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ABSTRACT: This paper reports the fundamentals, activity and results achieved by IMAP3D, and acronym for "Imágenes Aéreas para la Modelización 3D del Patrimonio" (Aerial Images for Heritage 3D Rendering). We are a group of teachers from the Universities of Salamanca, Valladolid, León and Santiago concerned on improving the protection of the Cultural Heritage of our community through accessible and reliable cartographic production. Our work aims at taking advantage of the technological and educational possibilities available from the digital era in order to engage the society within protecting, recovering and enjoying the Cultural Heritage. Specifically, we intend to overcome the lack of a methodology to obtain rather easily aerial photogrammetric images, captured from a captive balloon, a microlight aircraft or a kite -both stereoscopic and oblique -which are important in order to improve the surveying of buildings and essential to render archaeological sites. MOTIVATION AND BACKGROUND