Development of a 4D-webgis for archaeological research

The usage of 3D models acquired from airborne and terrestrial laser scans within a web-based GIS environment allows a new way to conduct archaeological research but also demands new approaches and concepts in the development of infrastructure that supports such research. This article gives an overview of a design and prototypical implementation of a 4D-webgis for archaeological research. The infrastructure is based on WebGL and the three.js framework in combination with the W3DS. Initial results indicate that this is an appropriate framework for the development of a preformat 4D-webgis architecture that supports temporal visualization and analysis of archaeological data.