Bayon Temple
as a whole has the most complex and peculiar appearance
of all Angkor monuments. We are currently engaging in a
project to preserve Bayon’s unique appearance in digital
format, as the world’s first attempt to measure such
an enormous monument in three dimensions.
By surveying the entire monument from desired angles and
using a digital model for analyzing the shape of the monument
in detail, we have steadily laid the groundwork for analyzing
complex masonry structures, studying the deity faces and
other decorative carvings located high up on the towers,
and comparing and contrasting various parts of the long
bas-relief work. Ultimately, we aim to use the 3D information
to create an archive of various study materials and a virtual
forum for use in the tourism and education fields.
This research project is being carried
out in cooperation with the “Development of fundamental
software technologies for digital archives” (representative:
Prof. Katsushi Ikeuchi), a study subsidized by the Japanese
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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