The use of terrestrial laser scanning in monitoring of the residential barracks at the site of the former concentration camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau
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Uniwersytet Rolniczy w Krakowie
Katedra Geodezji Rolnej, Katastru i Fotogrametrii, Poland
Publication date: 2015-09-30
Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape 2015;(3)
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The technological development of the remote sensing systems more and more often meets the
requirements related to archiving the cultural heritage of humanity. Today, terrestrial laser
scanning (TLS) is a very useful tool in acquiring spatial data about monuments of architecture.
However, construction features of these monuments, their shape, size and kind of materials they
are made of often set limits to the use of TLS technology in documentation of the condition of
these objects. When archiving the state of barracks of the former concentration camp Auschwitz
II-Birkenau proved necessary, the authors of this paper suggested and implemented the idea
of monitoring the technical condition of the objects by using terrestrial (ground-based) laser
scanning technology. This method, backed by a traditional geodesy, allowed for archiving the
barracks’ state with a satisfactory accuracy, while minimizing the inconveniences caused by the
construction features of buildings.