LADM-based 3D system for Archaeological Site Information Registration
D. MOUZAKIDIS (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
P.J.M. van Oosterom – Mentor (TU Delft - Digital Technologies)
E. Kalogianni – Mentor (TU Delft - Digital Technologies)
R.L. Voûte – Mentor (TU Delft - Digital Technologies)
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Abstract
This thesis develops an LADM-based (ISO 19152-2) profile for the legal registration and management of archaeological heritage in three dimensions. The research addresses the need to represent rights, restrictions, and responsibilities of protected sites while capturing their full vertical extent and linking them to cadastral information. A structured Design Science Research methodology guided the work from problem definition to model design. The resulting archaeological profile extends the core LADM packages, namely Party, Administrative, Spatial Unit, and Surveying and Representation, to meet archaeological requirements. Point clouds are integrated into the model to represent archaeological spatial units in 3D, ensuring that the geometry of protected areas can be recorded and maintained with high precision. The archaeological profile demonstrates that the LADM standard can accommodate archaeological contexts by unifying legal, spatial, and survey information in a single framework. This work provides a comprehensive, conceptual, and database-ready model that enables accurate 3D registration, querying, and visualization of archaeological sites and offers a solid foundation for future cross-jurisdictional and international applications.