Bill Blake

Heritage Documentation

Lecture Title: Introduction to Metric Survey for Conservation

Monday, March 28, 2011
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Alan K. & Leonarda F. Laing Memorial Lecture

Bill Blake is a survey practitioner and teacher of digital heritage documentation skills, specializing in the integration of EDM and drawing in heritage documentation.

Bill is a developer of real-time Computer-aided Design (CAD) Survey and integrated CAD methods for drawing production. He is active in the ongoing development of standards for 3D heritage documentation through the application of experience in survey, commissioning survey and the teaching of skills in digital documentation. Contributor to the English Heritage Specifications for Metric Survey, particularly direct techniques. Developer and contributor to the current model of survey technology application in heritage which seeks to define the balance between the three elements of the documentation process: data capture, information selection and communication. Introduced CAD practice at Ancient Monuments Drawing Office (AMDO) in 1989 under Terry Ball RA. He is executive Board Member of the joint ICOMOS/ISPRS International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA) since 2005.