Our Project
This project is part of the Geodetic Project Course (GPC) 2019, organized by the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH Zurich. We aim to study the two areas located in Ova Spin (Graubünden, Switzerland). Firstly, the trenches from World War 1 (WWI), and secondly, a cave from neolithic era, which is also called "Abri", located near Ova Spin. The primary goal of this project is to study and realize a geo-referenced 3D model of both areas.
Trenches
Ova Spin was a conflict zone during WWI and WWII. In WWI, this Alpine pass was near the frontier with Italy and the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, thus the need to fortify the border eventually led to the creation of the trenches. These trenches still possess well preserved wooden structures and bunkers. There are two main segments of the trenches; upper and lower, separated by a road in between. There are also side arms for each segment of the trenches, mainly in the upper part.
Modeling the vestiges of wooden structures built along the trenches is one of the main focuses of this project. In a few locations, we found complete structures. In most other places, only wooden pillars, beams and rusty metal wires remained.
Though the bunkers are not our main focus, we did survey the bunker built at uppermost part of the trenches.
Caves
A series of caves is located close to the Ova Spin river. The cave that we are interested in was totally excavated in 1930s. In 2014, the cultural layers of the cave was analyzed and it turned out that these layers go back to the neolithic era. It was originally used as a shelter by fishermen and hunters. Modern fishermen sill use it, but not as often as earlier in history. The archaeological service documented the cave already and a 3D model was generated from photos in 2014. However, the exact coordinates are unknown. Hence, our goal is to generate a georeferenced, detailed 3D model of the cave.
3D model of a wooden structure from WW1
3D model of the cave
3D model of the bunker from WW2
Animation of Cave Mesh
Gallery
Our Team
Students
Supervisors
Mudathir Awadaljeed
Katrin Lasinger
Luca Gaia
Mikhail Ustvyatsov
Nicole Manser
Luca Andrea Miotti
Maria Perez Ortega
Manu Tom
Tianyu Wu
Credits
| Students | Supervisors |
|---|---|
| Mudathir Awadaljeed | Katrin Lasinger |
| Luca Gaia | Mikhail Ustvyatsov |
| Nicole Manser | |
| Luca Andrea Miotti | |
| Maria Perez Ortega | |
| Manu Tom | |
| Tianyu Wu |
Our group would like to express gratitute to everyone who helped in making the GPC 2019 a success. Especially, we would like to thank:
- Thomas Reitmaier, Zwicky Amanda, and Walser Christoph (Archäologischen Dienst Graubünden).
- Samuel Wiesmann (Parc Naziunal Svizzer).
- Thomas Bitterli (Armasuisse immobilien KOMZ Denkmalschutz).
- Prof. Dr. Markus Rothacher, Prof. Dr. Konrad Schindler and Prof. Dr. Andreas Wieser for giving us the opportunity to be a part of GPC 2019.
- Riccardo De Lutio, Zan Gojcic, Dr. Michael Meindl, Eugenio Serantoni, Dr. Ladina Steiner and all other participants of GPC 2019.