Drones and cultural heritage in Medellín (Badajoz, Spain).


Earlier this year at the castle of Medellín, province of Badajoz (Region in the West of Spain close to Portugal), an outstanding project took place with a collection of technologies supplied by three Spanish companies: Aereodron, who supplied the UAVs (drones) and were supported by Recursos Técnicos Madrid, S.L, (RTM) who managed and digitized the 3D images collected by the drone, and TYOSA a surveying company who monitored and managed the workings of the GPS. Miguel Ãngel Hacar, Senior Consultant at RTM reported the details of the case study: âThe photographs taken by Aerodronâs multirrotor UAV, are used to create a 3D model that is managed by several software applications such as CAD, GIS and surveying control. The 3D model is the starting point to re-create a virtual museum. Any information not collected by the drone is added with the use of a ground based LIDAR scanner.â www.rtm.es