UNFOLDING LEONARDO DA VINCI’S GLOBE (AD 1504) TO REVEAL ITS HISTORICAL WORLD MAP

This paper reports in detail on the image-based modelling and unwrapping approach used to create a two-dimensional projected map of an astonishing ostrich egg globe from AD 1504. This miniature egg globe is not only the oldest extant engraved globe, but it is also the oldest post-Columbian globe o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. J. Verhoeven, S. J. Missinne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-08-01
Series:ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-2-W2/303/2017/isprs-annals-IV-2-W2-303-2017.pdf