Modeling and visualization using laser scanner in documentation of cultural heritage

Laser scanning technology has deeply modified the approach to surveying cultural heritage. The documentation of cultural heritage with laser scanning is both easier and faster than other methods. The aim of this work is to produce digital surface models, orthophoto, and visualization of a cultural heritage using point cloud. In this paper, the surveying of the sarcophagus obtained by laser scanner technique. The Sarcophagus is typical of paphylia and belongs to Roman Period III. Century A.D. To obtain the model of sarcophagus, several scanning have been made in all facade of sarcophagus. The integration of point cloud of all facades was conducted by Polyworks commercial software. Modeling, orthophoto and visualization has been carried out by the software. © 2007 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. All rights reserved.