No. 2020/021 architecture and urban planning Photogrammetric reconstruction software as a cost-efficient support tool in conservation research Rafał Karnicki
[email protected] | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0755-4044 Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology Scientific Editor: Mateusz Gyurkovich, Cracow University of Technology Technical Editor: Aleksandra Urzędowska, Cracow University of Technology Press Language Editor: Tim Churcher, Big Picture Typesetting: Anna Basista, Cracow University of Technology Press Received: December 5, 2019 Accepted: June 29, 2020 Copyright: © 2020 Karnicki. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant Abstract data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files. A crucial activity in architectural and archaeological conservation research is the process of synthesising information in which the researcher records Competing interests: The authors have collected field data in the form of a planar drawing. This labour-intensive stage is declared that no competing interests exist. significantly improved by automated systems which support the measurement work. Some of these are programs that convert sets of photographs into virtual Citation: Karnicki, R. (2020). and spatial models. Photogrammetric reconstruction The author compares the reasonably priced software options, shares the software as a cost-efficient support experience which was gathered during their use and presents the results of tool in conservation research. Technical the research. The paper also presents the economic aspect and practical Transactions. Technical Transactions. examples and highlights the development potential of these tools.