|  | This project has gone a considerable way towards demonstrating the potential 
          of Information Technology and GIS tools in the study of architectural 
          and urban elements of the historical and the present environment. They 
          could equally well be used to make visual projections of the results 
          of active and intrusive conservation and restoration programs. There 
          are, perhaps, three largely separate but overlapping areas in which 
          these techniques can be used and developed:
 
 1. Rapid, efficient, accurate and detailed recording, or documentation, 
          of archaeological and architectural features. Applications include the 
          recording of standing structures, such as built defences, and of excavated 
          remains. The stage has already been reached whereby it is possible, 
          and indeed desirable, to use these techniques in emergency situations 
          as well as in routine, day-to-day, recording.
 
 2. The 3D models permit realistic rendering and multi-perspective views 
          of monuments in their present condition and situation. Modeling will 
          also allow projection of the effects of active restoration and conservation 
          schemes.
 
 3. The graphic displays of heritage sites and monuments, as they are 
          at the moment and as they may once have been, permits world-wide dissemination 
          to a variety of audiences. This can be achieved by means of the World 
          Wide Web, publication on CD-Rom or DVD, or in printed form. There is 
          great potential for virtual reality displays in a great range of situations: 
          schools, museums, board rooms and public broadcasting.
 
 
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