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TOF Cameras for Architectural Surveys

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Digital photogrammetry developments and the massive use of LiDAR technology have led to a radical change in metric survey approaches for the documentation of Cultural Heritage. In particular, a rapid change has been taken place from 2D representations, which were always considered the only way of obtaining architectural knowledge, to 3D geometric and photorealistic representations.

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    Filiberto Chiabrando & Fulvio Rinaudo

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Chiabrando, F., Rinaudo, F. (2013). TOF Cameras for Architectural Surveys. In: Remondino, F., Stoppa, D. (eds) TOF Range-Imaging Cameras. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27523-4_7

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