Dafni Monastery
Title:
Development of contemporary Surveying and Photogrammetric methods for the
Geometric Documentation and Architectural Digital Representation of Byzantine
Monuments Implementation to the Holy Monastery of Dafni
Methodology:
Results:
Immediately after the earthquake of 1999 in Athens, the Laboratory of Photogrammetry of NTUA
was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture to proceed to a full Geometric Documentation of
the damaged Katholikon of the Dafni Monastery, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Monument.
Contemporary digital surveying and photogrammetric techniques were implemented for the first time to produce digital orthophotographs at scales of 1:25 for the monument and 1:5 for all mosaics of the interior. In addition developments of mosaics were also produced which were on developable and non-developable surfaces, employing innovative digital techniques. Although terrestrial laser scanners were not available at the time a 3D visualization both of the exterior and the interior of the Katholikon was also produced.
Contemporary digital surveying and photogrammetric techniques were implemented for the first time to produce digital orthophotographs at scales of 1:25 for the monument and 1:5 for all mosaics of the interior. In addition developments of mosaics were also produced which were on developable and non-developable surfaces, employing innovative digital techniques. Although terrestrial laser scanners were not available at the time a 3D visualization both of the exterior and the interior of the Katholikon was also produced.
3D Reconstruction and Rendering for a Virtual Visit. International Congress of ISPRS, Istanbul, July 2004, (co-authored with C.
Ioannidis, A. Daskalopoulos and E. Demiridi).
A Trip from Object to Image and back. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXIV, p. 5/W12, Comm. V, pp. 141-144. Proceedings of the Workshop "Vision Techniques for Digital Architectural and Archaeological Archives, Ancona 2003 (co-authored with Th. Daskalopouls, G.N.Makris, Ch. Ioannidis)
A Trip from Object to Image and back. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXIV, p. 5/W12, Comm. V, pp. 141-144. Proceedings of the Workshop "Vision Techniques for Digital Architectural and Archaeological Archives, Ancona 2003 (co-authored with Th. Daskalopouls, G.N.Makris, Ch. Ioannidis)