Laser Scan Data from Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset 2019
Nicholas Webb, Sarah Duffy, James Hillson, JR Peterson, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1091219. How to cite using this DOI
Data copyright © Dr Nicholas Webb unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Liverpool School of Architecture
University of Liverpool
Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 4488
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1091219
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Introduction
This collection comprises raw laser scan data, meshes, and models from scanning conducted at Wells Cathedral, Somerset. Wells Cathedral has vaults dating from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. The high vaults, the vaults of the choir aisles and retrochoir, the Lady Chapel, the Chapter House and the cloister were scanned by Dr Nicholas Webb, Dr Alexandrina Buchanan, Dr James Hillson, Sarah Duffy and JR Peterson on 12th-14th October 2019 as part of ‘Tracing the Past’, a research project examining the design and construction of medieval vaults.
The collection consists of data for Wells Cathedral. Data available from the ADS for this site comprises:
- Raw scan data in e57 format
- Processed point cloud models in e57 format
- Processed mesh models in OBJ format
- Orthophotos of selected plans and sections through the sites in TIF format
- Metadata for the above
