Short URL

Photogrammetry at Ostia Antica

 

Other Archaeological Photogrammetry areas:

Loading, please wait...

CAST photogrammetry at Ostia Antica, Italy; Adam Barnes, Christopher Goodmaster, Malcolm Williamson, Caitlin Stevens, visualizing the roman city, University of Arkansas Ostia Antica, once a port and military outpost for the Roman Republic, is today superb example of typical Roman urbanism. The people that once populated this ancient city came from many different walks of life and covered the entire social spectrum. It was because of this local diversity that a two semester honors colloquium called, “Visualizing the Roman City” was created using Ostia as its test case. This multidisciplinary course is aimed toward students studying in Architecture, Geosciences, Anthropology, Archaeology, and Classical Studies. Students in this class are not limited to learning through lecture alone, are able to visually reunite Roman scultures and paintings with their architectural contexts in a way that can be navigated in three dimensions by creating digital reconstructions. 

In the spring of 2007, a crew of researchers from CAST visited the site of Ostia Antica with the goal of collecting three-dimensional spatial information. One of these types of spatial information was collected in the form of high-quality photographs. In order to extract three-dimensional models of various structures at the site, photogrammetric quality photographs were collected using a high-end digital SLR handheld camera, and taken anywhere from one to 20 meters off the ground. In an effort to capture the social diversity of Ostia, data collection was focused on three main structures, each belonging to a different step of the social ladder. Click here to learn about other data collected at Ostia. 

This work was supported by a generous grant from the University of Arkansas Honors College, and by the School of Architecture, the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, and the Humanities Program in Fulbright College.

Temple model photogrammetry Ostia antica university of arkansas center for advanced spatial technologies cast