Reality-based 3D documentation of natural and cultural heritage sites—techniques, problems, and examples

• DOI: 10.1007/s12518-010-0025-x
• Publication Date: 2010-07-02T05:04:56Z
• Authors: Fabio Remondino; Alessandro Rizzi
• Keywords: Presentation (obstetrics); Natural heritage

The importance of cultural and natural heritage documentation is well recognized at international level, there an increasing pressure to document preserve also digitally. continuous development new sensors, data capture methodologies, multi-resolution 3D representations the improvement existing ones can contribute significantly documentation, conservation, digital presentation heritages growth research in this field. article reviews some important requirements specifications, actual surveying modeling techniques methodologies with their limitations potentialities as visualization issues involved Some examples world sites are reported discussed.