Abstract
Contemporary terrestrial laser scanners and photogrammetric imaging systems are an invaluable tool in providing objectively precise, as-built records of existing architectural, engineering and industrial sites. The comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) recording of culturally important sites such as heritage buildings, monuments, and sites can serve a variety of invaluable purposes; the data can assist in the conservation, management, and repair of a structure, as well as provide a visually engaging educational resource for both the public and scholars. The acquired data acts as a form of digital preservation, a timeless virtual representation of the as-built structure. The technical capability of these systems is particularly suited for the documentation of a richly articulated and detailed building such as the high Gothic Cologne Cathedral. The 3D documentation of the Cologne Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site is a multiphase project developed by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in partnership with the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, and the Metropolitankapitel der Hohen Domkirche Köln Dombauhütte. The project has also received generous support from Zoller + Fröhlich (Z+F) and the City of Cologne.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-220 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Aug 2017 |
Event | 26th International CIPA Symposium 2017 - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Duration: 28 Aug 2017 → 1 Sep 2017 http://sc.isprs.org/events/details/id-26th-international-cipa-symposium.html |
Keywords
- 3D
- Cologne Cathedral
- Gothic architecture
- heritage conservation
- Terrestrial laser scanning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Instrumentation