Architectural Surveys

Several of the services offered by Photarc
will be of particular interest to architects.

Whether you require a precision survey of an historic monument, a check on an “as built”, a conventional elevation survey, a topographic survey, a site plan for planning purposes or a 3D model, Photarc Surveys can provide the answer.

Sample architectural detail, captured on a digital photogrammetry workstation.
(Reproduced courtesy of the Dean and Chapter, Lincoln Cathedral).

Photarc Surveys can tailor any architectural survey project to the individual needs of the client and circumstance, from the smallest of friezes to the most grand of cathedrals.
 

Photogrammetric surveys provide the following benefits:

  • Non intrusive surveying

  • Produces usable and flexible 3D data

  • Provides a photographic record

  • High precision

  • Cost effectiveness

 

A survey can provide some or all of the following:

  • Elevation drawings

  • Sections

  • Floor plans

  • Rectified photography/
    orthophotography

  • Archive photography

  • 3D modelling & visualisation

 
Example Projects
Britannia House, Finsbury Circus Deans Eye, Lincoln Cathedral
Hampton Court Thirlwall Castle

Products available for the production of simple elevations and the rectification and mosaicing of images, PhotoModeler, is also sold and supported by Photarc Surveys.

For a downloadable .pdf report on the Deans Eye, Lincoln Cathedral, and the photogrammetric recording of the hieroglyphic stairway at Copan, Honduras please visit our downloads page.


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Harrogate HG2 8DS
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