ABSTRACT

The introduction of Geographic Information Systems in the field of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, advance timidly and in an almost unknown way. So today, many of us remain oblivious to the great potential of these analysis and management tools of spatial information. Convinced of the need to raise awareness and to encourage the use of this new technology in our specific sphere of work, in the present article we want to spread one of its potential applications in the registry and graphic documentation process of a particular type of artwork, the paintings surfaces.