Digitally preserving Hukuru Miskiy

作者：Reka Vasszi

一组测量师，程序员和遗产专业人士的任务是展开并实际上记录了马尔代夫最重要的遗产遗址的秘密 - 马尔雷·赫库鲁·米斯基（MaléHukuruMiskiy）。

The Malé Hukuru Miskiy, meaning the Friday Mosque, is located on the capital island of Malé in the Maldives and currently is included in the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list. To meet UNESCO’s standards and become part of the final World Heritage list requires the详细的文档of the mosque complex and additional conservation and refurbishment work.

Through centuries, no information or drawings have survived to describe the complex design and construction of the site and its structures, hence, the Department of Heritage of the Maldives askedWater Solutions Pvt Ltd. to capture and document the heritage complex in 3D.

水溶液提供马尔代夫的测量，工程和环境咨询服务。该公司致力于介绍新技术和最先进的设备，以改善其测量服务。进行精确的数字调查，这将成为Hukuru Miskiy的3D文档和翻新, Water Solutions used laser scanning in combination with a total station and theworld’s fastest GNSS RTK rover.

“Hukuru Miskiy is a historically and architecturally significant place; the work carried out by Water Solutions to digitise the mosque is priceless,”马尔代夫艺术，文化和遗产部长Yumna Maumoon说。

Scanning the largest coral stone building in the world

Hukuru Miskiy was built in 1658 under the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar. This mosque complex, the largest and finest coral stone building in the world, is a testimony of the fusion of Indian Ocean seaborne cultures and proof of the unique artistry of the Maldivian people.

用于建造Hukuru Miskiy的材料和技术在马尔代夫古代建筑技术中表现出重要的阶段。为了保存这种文化遗产和荣誉，遗忘了马尔代夫的工艺，捕获和地理参与的水溶液Hukuru Miskiy仅仅几天, using a combination of Leica Geosystems solutions:

• Leica BLK360imaging laser scanner
• Leica Viva TS16机器人总站
• 莉卡GS18 tGNSS RTK ROVER
• 莉卡Cyclone REGISTER 3603D激光扫描点云注册软件。

“调查是我充满激情的事情。我喜欢户外工作带来的技术和冒险感。Leica Geosystems通过其最新的测量装备一直在创新和改变游戏。详细收集该项目的数据使这是一个令人兴奋的数据” Water Solutions Pvt Ltd.的离岸测量师Mohamed Affan Shakir说。

混合技术

The heritage site consists of the mosque surrounded by a 17^Th-century cemetery and a minaret. The sanctuary complex is still used to conduct the daily prayers, thus the team had limited time to scan the building. Besides, the many small rooms, the detailed carvings on the walls and the narrow loft encumbered the documenting process.

Water Solutions required a紧凑的产品That would capture用高分辨率图像快速扫描and can also适合小地方记录细节。考虑到这些挑战，团队选择了BLK360来捕获清真寺，其屋顶结构，墓地和尖塔。

为了引用扫描目标，TS16机器人总站以非优势模式使用来直接测量目标的坐标。为了地点最后一个点云，GS18 tGNSS RTK ROVERwas used to establish control points on site. Finally, the point clouds were transferred and post-processed inCyclone REGISTER 3603D激光扫描点云注册软件。

“We put our trust in Leica Geosystems surveying equipment to collect accurate data and never had any issues with the equipment. It is vital to have a gear that you can rely on when carrying out surveying in any outdoor environment,” said Hamdulla Shakeeb, laser scanning expert at Water Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Pushing the boundaries of heritage preservation

该数字数据集的创建可以帮助保留它，而不是350年历史的遗产详细的拟建地图可用于屋顶结构的康复，并用作将来修复的基线图。详细3D models allow heritage professionals to document, manage, renew or maintain Hukuru Miskiyand qualify the site for the final decision on its inscription on the World Heritage list.

“Using Leica Geosystems equipment has strengthened the confidence with our clients, helping to build long-lasting business relations,”沙基尔说。

除了遗产的物理保存外，激光扫描可以开发小型3D模型或虚拟现实应用程序向学生传授马尔代夫历史，工艺，传统建筑和古老的建筑技术。

The BLK360, in combination with the total station and GNSS RTK rover, enabled Water Solutions to introduce laser scanning in the Maldives for the first time and showcase the potential of laser scanning to survey and document heritage sites.