《Developing a documentation system for desert palaces in Jordan using 3D laser》.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Archaeological Science xxx (2008) 1–10 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science journal homepage: http://www. /locate/jas Developing a documentation system for desert palaces in Jordan using 3D laser scanning and digital photogrammetry Sharaf Al-kheder a, *, Yahya Al-shawabkeh a, Norbert Haala b a The Hashemite University, PO Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan b Institute for Photogrammetry (ifp), University of Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 24D, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Desert palaces in Jordan are unique pieces of art scattered in the desert as standing symbols of ancient Received 13 June 2008 civilizations. Due to their location, these palaces witness different environmental conditions which affect Received in revised form their status and sustainability. This raises the need to have a 3D documentation system reporting all 7 October 2008 spatial information for each palace, which can be used later for monitoring purposes. Digital photo- Accepted 9 October 2008 grammetry is a generally accepted technique for the collection of 3D representations of the environment. For this reason, this image-based technique has been extensively used to produce high quality 3D models Keywords: