Abstract
New technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and terrestrial laser scanning systems, provide opportunities for the digital documentation of cultural heritage. Although ultra-light drones (ULDs) are usually used for recreational activities, in this study, we examined their ability for use in digital documentation. We investigated the efficiency of an ULD for documentation of a selected historical building. In this study, the structure from motion (SfM) method was used to create three-dimensional point cloud data of a historical building using ULD and a low-cost UAV. The resulting point clouds were compared with terrestrial laser scanner data. The maximum standard deviations were calculated as 0.62 cm and 1.87 cm for low-cost UAV and ULD, respectively. The results show that ULDs can be used under suitable circumstances as a low-cost alternative for cultural heritage documentation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 174-184 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Cultural Heritage |
| Volume | 44 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS
Funding
This study has been supported by TUBITAK , Turkey (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) with project entitled "Automatic 3D Shoreline Extraction and Analysis from UAV and UAV-LiDAR Data for Sustainable Monitoring: Case Study of Terkos (Istanbul)" and grant ID 115Y718 .
| Funders | Funder number |
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| TUBITAK | 115Y718 |
Keywords
- Cultural heritage
- Documentation
- Low-cost UAV
- Photogrammetry
- Point cloud
- SfM
- Ultra-light drone
