Innovative 3D information system for the restoration and preventive maintenance plan of the Milan Cathedral

Giuseppe G.G. Giunta; Eleonora Di Paola; Benigno Morlin Visconti Castiglione

doi:10.1117/12.514174

13 February 2004 Innovative 3D information system for the restoration and preventive maintenance plan of the Milan Cathedral

Giuseppe G.G. Giunta, Eleonora Di Paola, Benigno Morlin Visconti Castiglione

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Proceedings Volume 5239, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514174
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The restoration and maintenance of architecturally complex monuments need advanced tools for helping the definition of the working plan and for storing analysing and updating all the data produced. In the case of the Gothic Milan Cathedral a three-dimensional metric support has been developed. It comprises several oriented and connected stereoscopic models which makes it possible, through the stereoscopic vision, to navigate through several photograms, to accurately measure the dimension of architectural details, to draw structures with a millimeter precision. In this way a 3D-CAD model of the facade and of the internal walls of the Milan Cathedral have been created. On those vectorial models, it is possible to insert photos, documents, characterisation data and even to draw thematic maps. For instance, the load bearing structures maps have been realised after a GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) structural survey. These maps provide structural information (e.g. fractures, block thickness and status, lessons, etc.) extremely useful for planning the restoration and maintenance work. The photogrammetric survey has been proceeded by a 3D laser scanning survey, necessary for providing a preliminary model for planning the work until the complete elaboration of the stereoscopic model. All the data have been updated in the georeferenced and integrated 3D data base of the Cathedral, which now constitutes the necessary support for defining the specific operations.

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Giuseppe G.G. Giunta, Eleonora Di Paola, and Benigno Morlin Visconti Castiglione "Innovative 3D information system for the restoration and preventive maintenance plan of the Milan Cathedral", Proc. SPIE 5239, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology III, (13 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514174

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