A digital botanical garden: using interactive 3D models for visitor experience enhancement and collection management

Paula Redweik, Ph.D., is a geospatial engineer and teaches photogrammetry, cartographic production and 3D city modelling. Her research at the Instituto Dom Luiz is focused on photogrammetry, laser scanning and 3D modelling applications in geomorphology (coastal evolution) and in cultural heritage. In this area, her interests are in architectural heritage, allying the 3D modelling with the dissemination of knowledge about their construction.

Susana Reis is a biologist with a master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Her research interests are the application of 3D modelling techniques to natural heritage and to ancient instruments, creating interative platform contents for dissemination of knowledge. Currently, she is working at the Loulé Municipality developing and implementing web applications to make available geospatial information relevant to citizens.

Maria Cristina Duarte, Ph.D., is a plant biologist, researcher at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change. She is the curator of plant collections at the Tropical Botanical Garden and at the Lisbon Botanical Garden. Her research includes plant systematics and evolution, species conservation and management of natural history collections focused on several geographical areas, specially the Macaronesian archipelagos and the African tropical regions.