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Approaching one of the goals for this project, the systematization of survey methods and processes supported by
low cost digital photogrammetry and 3D laser scanning, case studies are being used to create the bases for a
minimum system of survey and documentation of Architectural Heritage. Our focus is defining a reference
framework both in the context of Architectural Conservation, directed towards analysis and diagnosis, as well
as in the Archaeology of Architecture context, permitting an architectural stratigraphic process of
documentation. It is also intended to compare these methods with more classical ones such as topographic
surveying and hand surveying.
An Information System is also under development, based on a client-server architecture that implements the
functions of collecting, processing and storage information, with a web interface. This will allow the management
of qualitative and geometric data (plans, sections, elevations, models) to support Conservation and
Rehabilitation tasks besides supporting the spreading and study of Architectural Heritage, as well as
complementing other existing information systems, exploring possibilities that can be found in between
traditional scientific areas.
Important discussion about the way to represent a 3D building in a database and to access to its features is being
carried out.
Ongoing work is based on S. Frutuoso Chapel in Braga.
; Fontes, Luís 
