Public Works Heritage 3D Model Digitisation, Optimisation and Dissemination with Free and Open-Source Software and Platforms and Low-Cost Tools

Sara Peinado-Santana, Patricia Hernández-Lamas, Jorge Bernabéu-Larena, Beatriz Cabau-Anchuelo and José Antonio Martín-Caro
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Sara Peinado-Santana: Fundación Miguel Aguiló (FMA), School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Patricia Hernández-Lamas: Fundación Miguel Aguiló (FMA), School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Jorge Bernabéu-Larena: Fundación Miguel Aguiló (FMA), School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Beatriz Cabau-Anchuelo: Fundación Miguel Aguiló (FMA), School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
José Antonio Martín-Caro: Fundación Miguel Aguiló (FMA), School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-18

Abstract: This paper describes an innovative, accessible, and sustainable method for enhancing cultural heritage. Documenting and disseminating the public works heritage have now come of age, digitally speaking, with the adoption of new technologies both to further research on and heighten the esteem attributed to the public works heritage. Nonetheless, academic discourse rarely describes procedures for the 3D digitisation of heritage works comprehensible to non-expert readers with limited resources. Taking that premise as a starting point, with special attention to the determinants of the public works heritage, this article aims to define the general, open-source methodology covering 3D model data capture, information processing and optimisation. The article also discusses model dissemination strategies using free platforms and low-cost tools. The general discussion is illustrated with the case study of Ariza Bridge in Spain. This Renaissance-style structure dates from the second half of the sixteenth century. Despite its listing as a cultural heritage asset, the monument was flooded by the Giribaile reservoir waters in 1998 and is now only wholly visible during droughts. The application, developed with open-source software and implemented with free platforms and low-cost tools, features geo-referencing and is designed to be accessible to non-expert users. The methodology proposed is intended as a suitable instrument for the sustainable study, valorisation and dissemination of the built heritage.

Keywords: cultural heritage; civil engineering; digital transformation; photogrammetry; sustainable study; sustainable development; 3D model; holography; augmented reality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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