ABSTRACT
Making a photographic record of floor surfaces or their individual features is desirable for a number of reasons. A clear image can be made relatively quickly of what may be a long and complicated inscription needing translation or deciphering. Detail of this nature may be of low definition, but contain a great deal of important information. A photograph provides a record of the condition of the subject at a point in time, enabling a future assessment to be made of the rate of deterioration, if any. Using carefully controlled lighting, worn details may be revealed which otherwise would be difficult to observe in situ. Mapping techniques can be used to reconstruct complete floor patterns, and rectified photography can provide accurate measurements for the preparation of survey drawings.
