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Digital photogrammetry and geographic information system (GIS) techniques have a direct and major role for fast and accurate measurements to generate 3D object models and perform reverse engineering. Hence, these techniques can be favorably employed also for archaeological documentation and preservation. This work serves as a pilot project to illustrate the capabilities of such techniques and also aims at generating some expertise for a longer-term objective of a national project that can be carried out in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities, Jordan. The main objectives are threefold. The first one is to build a 3D virtual reality model of the Artemis Temple that will serve as an important documentation of the Temple. It was never documented as such before. The second one is to construct a GIS model of the Jerash City. Finally, the Artemis model will be incorporated in a 3D GIS model, which will conclude Phase I of this project. The documentation is in fact very important as all temple areas will be modeled with very accurate measurements and detailed texture, which can allow visualization, preservation and reconstruction of the temple.
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Al-Hanbali, N., Al Bayari, O., Saleh, B., Almasri, H., Baltsavias, E. (2006). Macro to Micro Archaeological Documentation: Building a 3D GIS Model for Jerash City and the Artemis Temple. In: Abdul-Rahman, A., Zlatanova, S., Coors, V. (eds) Innovations in 3D Geo Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36998-1_36
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