About CyArk

"Our Mission

CyArk is a non profit organization founded in 2003 to digitally record, archive and share the world's most significant cultural heritage and ensure that these places continue to inspire wonder and curiosity for decades to come.

Destruction of Heritage

CyArk was founded in 2003 by Ben and Barbara Kacyra after they were shocked and moved by the destruction of 5th century Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan. We continue to lose our heritage at an astounding rate with mounting pressures from climate change, urban development, natural disasters and armed conflict and CyArk seeks to create a record of these places before further loss....

What We Do

CyArk works across three principal areas: Conservation, Recovery and Discovery. We assist those who work to manage and preserve these sites by providing engineering drawings and detailed maps to assist in critical conservation work. We also capture a comprehensive record of the site that can be used in recovery efforts following damage or catastrophiv loss. And finally we strive to share our data in powerful ways, including truly immersive experiences that convey the power of these places.

How We Do It

We use state of the art reality capture technology to create a holisitic and accurate 3D surface model of these sites. We use LiDAR or laser scanning as well as high resolution imagery from the ground and from drones that is processed and combined into one model. This model forms the basis for many of our activites at CyArk, from the creation of accurate engineering drawings to beautiful and immersive Virtual Reality environments....

CyArk shares data with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License...."