic map of the valley was drawn by Jacques Meunie in1936 and a comprehensive photographic documentation of
the condition of the monument was elaborated (Hackin & Meunie 1933; Hackin, Carl & Meunie 1959). The political instability in the region following World War II led to an interruptionof research activities. Bamiyan and its special cave art cameinto focus again in the second half of the 20th century (Miyaji 1976; Tarzi 1977; Klimburg-Salter 1989). In that period also a year long restoration campaign started initiated by national authorities with the aid of the Government of India dedicated to prepare the site for tourism activities.

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Special mention has to be given to the remarkable documentation and interpretation activities that where carried out by
Japanese research teams in the 1960-1970´s; first by Nagoya
University and then by the Kyoto University Archaeological Mission to Central Asia. They conducted a year long photographic
survey of all cave structures around the vicinity of the Giant
Buddhas and also in the nearby Kakrak and Foladi Valley using
contemporary stereographic and photogrammetric techniques
during the documentation process (Higuchi 1984).
With the Soviet invasion and outbreak of a long year war
in that region silence came over Bamiyan until the worldwide
outcry against the destruction of the Giant Buddha figures atthe very beginning of the 21st century. International intervention and protest could not prevent their complete destruction
ordered by the Taleban leadership in March 2001. By the endof 2003 the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remainsof the Bamiyan Valley have been nominated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site according the 1972 World Heritage Convention
comprising eight individual areas representing artistic and religious developments from the 1st to the 13th century AD.

UNESCO/ICOMOS Safeguarding
Campaign for the Preservationof the Bamiyan site
Already very early after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2002
an UNESCO fact finding mission took place to Bamiyan. Prof.
Michael Jansen of RWTH Aachen University, Prof. Michael
Petzet President of the International Council on Monuments
and Sites (ICOMOS) and Prof. Kosaku Maeda for National Research Institute of Cultural Properties Tokyo (NRICPT) among
other international experts examined the situation on the site.
The technical aspects of the mission revealed that within the
rubble of dust and sand many fragments from the destroyed
figures could be found with original surface features. Whilethe detonations destroyed the Western Buddha (Fig. 2) almost
entirely at the site of the Eastern Buddha portions of the figure survived the explosion (Santana 2002).
A concept for the preservation of these fragments and thelong term conservation of the remains has been first presented
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servation activities started in 2003 with the UNESCO Campaign for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site funded by the Japanese Government. A Japanese survey
team by PASCO Inc. set up the coordinates for a site reference system and produced a detailed topographic map of the central Bamiyan valley based on groundtruethed analysis of IKONOS satellite data and aerial images provided by the Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO). The PASCO team also realized a 3D laser scan of the entire cliff, the niches of the Giant Buddhas and several caves in order to document the condition after the detonation and to prepare siteplan material for the next stages of the program (PASCO 2003). Damage assessments on the condition of the mural paintings could be elaborated by the Japanese
team of Prof. Kosaku Maeda and Kazuya Yamauchi of National Research Institutefor Cultural Properties Tokyo (NRICP 2004). Furthermore the Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation initiated a comprehensive conservation intervention in selected caves in order to prevent further deterioration of the murals.

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Figure 3: Tangible Heritage Elements of the Cultural Landscape of Bamiyan.

