Measured Drawings and Digital Cartography

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of English Language and knowledge of architectural or archaeology design.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures introducing concepts and tools. Practical classes that allow students get specific skills and competencies.

Learning Outcomes

Outline the key concepts of the contemporary archaeological research.

Learning skills training on tools for archaeological interpretation and research, namely competencies  related to digital software manipulation as digital drawing, modelation, image, cartography, topography and geo-referenciation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theoretical foundations of detection and research; the archaeological research as an interpretative tool; The archaeological research and the stratigraphic approach; illustration of applications; operational aspects: tools and procedures; instruments and their use; the data reset phase; application to the research of digital technologies: design, modeling, elaboration of images; cartography and topographic reference tools; digital tools in cartography; non-invasive investigation methodologies: georadar, magnetometry, electrical resistivity.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation: 40.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 60.0%

Bibliography

Bianchini, C. & Fantini, F. (2015) Dimensioning of Ancient Buildings for Spectacles Through Stereometrica and De mensuris by Heron of Alexandria. In Nexus Network Journal.17 (1), 23-54.

Bianchini, C., Ippolito, A. & Bartolomei, C. (2015) The surveying and representation process applied to architecture: non contact-methods for the documentation of Cultural Heritage. In Brusaporci, S., Handbook of Research on Emerging Digital Tools for Architectural Surveying, Modeling, and Representation. Hershey PA, USA: Engineering Science Reference (IGI Global), pp. 45-93.

Bianchini C., Borgogni F., Ippolito A. & Senatore L.J. (2014) The Surveying and Representation Process Applied to Archaeology: A Quest for Invariants in a Highly Variable Context. In Di Giamberardino, P., Iacoviello, D., Renato, N.J., Tavares, J.M.R.S. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images Fundamentals, Methods and Applications. Berlin: Springer International Publishing,15, 1-29.