Python Photogrammetry Toolbox: A free solution for

Three-Dimensional Documentation
Pierre Moulon, Alessandro Bezzi

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the site, economic budget of the project and technical skills of the staff. Anyway SfM/IBM is
able to satisfy some of the basic needs of a typical archaeological project: the reduction of
costs related to equipment, a fast and simple data collection process and a low-interactive
and easy data processing. For these reasons SfM/IBM is a viable alternative to more
expensive (laserscan) or more technically complex (stereo-photogrammetric restitution)
methods. From an archaeological point of view, the final intent is to acquire three-
dimensional morphology of the layers that the excavation irreparably destroyed and to create
a virtual copy of the archaeological record to allow continuous monitoring and further
analysis. The good results achieved in a such fast way can be used to extract 3D volume
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