3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Alternatives for Restoration of Historic Buildings - A New Approach

Lemonia Ragia, Froso Sarri, Katerina Mania

2015

Abstract

This paper puts forward a 3D reconstruction methodology applied to the restoration of historic buildings taking advantage of the combined speed, range and accuracy of a total geodetic station. The measurements of geo-referenced points produced a fully interactive and photorealistic geometric mesh of an historic monument named ‘Neoria’. ‘Neoria’ is a Venetian building located by the old harbour at Chania, Crete, Greece. The integration of tacheometry acquisition and computer graphics puts forward a novel integrated software framework for the accurate 3D reconstruction of a historical building. The main technical challenge of this work was the production of an accurate 3D mesh based on a sufficient number of tacheometry measurements acquired fast and at low-cost. Interpolation methods ensured that a detailed geometric mesh was constructed based on a few points. Advanced interactive functionalities are offered to the user in relation to identifying restoration areas and visualizing the outcome of such works in a fully interactive application based on game engine technologies. Moreover, the user could photorealistically visualize the actual or restored monument and calculate distances between points.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ragia L., Sarri F. and Mania K. (2015). 3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Alternatives for Restoration of Historic Buildings - A New Approach . In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM, ISBN 978-989-758-099-4, pages 94-102. DOI: 10.5220/0005376700940102

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam15,
author={Lemonia Ragia and Froso Sarri and Katerina Mania},
title={3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Alternatives for Restoration of Historic Buildings - A New Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,},
year={2015},
pages={94-102},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005376700940102},
isbn={978-989-758-099-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,
TI - 3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Alternatives for Restoration of Historic Buildings - A New Approach
SN - 978-989-758-099-4
AU - Ragia L.
AU - Sarri F.
AU - Mania K.
PY - 2015
SP - 94
EP - 102
DO - 10.5220/0005376700940102