ISPRS-Archives

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

ISPRS-Archives

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

2194-9034

Copernicus Publications

Göttingen, Germany

10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-85-2019

ROCK ART RECORDING IN KHATM AL MELAHA (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES): MULTIRANGE DATA SCANNING AND WEB MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES

Angás

¹ Jasim

S. A.

² Bea

³ Farjas

¹ Uribe

⁴ Lanau

³ Otero

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Sharjah Archaeology Authority, United Arab Emirates

Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

20 08 2019

XLII-2/W15 85 92

2019

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The application of geometric recording data and representation of open-air rock art is intrinsically so heterogeneous that new online web platforms are required for a more efficient analysis to link all the geo-referenced information and facilitate its scientific study. From 2015 to 2018, three geometric documentation campaigns led by the Departamento de Ingeniería Topográfica y Cartografía of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) were completed in the area of Khatm al Melaha (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) along the Gulf of Oman. More than 370 rock art engraved motifs were documented in this area close to the southwest border with the Sultanate of Oman. All those figures were picked in 149 stone blocks with different dimensions and morphologies, distributed along the slope of an isolated 58-meter-high elevation. The aim of this project was to establish a protocol for the recording, analysis, preservation and prevention of this set of open-air rock art engravings with the following actions: developing an aerial and terrestrial recording data documentation, creating and developing a web platform called threeDcloud for visualizing three-dimensional models and web mapping, and integrating a data base by means of different JavaScript open-source libraries.