This book provides state-of-the-art information on photogrammetry for cultural heritage, exploring the problems and presenting solutions that are applicable under real-world conditions and in various disciplines. Allowing readers to gain a basic understanding of cultural heritage documentation and practical image-based modelling techniques, it focuses on the use of photogrammetry to enhance the documentation of historic buildings in order to reflect the international trends and meet demands of the preservation community. Addressing heritage documentation from various perspectives, the book will appeal students and researchers from engineering backgrounds as well as from the arts and humanities.

Explores models of historic structures to support preservation in an interdisciplinary context Presents techniques that are easy to apply and have been proven to work well in practice Highlights the value and significance of the cultural heritage by surveying and documenting historic buildings

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Prof. Efstratios Stylianidis is affiliated with the School of Spatial Planning and Development at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He currently serves as the Director of the Laboratory of Geoinformatics. His research interests include Photogrammetry and Geospatial Engineering. Prof. Stylianidis has been extensively involved in research, participating in 60 projects funded by national and European sources, where he has served in various roles, including project participant and scientific coordinator for 10 of these projects. He has authored two books, contributed to over 130 papers and book chapters, and holds two patents. From 2020 to 2023, he served as the President of CIPA-Heritage Documentation and now holds the position of Vice President for the current term. His diverse contributions highlight his commitment to advancing knowledge in Geoinformatics and Heritage Documentation.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Terminology and international framework for documentation.- The need for documentation.- Historic buildings.- Planning: prior building surveying and documentation.- Measurements: introduction to photogrammetry.- Production: generating photogrammetric outcomes.