The adaptation of advanced technology is changing the way cultural heritage is being conducted nowadays, and maritime cultural heritage is no exception. Greece has a rich history in the marine section, and many boats are proclaimed from the Ministry of Culture as Cultural Heritage Monuments. The use of modern technology, like total stations and 3D laser scanning, has narrowly been used for the documentation and study of maritime heritage contexts to date, and this is always done by using commercial software for the extraction of the specifications. In this paper, we propose an automated method for extracting heritage boat specifications from point clouds delivered from 3D laser scanning of heritage boats. The proposed method is implemented from scratch, and there is no need for the use of any commercial software. Our approach is scale-invariant and can be used with the same reliability for larger heritage boats or ships providing precise measurements on surfaces from the acquired 3D models.
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