How Bagan Was Assessed for Earthquake Damage

In 2016, the Eim ya kyaung temple in Myanmar was one of hundreds of structures in Bagan damaged by a large earthquake. 

Skilled craftsmen used bamboo scaffolding to repair the temples but before work began the structures were assessed to provide a baseline record of their condition. 

In 2016, CyArk helped members of the Myanmar Department of Archaeology to document several of the temples with LiDAR laser scanning. 

Drones were used to record large areas at once as the Bagan archaeological area is home to thousands of historic structures. 

High resolution DSLR photography was also used to document some of the fragile murals within the temples.

The collected data could be compared to previous records to create a difference analysis and observe how the monuments had been impacted by the quake.