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New Trends in Laser Scanning for Cultural Heritage

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New Technologies in Building and Construction

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering ((LNCE,volume 258))

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The arrival on the market of solid-state LiDAR sensors is generating a series of low-cost devices very attractive to end users. However, the characteristics of low-cost devices do not allow the same use and applications as conventional LiDAR systems. The aim of this work is to compare three LiDAR systems in a typical heritage application: stone individualisation in masonry walls. The system used is one terrestrial laser scanner, Faro X330, and two handheld mobile laser scanners, Zeb-Go and iPad Pro. The case study is an original seventeenth-century gate whose two façades show regular and irregular masonry pattern. Through an analysis of the acquisition process, registration, point density, curvature calculation (for joint detection) and stone individualisation, advantages and disadvantages of each device are discussed. The point cloud acquired with a single scan of Faro X330 was the only one that showed a satisfactory result for stone individualisation, while Zeb-Go and iPad Pro acquisitions were shown to be a fast solution to quickly acquire complete models with a lower level of detail. In the case of the iPad Pro, it is also a low-cost and accessible solution.

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This project has received funding from Xunta de Galicia through human resources grant (ED481B-2019-061) and competitive reference group (ED431C 2016-038) and from the Government of Spain through project PID2019-105221RB-C43 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, through project PDC2021-121239-C32 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR and through human resources grant RYC2020-029193-I funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 y FSE \“El FSE invierte en tu futuro”. This document reflects only the views of the authors. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.

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    Jesús Balado, Ernesto Frías, Silvia M. González-Collazo & Lucía Díaz-Vilariño

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Balado, J., Frías, E., González-Collazo, S.M., Díaz-Vilariño, L. (2022). New Trends in Laser Scanning for Cultural Heritage. In: Bienvenido-Huertas, D., Moyano-Campos, J. (eds) New Technologies in Building and Construction. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 258. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1894-0_10

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