While Photogrammetry may still lack the fine surface detail of some white light and laser scanning systems it has the great advantages of being fast (to capture the images) and not dependent on expensive equipment. Factum Arte is now focusing a great deal of its attention and research capabilities to understand the physical limitations and software capabilities involved in the application of photography as a 3D capture device. A photograph used to be an image - now it has become a map that can be accurate enough to record surfaces as well as shapes.