The scientific analysis revealed many new
findings that are discussed in detail in(Yamauchi, Taniguchi & Tomoko 2007).
On the lateral sides of the niches thatwere in danger to collapse completely due
to the impact of the detonations emergency consolidations had to be realized
by the Italian rock-climbers from RODIO
Inc. (Margottini et. al. 2005). With funding from the Culture Section of the German Foreign Office ICOMOS is actively
involved since 2003 in the international
expert campaign of UNESCO for the
Safeguarding of the Bamiyan World Heritage Site (ICOMOS 2005; Petzet 2009).
Aim is to salvage the remaining rock fragments exposed to the forces of wind andwater and to store them in temporary
shelters. Furthermore the stabilization of
the detached mud plaster surfaces in situ
is being carried out and investigations on
treatment solutions for their preservationon the long term. RWTH Aachen Center
for Documentation and Conservation(RWTHacdc) is documenting the recovery
works of the Buddha fragments in close
collaboration with restorers and stone
conservators of ICOMOS and UNESCO.
Also in this context RWTHacdc conducted a survey on the vernacular architecture of the valley and its important traditional irrigation techniques (Fig. 3).
From the finding RWTHacdc elaborated a
Cultural Master Plan for Bamiyan. The
new plan provides a more detailed pictureon the cultural assets of the area than the
map that was the basis for the inscription
as World Heritage Site. This Master Plan
(Fig. 4) was adopted by the Afghan authorities in March 2006 and serves as
guideline for the sustainable developmentof the entire valley promoting the culturaland ecological values of Bamiyan.
Due to the heavy contamination of thearea with unexploded ordnance remaining from year long fighting in this area all
activities on the site have to be executed
under the supervision of national de-mining experts together with the Afghan Ministry for Culture. All works are embeddedin the recommendations of the UNESCO
Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site (UNESCO 2006)
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Figure 4: Cultural
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era mounted on top of the scanner was used. The scanner allows a very flexible alignment of the resolution according to
the scan size and the scan distance (1.2m up to 1000m) byadjusting the angle of the moving laser light (0.12-0.02degree). Additionally to the measured point cloud of the laser
scanner a set of pictures is taken automatically after eachscan by the on top mounted digital camera. Every time thedigital camera is mounted on the scanner body a manual calibration (mounting calibration) has to be performed by manually assigning characteristic features visible in the scan to thedigital pictures. Due to the known internal calibration values
the colour information of each pixel from the digital image is
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While the works at the site of the Western Buddha (55m)
niche are still ongoing the removal of debris in the niche of theEastern Buddha (38m) was completed by autumn 2006. In
cooperation with the Technical University of Vienna (Dept. Art
History - Prof. Marina Döring) a 3D Laser Scan could be realized by Irmengard Mayer to document the condition of thecleaned niche prior to the installation of a scaffold for the following consolidation works at the back wall (Fig. 5-6).
A Riegl Laser Measurement System Z420i in combination
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Figure 6: Final result of Laser Scan in shaded mode.

