Scottish Technology News has a front page feature on Archaeoptics’ ground-breaking 3D laser scanning work at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Archaeoptics were commissioned to undertake high-resolution 3D scanning work on the primary sculptures on St. Paul’s West Front resulting in one of the most intensive 3D scanning surveys ever undertaken.

Read all about it in the article from Scottish Technology News (PDF format, 122Kb).

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This presentation was written for the April 2004 conference held at Creswell on Palaeolithic Rock Art as relating to the recent discoveries in Church Hole, Creswell Crags.

The presentation discusses, firstly, theory and suitability of the use of 3D scanners to record rock art, secondly, some results of Archaeoptics’ use of this technology in recording rock art at Creswell Crags.

The presentation can be downloaded here in PDF format (1.5Mb).

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This presentation was written for the October 2002 RSP Society conference on 3D acquisition technologies at Keyworth.

The presentation discusses many of the claims made by manufacturers on aspects of processing 3D data acquired by laser scanners with regards to alignment, merging and delivering high-quality 3D datasets.

The presentation can be downloaded here in PDF format (2.7Mb).

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This presentation was written for the M3 conference that ran simultaneously with the World of Geometics exhibition at Telford, May 2003.

The presentation discusses why 3D scanning is hard, contrary to advertised belief, and discusses the reasons why it is hard. Some solutions are presented and a bit of crystal ball gazing is also indulged in.

The presentation can be downloaded here in PDF format (1.1Mb).

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This paper was presented at the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, November 2004. It discusses 3D laser scanning with respect to acquiring high-quality 3D datasets in difficult environmental conditions typically relating to archaeology and sculptural recording in the field.

The presentation contains many case studies generated from work undertaken over the years by Archaeoptics including Wemyss Caves, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Hermes of Praxiteles and Grimes Graves.

The presentation can be downloaded here in PDF format (1.9Mb).

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The cartonnage, coffin lid and coffin base of Nesperennub was 3D laser scanned by us in April 2002 in situ at the British Museum.

Coffin Base and Lid

Coffin and Cartonnage

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Archaeoptics are pleased to announce the re-release of our popular Online UK Map Batch Coordinate Converter from our old website. This converter enables you to upload datafiles containing coordinates for batch conversion.The converter can be accessed here.

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Archaeoptics are pleased to announce the re-release of our popular Online UK Map Coordinate Converter from our old website.The converter can be accessed here.

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The following sample results are all generated directly from the 3D laser scans which were acquired with a Minolta VI-900 laser scanner. All images and movie clips are Copyright ©Archaeoptics and English Heritage and may not be reproduced elsewhere without prior written permission.

• Seahenge Timber 031 (320×240, Quicktime, 11Mb)
• Seahenge Timber 031 (640×480, Quicktime, 35Mb)
• Seahenge Timber 031 (640×480, RealPlayer, 960Kb)

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We were contracted by English Heritage to record the Seahenge timbers. It was decided to record the timbers in their current condition to ensure optimum quality data for future research.

3D Scanning Seahenge

Seahenge Timber 031

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