Excavation: Roman villa of Waldling (2021-08-18)

This is an unedited 3D model of trench 2 (dated Aug. 18, 2021), which was made during the Waldling 2021’s teaching excavation. The model shows the excavation’s final state of that day during perfect light conditions due to a very cloudy sky. It was captured by an Apple iPad Pro (2021) using the in-built LIDAR sensor within less then 10 min (including processing time).

This method seemingly provides a very quick way to capture quite accurate 3d models of single features or, as shown, whole trenches within effectively no time, especially compared to traditional image-based-modeling.

Compare this model to another one generated using 3d photogrammetry and a photoset derived from a DJI Mavic 2 Pro UAS.

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