ABSTRACT
The preservation and inventory of cultural heritage has become a task of great concern nowadays. In a rapidly developing world a need arises for the documentation of the present state of historical artefacts. Object reconstruction based on terrestrial and aerial imagery has been widely adopted in the recording of architectural monuments, historical urban centres and archaeological sites. However, in the field of museum inventory, these procedures still have a high level of undiscovered and under-utilized potential. Photogrammetric approaches to modelling and visualization of cultural heritage offer accurate methods for 3D object reconstruction, including quantitative evaluation of the results. Acquired datasets can be integrated into cultural heritage information systems with the possibility of spatial analyses and future update.
