Abstract
Recording is a key activity in the cultural heritage conservation management. Conservation-related information is usually obtained (certainly in the case of this project) from multidisciplinary research activities. In such teams, geomatics build a framework to connect all members’ contributions both in preliminary studies and in project development and applications.
In this project, the documentation approach used the most sophisticated surveying techniques to properly capture the geometries of the “sample area”: the pilot area, as well as the whole Multan Walled City, is made of very articulated buildings, with façades rich in decorations, and the urban pattern created by these buildings is very intricate. Metrical data acquisition of such a wide, complex, and crowded urban area with traditional survey techniques would request a lot of work, involving many people for a long time.
The rapid rise in new technologies has revolutionized the practice of recording heritage places. The advantage does not rely only on time saving, but mostly on accuracy and management of digital data. Digital tools and media offer many new opportunities for collecting and disseminating information about heritage sites. From a methodological point of view, an integrated survey has been planned combining topographic and laser scanning technology.
In pilot area, two macro-areas were selected and subdivided in six different sites.
A reference frame connecting all sites was created by a topographic survey carried out with total station. In the meantime, detailed survey was carried out using a laser scanner in all sites.
The fieldwork is only the smallest part in this kind of survey. Subsequent activities were carried out in Florence and Milan during the following months producing a digital model to create 2-D drawings and 3-D models. Graphic outputs were used by other work teams for many different tasks: conservation/restoration, structural analysis, architectural and urban planning, mapping, and so on.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Aga Khan Trust for Culture (2012) Conservation of the Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore. Preliminary report on condition and risk assessment, Khan, M., Muhammad, S., (eds.) Aga Khan Cultural service, Printing Professionals, Lahore, ISBN 978-969-9709-00-5 [on line http://archnet.org/library/pubdownloader/pdf/12881/doc/DPC3346.pdf. (accessed 07/02/13)]
Bonora V, Tucci G (2007) Il laser scanner terrestre e il rilievo dei Beni Culturali. In: Sacerdote F, Tucci G (eds) Sistemi a scansione per l’architettura e il territorio. Alinea, Firenze, pp 89–123
Eppich E, Chabbi A (eds) (2007) Illustrated examples: recording, documentation, and information management for the conservation of heritage places. The Getty Conservation Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Letellier R (2007) Recording, documentation and information management for the conservation of heritage places: guiding principles. The Getty Conservation Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Santana Quintero M, Seif A (eds) (2011) Protecting BAALBEK’s Integrity. Leuven, Belgium: (KU Leuven) – University College St. Lieven. ISBN 978-90-8169-530-5 [on line http://whc.unesco.org/document/106556 (accessed 07/02/13)]
Tucci G, Bonora V, Nobile A, Tokmakidis K (2009) Surveying and documenting corbelled dome architectures. In: Mecca S, Dipasquale L (eds) Earthen domes and habitats. Villages of Northern Syria: an architectural tradition shared by East and West. Edizioni ETS, Pisa, Italy, pp 297–311. ISBN 978-884672535-6
Tucci G, Bonora V (2011a) Geomatic techniques and 3D modeling for the survey of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International CIPA Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, 12–16 Sept 2011, ISBN 978-80-01-04885-6 [online: http://www.cipa2011.cz/cipa/proceedings/pdfs/A-3/Tucci2.pdf (accessed 07/02/13)]
Tucci G, Bonora V, Nobile A, Bucalossi L (2011b) Urban Heritage: the role of recording, documentation and information systems, in: Thematic section A “Tools and Methods for Historical Urban Landscape safeguard and development” of Euromed Heritage IV, “Mare Nostrum” project, News Letter n. 5, July 2011, p 22–25. http://www.eh4-marenostrum.net/newsroom/EH4_MARE_NOSTRUM_NewsLetter_5-2011.pdf. Accessed 07/02/13
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Guzzetti, F., Cattaneo, N., Tucci, G., Fiorini, L., Conti, A. (2014). Ground Survey: An Integrated Survey for Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management. In: Del Bo, A., Bignami, D. (eds) Sustainable Social, Economic and Environmental Revitalization in Multan City. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02117-1_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02117-1_9
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-02116-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-02117-1
eBook Packages: Business and EconomicsEconomics and Finance (R0)