From underwater photogrammetry to a web integrated documentation system: The case of the ‘grand ribaud f' estruscan wreck

Pierre Drap (1) , Luc Long (1) , Anne Durand (1) , Pierre Grussenmeyer (1)

1 MAP - Modèles et simulation pour l'architecture, l'urbanisme et le paysage

The interdisciplinary work we present here is aimed principally at administering diverse types of information collected during an
archaeological excavation using a single data management system. The approach is global, from the consultation of three-
dimensional data to simple textual data to the addition of data captured by a digital photogrammetry system called l'Arpenteur
[Surveyor], which is fully integrated to the data management system.
We are using an object formalisation of the manipulated archaeological data using JAVA 1.3, the language chosen for all
developments, from the digital photogrammetry tool to the three-dimensional model generator (VRML or JAVA 3D) used as a
navigation interface in the database.
Following a brief introduction to the archaeological context, and the special aspects of the excavation due to the great depth of the
shipwreck, we will then present the existing system and explain the problems encountered. Not all of them have yet been resolved,
such as the translation of objects to and from the relational DBMS, the revision of data coming from different sources, and the
automatic generation of three-dimensional models as a navigation interface.

Keywords: underwater photogrammetry; Archaeological database; Geographic Information System; Internet; three-dimensional model; VRML; Java; underwater <br />archaeology; underwater photogrammetry.

Domains: Architecture, space management; Archaeology and Prehistory

Pierre Drap, Luc Long, Anne Durand, Pierre Grussenmeyer. From underwater photogrammetry to a web integrated documentation system: The case of the ‘grand ribaud f' estruscan wreck. CIPA 2001 International Symposium, 2001, Germany. pp.1-8. ⟨halshs-00277051⟩