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Title
New perspectives to save cultural heritage
Author
Altan, M. Orhan

ARCHIMEDES3D - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF
ARCHITECTURAL ORTHOIMAGES
Albert Wiedemann *, John Moré and Rüdiger Tauch
FPK Ingenieur GmbH, Feurigstr. 54, 10827 Berlin, Germany - {A.Wiedemann, J.More, R.Tauch}@fpk.de
Working Group VI
KEY WORDS: Architecture, Cultural Heritage, Orthoimage, Documentation, Surveying, Scanning, Toolbox, Rectification
ABSTRACT:
A true ortho image and it’s appertaining digital surface model (DSM) provide most the of geometric information required for the
documentation of a building façade. There are different techniques available to acquire the information requested to generate a DSM.
In this paper we describe how a motorized and reflectorless total station controlled by the software package Archimedes3D can be
used to determine the necessary information. Apart from a total station, a laptop and a digital camera are the only hardware
components needed to complete these tasks. After establishing of the site covering reference system the total station is used to scan
the surface of the object in a point density which can be adapted to the local requirements. The lower data rate of a total station
compared to laser scanners can be compensated by maintaining intelligent control of the measurement process.
1. MOTIVATION
1.1 Introduction
For the documentation of cultural heritage geometric and
thematic information is required. There is a large variety of
different techniques to acquire the high quality geometric
information of cultural significant buildings. Among them are
geodetic techniques, photogrammetry and laser scanners. Laser
scanners and stereo photogrammetric equipment are expensive
and requires skilled personnel for the usage. The application of
such expensive equipment and personnel is only justifiable for
large projects with big budgets. Most projects have very limited
resources and most buildings do not demand the usage of laser
scanners at the complete site. Single image photogrammetry and
bundle photogrammetry are well suited for simple objects with
a limited number of sharply defined geometric features. Tacheo-
metry of the whole object might be a time consuming process,
depending on its complexity.
Figure 1. Image of an object
Figure 2. Insufficient result from projective rectification - the
balconies are dislocated.
But a total station is required at each documentation site to
provide the control network and good digital cameras become
affordable. Therefore the idea was borne to combine a modem,
motorized total station and a digital camera to derive digital
orthoimages of architectural objects, primarily of facades.
1.2 Architectural Orthoimages
A true orthoimage and it’s appertaining digital surface model
(DSM) provide most of the geometric and radiometric
information required for the documentation of a building
façade. The geometric quality of the orthoimage depends on the
quality and density of the DSM.
There are also different techniques to acquire the necessary 3D
information for the generation of the DSM. Among this
techniques are again laser scanning, 3D photogrammetry and
tacheometry.
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