12 AÑOS DE REGISTRO DIGITAL DE DATOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS EN LA CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARÍA DE VITORIA-GASTEIZ (1997-2009)

Abstract

The Santa Maria Cathedral Foundation is responsible for the restoration of Santa MariaCathedral of Vitoria-Gasteiz. The concept of archaeology of architecture has been applied systematically during the last 12 years while interpreting the monument. In order to geometrically document the monument’s elevations and excavations, a three-dimensional model has been created using close range photogrammetry, because it allows geometrically precise data to be registered and a visual reconstruction in three dimensions to be obtained. As regards the visual and alphanumeric characteristics of each minimum study unit (known as the Stratigraphic Unit), a relational database was designed to interrelate and efficiently manage all the information. The management of all this data has been carried out by a geographical information system applied to the monument which we have called Monument Information System (SIM).