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Figure 8: Textured 3d model of Eastern 38m Buddha integrated in model of niche.
(b)the laser scanner manufacturer Riegl.
A LEICA Total Station TCR 1105 was used for measuring
all scan positions exactly and for linking the newly obtained
measurements with the UTM reference-system and the Site
Control Points established by the Japanese survey team of
PASCO. In close range to the most eastern Ground Control
Point B3 and complementary to already existing fix points ofthe site reference system a new fix point directly in front of
the Eastern Buddha niche was determined and fixed into theground.
To reach a sufficient precision of the final model the resolution was set to ensure a point distance equal 8mm on thesurface of the cliff stone. For triangulation of the final meshfrom the measurement points of the Eastern Buddha niche
the Software QTSculptor v2.85 of Polygon Technology wasused. In this case 1.2 million triangles were created by thesoftware out of the 77 million measurement points. The last
step is the assignment of the digital images on the mesh. The
images have been applied automatically using the mounting
calibration assigned on site.
The scan procedure and the generation of the 3D modelof the Eastern Buddha have been described in detail in(Jansen et. al. 2008).
Photogrammetric methods for the documentation of theentire Bamiyan Cliff have been explored first by Yoshiyuki
Ushikawa of the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Nara in the course of the Japanese explorations
1970-1978. The entire cliff was documented by means ofstereoscopic analysis of metric images taken during the field
campaign. A scaled isoline drawing of the entire cliff wasdrawn afterwards including both Giant Buddha figures(Higuchi 1984). The Western Buddha (55m) was also documented with stereo metric means by a Swiss survey team (Kostka 1974) during a topographical exploration of undocumented valleys in Eastern Afghanistan. Automated methods for 3Dmodel generation of the Western Buddha (55m) based on the
Swiss image pairs of 1974 have been explored by ETH Zürich
(Grün, Remondino & Zhang 2002).
From the documentation of the site prepared by the Archaeological Mission to Central Asia at Kyoto University in theyears 1972-1978 the team at RWTH Aachen obtained a highresolution scan (6800x10400 pixel) of the original 1/50
scale ink drawing of the contour line interpretation from theEastern Buddha (38m) sculpture.
In this drawing each of the 10 cm isohypse contour lines
is clearly readable and was manually digitized. The 3D surfaceof the Eastern Buddha was generated with Geomagic Studiov.10 Software (Fig. 7). Based on characteristic features visible
in the contour line drawings and still traceable at the site thesurface model could be orientated within the 3D model of theniche generated from the laser scans by manual alignments.
The results where presented first time on the occasion of the
5th UNESCO Expert Working Group Meeting for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site in December 2006 at RWTH Aachen
University. The immersive virtual environment BARCO CAVE™
(Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) at the Virtual Reality
Centre of RWTH Aachen University represents an advanced
version of the system (Cruz-Neira, Sandin & Defanti 1993). It
is used for research of multimodal and interactive 3D interactions and visualization of complex numerical and technicalsimulations in real time.
The CAVE system is a cube of 3x3m that allows a five sided projection of stereo images onto the walls and ceiling. The
resolution of images or videos projected is 1600x1200 pixels
per plane using ten BARCO Sim6 Ultra projectors that project
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Up to five spectators with untracked polarized glasses fit into the projection spaceand can share the experience of the
tracked user. Although the system can befolded up to a four segment screen of 12m
length the spatial limitations and bulky
projector installations are an obstacle inpresenting this technology at other occasions than the research environment.
Since it was desired to present the results to a larger audience at the Federal
Exhibition Hall of Germany in Bonn within the context of the exhibition of Gandhara Art a passive stereo projection was
realized by the Collaborative Virtual andAugmented Environments Group of Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information
Figure 9: Immersive Virtual Environment CAVE.
Technology (FIT) in Bonn/Birlinghoven.
A space of 50m² with a 3x4m projection screen was designed to be used by
40 people at a time and a standard stereoscopic setting was chosen using low costpolarized paper glasses. A 3D Space
Mouse was installed in the middle of theroom to allow user interaction by moving
the controller cap to simultaneously pan,zoom, and rotate on the fly. A set of fixed
viewpoints were defined in the 3D scene
and approached automatically when nouser interaction took place. The setting allowed the user at any time to take over thenavigation or let himself follow the predefined viewpoint that were approached automatically after a certain time interval.
The installation was realized with the
MORGAN framework developed by the
FIT Institute. MORGAN is an extensible
component based AR/VR framework, enabling sophisticated dynamic multi user
AR and VR projects by addressing a large(a) Geological profile(b) Section
variety of input devices and by providing a
Figure 10: Various Maps of the niche from 3D Model.
sophisticated render engine (Ohlenburg
et. al. 2004). In order to realize the realtime rendering of the entire cliff scene including the niche of
The user of the Cave wears a pair of polarized glasses with
the Eastern Buddha and the reconstructed 3D model with theattached reflectors so that his position in space is constantly
used computer system (Dell Precision T7400, Quad Core
measured by an optical tracking system based on six ARTXeon Extreme Processor, 4GB RAM, NVidia Quadro FX 4600)
track1 cameras. To create a complete immersive 3D experithe data had to be reduced significantly to a total amount ofence the viewpoint of the spectator is processed in real time
and the stereo images are rendered accordingly by a PC Clus200.000 triangles.
ter of a total of ten Render Clients (Pentium IV, 4GB RAM
Memory) connected to the projectors. One Master Station
Restoration and Management(Dual Xeon System - 4GB RAM Memory - NVIDIA GeForce
