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Digital Photogrammetry for Documentation of Maritime Heritage

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Documentation of maritime heritage is essential for its protection, and for reference in restoration and renovation processes. These functions become problematic in the case of historical ships and boats that lack lines drawings. The purpose of this paper is to describe a procedure for creation of lines drawings based on the shape analysis of surviving historical boats or their small-scale models with the help of reverse engineering (RE) techniques. The paper describes how digital photogrammetry and the iterative method were used to analyze the shape of three historical boats: Tomahawk, Refola and Nada. The application of the proposed procedure produced the lines drawings of the boats as its result. The accuracy of the 3D CAD model obtained with the photogrammetric technique was verified by comparing it against a more accurate 3D model produced with the help of a RE laser scanner. The examination of the resulting lines drawings proves that the digital photogrammetry process and the proposed iterative method are adequate tools for developing lines plans of boat models. The research offers the methodological basis for the creation of an archive of lines drawings of historical boats. Such an archive would provide reference for philologically correct restorations, and permit definition and classification of distinctive elements of various types of historical boats, particularly those produced in the Campania Region.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio, 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Massimo Martorelli & Claudio Pensa

  2. Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Via G. Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino, FR, Italy

    Domenico Speranza

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Martorelli, M., Pensa, C. & Speranza, D. Digital Photogrammetry for Documentation of Maritime Heritage. J Mari Arch 9, 81–93 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-014-9124-x

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