Survey of Capitoline Temple, Ostia, Italy using the Optech ILRIS-3D

Creator(s): Malcolm Williamson; Caitlin Stevens

Year: 2007

Summary

The Capitoline Temple (Capitoleum) is a large structure measuring 35 x 15.5 meters at the archaeological site Ostia, Italy. It was built during the reign of Hadrian around 120 AD. The temple's remains are located at the north end of Ostia's forum in Regio1.

The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas conducted a high density survey of the Capitoleum in 2007. CAST researchers scanned the structure with the Optech ILRIS 3D scanner. The original scan files and the final registered point cloud are provided here.

Visit YouTube to view a fly-through of the 3D scan of the Capitoleum: http://youtu.be/LabaWCQqOWA

Cite this Record

Survey of Capitoline Temple, Ostia, Italy using the Optech ILRIS-3D. Malcolm Williamson, Caitlin Stevens. Fayetteville, AR: Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies. 2007 ( tDAR id: 391602) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81Z459P

URL: http://cast.uark.edu


Object #:

Survey Date (start):

Mar 16, 2007

Survey Date (end):

Mar 17, 2007

Conditions:

Mostly sunny, windy

Scanner Details:

Optech ILRIS-3D, Serial No:10162, meters

Company Name:

Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

Turntable Used:

No

RGB Data Capture Information:

NA. Color information was not acquired for the scans however intensity data is automatically acquired with the ILRIS 3D.

Data Resolution:

.27

Number of Scans:

12

Control Data Filename:

NA

Planimetric Map Filename:

NA

Description of Final Datasets for Archive:

Original scans (unedited, prior to registration) in e57 format, transformation matrices for each scan, Registered point cloud in ASCII. All scans were aqcuired for the Capitoline temple from a lift boom which provided the necessary vantage points to aqcuire data for most of the strcture's tall walls. However, as a result of the windy conditions during the survey and the subsequent movement of the scanner/lift boom, there is movement evidenced in most of the scans. The easiest way to spot this movement is to look for a ripple or wave pattern that extends how horizontally across the datset (a result of the scanner/left boom moving up-and-down). This pattern is not always consistent and can appear to varying degrees within and between sans. Prior to registration all scans were edited to remove extraneous data. The edited scans were imported into Polyworks IMAlign (and gridded) and then registered. The transformation matrices from the edited scans were exported and are provided here with the original, unedited scans. The final registered point cloud has also been provided as a single ASCII file.



Spatial Coverage

min long: 12.243; min lat: 41.71 ; max long: 12.327; max lat: 41.752 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Malcolm Williamson

Contributor(s): Caitlin Stevens

Principal Investigator(s): Jack Cothren

Project Director(s): David Fredrick

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
cap1_data.jpg 307.48kb Oct 14, 2013 Oct 14, 2013 9:15:56 AM Public
View of 3D data for Capitoline Temple, Ostia
DSC_0044.JPG 2.27mb Oct 14, 2013 9:15:56 AM Public
Photo of Capitoline Temple from survey
Capitoline_2007.zip 257.16mb Aug 6, 2014 7:24:32 AM Public