A WEB BASED GIS

GIS
FOR THE BYZANTINE CHURCHES
Introduction
OF CYPRUS Documentation of Cultural Heritage

For the study of cultural heritage it

is necessary to combine scientific
and cultural knowledge and
experience. The preservation of
architectural heritage usually
A. Agapiou, A. Georgopoulos, M. Ioannides, C. Ioannidis requires an approach that involves
Laboratory of Photogrammetry a variety of specialities and
National Technical Univerity of Athens scientific bodies
The Cyprus Institute

Overview Introduction
Documentation of Cultural Heritage
Introduction
Geometric documentation GIS
APHRODITE project …..
Historical documentation
Methodology Architectural documentation input ?
output?
Bibliographic documentation
Implementation Access to
Archaeological documentation clients
Concluding remarks Photographic documentation
Heterogeneous
data
…..
MIS Case study
The Byzantine Churches of
Troodos mountain in Cyprus

MIS Dating from the 11th to 14th

century AD

World famous for their wall

Cultural Heritage paintings

UNESCO World Heritage

Monument

Database System

APHRODITE project
The objectives of this project, were the design of a
Monument Information System (MIS) and its
implementation in a web-based environment, for the 3D
accurate reconstruction, using contemporary geodetic
measurements, photogrammetric procedures and
terrestrial laser scanners, documentation and archiving of
historical monuments.
Methodology
An accurate three dimensional digital
reconstruction of the Painted Churches at a
large scale is executed.

DEM ORTHOPHOTOS
Methodology Implementation (M.I.S.)

Methodology Implementation (M.I.S.)

DATA BASE
E-R model
• MS Access
Implementation (D.B.) Implementation (3D – models)

Implementation (3D – models) Implementation (3D – models)

rigorous procedure for 3D metric data acquisition
employing accurate methods, such as surveying
measurements, photogrammetric methodology or
terrestrial laser scanning (Sophocleous et al. 2006).

Google SketchUp® software, freely available, to

produce the 3D visualizations, until a more accurate
methodology was employed for this purpose.
Implementation (3D – models) Implementation (3D – models)

Implementation (3D – models) Implementation (3D – models)

Conclusions
Shorten the distance between reality and
“virtuality”
Enable virtual 3D measurements
Integrate as much information as possible for
the benefit of the final product

Re – uses:
Virtual realism for the visualization of
cultural heritage objects,
Virtual touring services adapted to the
users’ needs,
Education purposes