The Quality in 3D Acquisition of Cultural Heritage Assets: Challenges and Risks

Abstract Cultural heritage is an integral part of history and in order to better preserve, manage and highlight our cultural heritage it is necessary to first proceed to digitize and document it. Geometric documentation of a cultural heritage asset is the process of collecting, processing, rendering, and recording data to determine the location and actual form, shape, and size of a monument in three-dimensional space at a given time. This chapter presents the modern methods and technologies for the 3D acquisition of cultural heritage assets and discusses the related challenges and risks. Moreover, we are presenting the possible quality aspects observed in the fieldwork that arise from the equipment, the environmental conditions that prevail during the surveying, the object itself, the personnel expertise and the stakeholder conditions.