Monuments & Archaeological sites:
In the field of Cultural Heritage, a reality-based survey is a very important instrument of knowledge, documentation, and analysis, preliminary to any work of cataloguing, restoration, and conservation. Protection of existing Cultural Heritage from degradation or its loss is of vital importance. Nowadays the continuous expansion and development of new recording and visualization techniques allow us to produce reality-based 3D models with high geometric accuracy and realistic appearance. The available 3D products can then be used for detailed and accurate documentation and digital preservation of existing tangible heritages as well as for new archaeological or architectural studies and analyses, 3D repositories and catalogues, virtual reconstruction, computer-aided restoration, virtual and augmented reality applications, archaeological prospection, web access, and visualizations.
