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Title: APPLICATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN THE STUDY OF THE UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF NESSEBAR

APPLICATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN THE STUDY OF THE UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF NESSEBAR
N. Prahov;B. Prodanov;K. Dimitrov;L. Dimitrov;K. Velkovsky
1314-2704
English
20
2.2
The aerial imagery has a long tradition of use as a surveying method in underwater archaeology. With the recent development of new technologies, its application has become more versatile and more common. This article will present the use of aerial photogrammetry in the archaeological survey of the submerged heritage of Nessebar, ancient Mesambria, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. A major application is the generation of a digital bathymetric model (DBM) of the seafloor, which is reliable and accurate approximately up to -- m depth. It is especially useful in shallow waters and in the intertidal zone, where the implementation of multibeam echosounder scanning is not possible. The combined photogrammetry and multibeam echosounder data generate a precise and accurate surface model of the Nessebar peninsula and its adjacent aquatory with satisfactory resolution (25 cm raster for the seafloor) up to -18 m depth. Another major application is the production of orthophotomosaic (OM) with high resolution (5 cm raster). Both techniques have been used for the creation of multilayer GIS database, documentation and mapping of the archaeological structures and their environment, surveying for unknown archaeological sites, virtual reconstruction of the paleolandscape and its evolution. Important advantages of the aerial photogrammetry is its economic application, fast and logistically easy field data acquisition, relatively fast data processing and low-budget equipment.
conference
20th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2020
20th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2020, 18 - 24 August, 2020
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; C
175-182
18 - 24 August, 2020
website
cdrom
7060
Aerial bathymetric photogrammetry; Underwater archaeology; Submerged Antiquity; Aerial archaeology; Digital bathymetric model