期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2002
卷号：XXXIV-6/W6
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Many of the important African heritage sites are not well known, in a bad state of repair and poorly documented. Very few are declared World Heritage Sites and even some of those under UNESCO protection are poorly maintained, such as the WHS of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara in Tanzania. The population of Africa is largely unaware of the significance of these sites and generally not in a position to visit any but those in their immediate vicinity. The author therefore proposes to record and document the historically most relevant of these sites using state-of-the-art digital photogrammetry as well as visualisation, GIS and database technology. The digital documentation will consist of metrically correct 3D computer models (CAD), 3D interactive visualisations, GIS coverages and databases of varying extent, which will contain site related textual and image data. This documentation can serve for restoration, documentation for the future, scientific research and -in CD or Web page form- for education and the promotion of tourism. The paper describes the concept of the documentation and the database and gives some examples of already completed or initiated site documentation projects
