Most of marine scientists' work consists in documentation of underwater sites. The common need for different applications is to obtain enriched maps of the underwater environment in an efficient way. Up until recently, underwater site reconstructions were represented by sketches produced after human surveys, and the geometric measurements were taken by divers with hand-held instruments. These techniques require a considerable effort in terms of time and economic resources. Within the last ten years ISME (Interuniversity Ctr. Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment) and SBAT (Italian Ministry of Culture, Superintendence of Archaeological Goods of Tuscany-Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Toscana) have worked toward automation of the survey process, providing scientific methodologies and the technological tools for the virtual exploration, which can be applied both to archaeological and biological environments. This paper presents an innovative methodology and an integrated system useful to obtain a geo-referenced augmented 3D map of an underwater site. The project improved the accessibility of marine environment through 3D documents created in pdf format that allow virtual explorations. The developed tools have been validated within several underwater sites and together with various archaeological institutions. The same technologies can be adapted in underwater biological applications. © 2013 Acoustical Society of America.
Geoposition data aided 3D documentation of archaeological and biological sites / Sorbi, Laura; Scaradozzi, David; Conte, Giuseppe; Gambogi, Pamela. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ON ACOUSTICS. - ISSN 1939-800X. - 17:(2012), p. 070088. (Intervento presentato al convegno 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, ECUA 2012; Edinburgh; United Kingdom; 2 July 2012 through 6 July 2012; tenutosi a Edinburgh, gbr nel 2012) [10.1121/1.4792230].
Geoposition data aided 3D documentation of archaeological and biological sites
SORBI, Laura;SCARADOZZI, David;CONTE, GIUSEPPE;
2012-01-01
Abstract
Most of marine scientists' work consists in documentation of underwater sites. The common need for different applications is to obtain enriched maps of the underwater environment in an efficient way. Up until recently, underwater site reconstructions were represented by sketches produced after human surveys, and the geometric measurements were taken by divers with hand-held instruments. These techniques require a considerable effort in terms of time and economic resources. Within the last ten years ISME (Interuniversity Ctr. Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment) and SBAT (Italian Ministry of Culture, Superintendence of Archaeological Goods of Tuscany-Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Toscana) have worked toward automation of the survey process, providing scientific methodologies and the technological tools for the virtual exploration, which can be applied both to archaeological and biological environments. This paper presents an innovative methodology and an integrated system useful to obtain a geo-referenced augmented 3D map of an underwater site. The project improved the accessibility of marine environment through 3D documents created in pdf format that allow virtual explorations. The developed tools have been validated within several underwater sites and together with various archaeological institutions. The same technologies can be adapted in underwater biological applications. © 2013 Acoustical Society of America.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
