Archaeology & Heritage
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Leica Geosystems provides solutions in the fields of archaeology and heritage. Our systems assist in the survey, extraction and rennovation of historic relics, artifacts, or landmarks from the sea or land such as shipwrecks, tombs, fossils and buildings.
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The Piusa caves are a system of unique sandstone caves located in south-eastern Estonia only a few miles from the Russian border. The caves are the result of manual mining of glasssand during 1922 – 1966 and represent a system of underground galleries with sandstone columns and vaulted ceilings up to 10 m (30 ft) high. Since 2006 the caves have been closed to the public for safety reasons and only a small, secure part can be accessed today. 3D Technologies R&D scanned the caves and created the virtual caves provided at the visitor center using new interactive technology. more
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When the USS Missouri was decommissioned on March 31st, 1992, the 887-foot-long Iowaclass battleship looked tired. Her worn and pitted teak deck had supported thousands of naval officers and their crews. The 1998 transfer of “Mighty Mo” to the nonprofit USS Missouri Memorial Association of Honolulu, Hawaii, spawned a new career for the historic battleship as a World War II museum next to the USS Arizona on Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row. But the directors had an even bigger vision in mind – one that involved repairing and preserving the battleship for generations to come. more
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York Archaeological Trust (YAT) is an educational charity dedicated to exploring the past and explaining it through many different mediums. Founded in 1972, the organisation employs over 100 people. YAT supports local history and archaeology groups in carrying out their own research through Jon Kenny theCommunity Archaeologist. more
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With a population of over 12 million, Istanbul is the world’s 5th largest city. Its rolling terrain, rich architecture, and Bosporus Strait views also make it one of the most magnificent. In 2003, UNESCO designated large portions of the historic Istanbul peninsula as protected areas. All further development of these areas was stopped until a detailed and highly accurate as-built 3D city model could be created for use by the city planning commission. It was urgent to complete the 3D city model as quickly as possible to lift the moratorium on development. more
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3D laser scanning has already changed the fields of surveying, engineering, construction, and forensics. Now, 3D laser scanning is changing the fields of education, cultural tourism, and cultural heritage preservation and management. With help and support from Scotland and Leica Geosystems, the non-profit organization CyArk carried out the first comprehensive documentation survey of the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. more
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Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, Ukraine is a unique monastery complex. In the course of its history it has been visited by over 43 million tourists from all parts of the world. It consists of an above-ground part (a complex of religious buildings) and an underground part (caves). A Leica ScanStation 2 and total stations now help preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. more
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Geographica d.o.o. recently completed a major project which included scanning and comprehensive documentation of the almost 2 km long city walls of Dubrovnik in the very south of Croatia for the “Society of Friends of Dubrovnik's Cultural Heritage”, a group of engaged citizens. The medieval city, nicknamed “the Pearl of the Adriatic”, is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Purpose of the four year project was to fully document the current state of the city walls and fortresses for future improvements and in order to preserve their current state for upcoming generations. more
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CAP, the Cyrene Archaeological Project, is devoted to recording the remains of the Greco-Roman city at Cyrene in Libya and is a joint venture between Oberlin College (USA), the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Department of Antiquities (Libya). The site is part of the Green Mountain Conservation and Development Area, which was recently established by the Libyan government under “The Cyrene Declaration”. CAP’s aim is to record the standing structures and buried features within this UNESCO World Heritage Site in a systematic, traceable and comprehensive method using a combination of land-based, aerial and sub-surface measurement techniques – amongst them a Leica ScanStation and a Leica HDS6000 scanner. more
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High on a sunny slope on the Eastern border of the Engadin Valley in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden is a small mountain village, home to 175 people. Its name is Tschlin. The economic prospects of this village would be bleak, were it not for a spirit of enterprise and innovation among its people. But no change without challenges: How can you stem the demographic bleeding of a dying town and sustain a viable population by providing young families with a livelihood? How can you restore and maintain the iconic buildings without turning them into museums? How can you adapt historic farm houses to become vacation homes without losing the village’s character? more
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"Laser Archaeology", a 10-minute documentary from November 2007 includes animation of laser scanning process for quickly & accurately capturing Pueblo Indian ruins. more
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The cover article for the March issue of the Professional Surveyor Magazine, "Laser Scanning for Cultural Heritage Applications," was written by John Ristevski and covers two case studies that show how 3D laser scanning is helping to preserve cultural heritage sites. The article also profiles a non-profit organization know as CyArk, which is taking advantage of the new technology to put together an archive and corresponding website of digital records of such historic sites. more
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The Palace Museum in the “Forbidden City” in Beijing is the biggest and most comprehensive ancient palace complex in the current world, and it is a valuable cultural heritage for human being. more
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(Reporter 51, August 2004) The restoration and rehabilitation of the Wienflussportals is currently taking place in the historical municipal park of Vienna, under the guidance of architect Manfred Wehdorn, an expert in the protection of historical monuments.
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(Reporter 51, August 2004) The full range of Leica Geosystems' instruments - GS20, TPS, GPS, HDS as well as
ERDAS software - are currently being used by a group of archaeology students to
uncover the past of Tutbury Castle. The castle, located in the heart of England,
dates back to 1070 when it was built for one of William the Conqueror's Barons.
The excavations of the tower ramparts and medieval walls are being carried out by
a group of 20 students from The University of Birmingham, under the guidance of
Archaeologist / Research Fellow at the university's Institute of Archaeology and
Antiquity, Glynn Barratt. more
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(Reporter 50, Apr 2004) Customers know and trust Leica Geosystems' quality precision instruments and are confident that they will stand the test of time. One such example is that of a T16 optical theodolite, used for optical distance measurement, and now owned by archaeological surveyor, Dr Hans Barnard. Nearly 3-decades old, this instrument has certainly done its share of work. Yet Barnard continues to use it in the field despite the accession of new models. Here is its story..... more
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The Archaeological Heritage Service (Landesamt für Archäologie) in Saxony use Leica TCR410C and TCR307 Total Stations together with an online software “Tachy-CAD” for their survey at the archaeological excavations. The high measurement speed and the reflectorless measuring option of the Leica total stations combined with the online data recording in the notebook PC, save them a lot of time and money. more
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LEICA GPS pinpoints the center of the ancient world. more
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LISCAD proves itself in the field on the edge of the Syrian desert. more
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Dr Badre thanked Mr Ghassan Ghattas, Head of Survey Department of Alpha-
Tech, Beirut, for his support with the use of this modern technology. more
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State-of-the-art Cyra laser-scanning technology was adapted to quite an extraordinary task recently when it was used to document the detailed surface geometry of New York’s most famous landmark – the Statue of Liberty. Traditionally used in the industrial plant and civil infrastructure fields, laser scanning’s ability to capture highly detailed, 3D surface geometry of large structures made it a good match
for the complex geometry of the Statue of Liberty. more
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In Reporter edition 35, we published a contribution on the subject ‘Archaeological clearance of the Frauenkirche in Dresden’, which greatly interested our readers. This spurred us to devote another report on what is globally, a unique work of reconstruction of a cultural and historic structure. Dr Hans-Ulrich Schulz now describes the photogrammetric documentation and reconstruction of the altar at the Frauenkirche. more
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Bergen Industries used a Cyrax laser scanning system on the renovation of the historic San Francisco City Hall and found a whole list of benefits unique to 3D laser scanning. To read more about the renovation project download the PDF of the Case Study "Renovation of Historic Building." more
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