From the final 3D model further plans such as sections, views
6800 GT) controls the synchronization of all calculations withand orthophotos have been created from all viewpoints.
a specially designed application programmed in VISTA a cross
The plans obtained from the high-precision measurements
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vices (e.g. GPS enabled camera) to ensure systematic collection of semantic pieces of information otherwise neglected.
Such an approach allows the re-contextualisation of the multimedia artefact at a later stage. Also the situation on the
ground has to be reflected realistically bearing in mind thatongoing looting of historical sites is a fact and that available
human resources remain limited. One of the outcomes of thishighly experimental oriented cooperation is the establishmentof an Internet Community Portal dedicated to the sustainable
development of the entire Bamiyan Valley (www.bamiyan-development.org).
Capacity building activities in cultural heritage management and preservation remain an urgent priority and they haveto be carried out in very close cooperation with the national institutions both in administration and education sector. The
creation of a policy framework that involves national culturaland planning institutions as well as experts and stakeholders
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The precision and high density of the laser scan measurements capture delicate details (original clay plaster and carved
cliff surface) and facilitate the production of detailed 2D plansof the geometry of the niche (section, views) in almost all directions.
Since our work is aimed to support the practical preservation and restoration works on site primary aim is to create amodel serving as a means of communication that provides thegeneral outline to all involved partners precise enough so that
more specific observations and findings can be incorporated
easily at a later stage. Also it is precise enough to contributeto the discussion process on the future of the site in the senseof work in progress without pre-assuming a final state that has
to be achieved.
While the extension of such an area as the Bamiyan site
and the complexity of its management justify the usage ofhigh-precision techniques for the documentation process thequestions and purposes dealing with reconstruction have to beaddressed carefully. The methodological approach has to reflect both technological and epistemological questions andhas to be aware of its potentials and even more important of
its limitations (Petzet 2002, 2008). In the case of the Giant
Buddha figures of Bamiyan ethical components also have to
be considered since the general discussion on physical reconstruction is going on (UNESCO 2006) and still far from being
resolved decisively.
Based on virtual models it is possible to study and to compare concepts for technical measures in the future in detailprior to their execution. Due to the enormous object size andthe complexity of the niche it became clear that the original
shape information of the destroyed Buddha figure is essential
in order to make the spatial configuration of the monument
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are the basis for the documentation of the geological profile ofthis portion of the cliff. Tests on site revealed that the geological features of each fragment allow a precise identification of
the composition of the conglomerate stone which is suitable
to identify its place of origin based on geological profile matching (Urbat & Krumsiek 2004). The plans also serve as basis
for further planning of necessary consolidation works conducted by ICOMOS. They give precise information on the existinggeometry and the location and gradient of dangerous cracks.
Based on these plans restoration works are currently underway by ICOMOS to reconstruct the destroyed separation
walls between the ceremony halls at the bottom backside of
the niche of the Eastern Buddha.
Cultural heritage management includes the documentation of past and present conditions the evaluation of conservation concepts as well as the execution of measures. Decisiveknowledge and a living framework of partners and methods
are essential for conservators, architects, site managers andurban/regional planners as well as capacities that enable cooperation and support of involved stakeholder in order to ensure long term preservation goals.
The situation in developing and post-conflict countries furthermore is dominated by insecurity issues with a devastating
impact of the human resource sector. In the case of Afghanistan educational institutions have to be rebuilt simultaneously as the country has lost the experiences and knowledge accumulated by prior generations. In order to bridge the gap anintergenerational cooperation has to be initiated reactivating
the accumulated knowledge of the Past. New channels ofcommunication have to be established as the involved experts
are dispersed globally crossing languages and research methods. Dispersed Information has to be made accessible byyounger scientists using modern IT and scientific knowledge
to actualize the knowledge on the site and monuments. Facing such problems conservation activities have to be prioritized and integrated in sustainable development plans thatboth meet the requirements of protecting the inherit value ofa cultural site and the necessity to identify economic and social benefits such income generation from tourism activities tothe local communities.
The multidisciplinary approach within the various departments involved at RWTH Aachen University gave the opportunity to address some of these issues from a socio-technological viewpoint. Together with the Department for Databases
and Information Systems (Prof. Mathias Jarke ) at RWTH
Aachen University it is being examined how far current developments in collaborative work on multimedia artefacts andweb-based learning approaches are applicable to Cultural Heritage Management scenarios. The addressed requirements include the promotion of awareness and knowledge raising activities about the existence and value of cultural sites to a
growing amount of people by making use of contemporary
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to be reconstructed in future interventions such as a full or
partial anastylosis can now be evaluated comprehensively bymaking use of the CAVE at the Virtual Reality Laboratory situated at RWTH Aachen University.

Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the Culture Section of the Foreign
Office of Germany (Kulturreferat Auswärtiges Amt) throughthe ICOMOS Project for the preservation of the remains of the
Bamiyan Buddhas and by the German National Science Foundation (DFG) within the research cluster UMIC- Ultra High
Speed Mobile Information and Communication establishedunder the excellence initiative of the German Government. We
thank Masanori Nagaoka from UNESCO for his help and alsoProf. Minoru Inaba and Prof. Bunkyo Kin of the Institute for
Research in Humanities at Kyoto University for making thecontour line drawing available.

Copyright
The contour line drawing Fig. 7(a) and the related photographs
are copyrighted material of Kyoto University Archaeological
Mission to Central Asia and the National Research Institute forCultural Properties Tokyo/Nara.

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Future Trends
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P. Patias
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Cadastre, Photogrammetry and Cartography,
Univ. Box 473, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, patias@auth.gr

New work habits, new research opportunities, and even new forms of institutions reform the CH documentation activities and consequently force photogrammetry to offer its services in many aspects. Photogrammetry provides large amounts of highly detailed, very accurate, geo-referenced, 3-D vector and texture data, with stereo-viewing abilities and metadata information. This constitutes its comparative advantage overother techniques and procedures.
Evaluating the current status and envisaging the future evolution of CH documentation, one could notethat:
➧ Classic technology is very mature and the applications based on it are straightforward. Therefore, there
are many different applications reported, and this has a favourable impact on the end-users, since it
attracts their attention.
➧ New technology is entering the picture at a growing rate and this drives innovative research. This factgives rise to rapidly emerging new concepts and, as a spin-off, it attracts participation from related disciplines.
➧ In addition to the photographic imaging systems, 3-D scanners and other non-imaging sensors play animportant role in heritage and will continue to progress. The variety starts from airborne LIDAR systems for terrain/surface modelling and site mapping, followed by mid-range scanners for facades/buildings mapping, and goes down to close range 3-D scanners for detailed documentation of finds, artefacts and sculptures. The spectrum of technology will include range sensors with time-of-flight, phasedifference or triangulation using laser points, fringe or other patterns projection. The challenge in Cultural Heritage applications is therefore the sometimes very complex data fusion from these heterogeneous sources.

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quality measures (i.e. standards) will always be necessary, it is only one part of the story. Quality can
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Authors Index

Morimoto T., 65
Mu Y., 85
Muhammad S., 73
Mustafa A., 79
Patias P., 9, 101
Peipe J., 35
Perez-Moneo J.D., 41
Petzet M., 93
Przybilla H.-J., 35
Salemi G., 17
San José J.I., 41

Jansen M., 93
Jarke M., 93
Kaneda A., 55
Katayama Y., 65
Kim J., 59
Kim S., 59
Maeda K., 93
Martínez J., 41
Mayer I., 93
Menin A., 17
Morimoto S., 93

Santana M., 9
Shi R., 85
Taniguchi Y., 93
Toubekis G., 93
Tsioukas V., 49
Wang R., 85
Yamauchi K., 93
Zhu G., 85
Zhu L., 85

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MBAchilli V., 17
Amhar F., 79
Bragagnolo D., 17
Chiba M., 65
Döring-Williams M., 93
Egels Y., 29
Fabris M., 17
Fangi G., 21
Fernández J.J., 41
Finat J., 41
Héno R., 29

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