THE COMPARISON OF THAI STUPA’S ELEVATION DRAWING BETWEEN THE INSTRUMENT MEASURING AND PHOTOS CONVERTER SYSTEM

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to investigate the comparison of the Thai stupa’s elevation drawing method from the actual location with the stupas’ measuring instrument and photos converter system by considering time factor and distance factor of the stupa which includes percentage error that the criterion considered. The samples were 20 stupas located in Samut Sakhon province from 12 temples. The methodology used to examine the first factor was to compare which time from what measurement took longer time and why did that happen with the hours and minutes as the unit of measure. The second factor was to consider the distance that obtained from the system converts the photos whether it was much or less in error than using the stupas’ measuring instrument with the unit of measure in percentage.

The research found that time factor in both methods had different advantages and disadvantages. In the stupas’ measuring instrument, it resulted in bigger stupa sample that it took longer time to measure than smaller stupa. Unlike the instrument measuring, the photos converter system did not create any difference under the size condition but it resulted in the detail on the stupa such as carved and stucco that spent more time to accumulate data. For the error factor of the acceptable distance, it was discovered that the photos converter system was able to create resemble accurate distance of 14 bodies sample while the other 6 bodies were in acceptable deviation.