Erechtheion Project

portion of uk metro 3d image taken by 3d laser scanners

3d laser scanners positioned at Erechtheion inner structure

inner structure of Erechtheion with 3d laser scanners posiioned

side by side comparison of Erechtheion statue pillar 3d and hologram image taken by 3d laser scanners

external view of Erechtheion taken by 3d laser scanners

whole view of Erechtheion pillars from the outside taken by surphaser 3d laser scanners

close up of Erechtheion 3d image detail taken by 3d laser scanners

Images courtesy of Mimic Studios, Inc

Surphaser was one of the instruments used to collect 3D data in the project “Development of Geographic Information Systems at the Acropolis of Athens” (Moullou & Mavromati, 2007). The goal of the project is the development of GIS with the associated databases for documentation, restoration management, and presentation of the monuments and surrounding walls and landscape, starting with the Erechtheion, which is so far the only fully restored monument on the Acropolis. More about this project can be read here: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.html

Images courtesy of National Research Council of Canada, Visual Information Technology Group. This project is financed by the EU and Greece Government and supervised by the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA), Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Our partners included Elliniki Photogrammetriki Ltd. (Elpho), Athens, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – ETH-Zurich, and Geotech O.E., Athens. Leica Geosystems, Switzerland and Basis Software Inc., USA, supplied the laser scanners. Innovmetric supplied the Polyworks Suite free of charge for the course of the project.
Copyright © 2007 NRC, all rights reserved. Images can not be used without express written permission from National Research Council of Canada.

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