A. Guillem, Alain Fuchs, G. Halin, Dechezlepretre Thierry
{"title":"Construction of an archaeology and cultural heritage oriented GIS in order to document an ancient city: Case study of the archaeological site of Grand (France)","authors":"A. Guillem, Alain Fuchs, G. Halin, Dechezlepretre Thierry","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743837","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. This work presents the first steps of an archaeology and cultural heritage G.I.S. implementation on the archeological site of Grand in order to document the archeological map. The GIS project belongs to the branch of gathering documentation and studies of collections in the Collective Research Project (CPR) \"L'agglomeration antique de Grand\"[1]. The implementation of a G.I.S. tool makes possible a precise location of old excavations. All the archeological operations are no longer separate but gathered and synthesized in order to build a coherent spatial database on the scale of the entire archeological site. The short-term target is to share archeological information, while the long-term goal is to keep on backfilling and updating this database. This G.I.S. implementation is the first step to go further on in spatial analysis. This project is supported by the archeological team of the Conseil General des Vosges [2], in collaboration with the G.I.S. team in the Conseil General in Epinal. At the end of the 2013 excavation campaign, the archeological map of the site contained in the G.I.S. will be loaded into the Cultural file of the Conseil General G.I.S. The G.I.S. modelling with the archaeological data from Grand is an experience to repeat with others sites in the G.I.S. of the Conseil General. The update of old archaeological data is a stake for data conservation and spread. The diffusion of spatial data goes over the archaeological subject: G.I.S. is not only a spatial management tool. It becomes also a human science research tool that can bring closer territorial institutions and research groups from a variety of background. This project follows several G.I.S. archeological projects that prove the relevance of G.I.S. as an archeological tool. After compiling a state of the art file of various G.I.S. projects, this set of references has been used as references to validate the choice of the project. In this regard, we can mention the HO-FET model [3] (Historical Object, Function, spacE and Time) developped by the ISA network [4]. This model has a general purpose because it aims at the understanding of a complex urban system in a large scale of time. The seizing of urban space is realized through the notion of Historical Object (HO). An HO is defined by its 3 dimensions : 1. Function (social use); 2. Space (localisation, width and morphology); 3. Time (dating, chronology). The G.I.S. project is precisely described though milestones of the project, data modeling and working hypothesis. The first step was the definition of the needs. Then, the Conceptual Model of the Data (CMD) of the GIS project is an adaptation of the HOFET model to Grand's case, to the available data and to the GIS goals. The present day land register has been elected as mother layer in cross-referencing purpose. The land register served as a bottom layer to establish many excavation maps. The landmarks on the land register help us to locate sites docume","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"8 1","pages":"761"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79848608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Wypych, V. Petrovic, James Strawson, M. Seracini, T. Levy, F. Kuester
{"title":"Airborne imaging: Systems, deployments, practices and capabilities","authors":"T. Wypych, V. Petrovic, James Strawson, M. Seracini, T. Levy, F. Kuester","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743748","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a functional implementation of an unmanned aerial vehicle complete with image acquisition payloads for the documentation and virtual reconstruction of cultural heritage sites. We discuss technological advances in unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as contemporary practices in implementation, which have evolved in the direction of reducing costs, enabling new functionalities, and emerging applications in cultural heritage fieldwork. These advances are the basis for the design and execution of our unmanned aircraft, which we develop to collect unique and comprehensive datasets in challenging acquisition scenarios at active cultural heritage sites. Our platform is able to perform visual imaging, using a variety of acquisition triggers and mechanisms to enable high-resolution in-plane site photogrammetry, oblique aerial examinations of large sites, and sequence acquisitions for use in structure from motion based volumetric reconstructions of specific areas of interest. This data is in turn suitable for exploration with or without volumetric post processing techniques using visual analysis techniques using interactive high resolution tiled display inspection environments.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"12 1","pages":"257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80031919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anastasia Rita Widiarti, Marsono, A. Harjoko, S. Hartati
{"title":"Combination of statistic and structural approach to scripts segmentation from line segmentation of Javanese manuscript image","authors":"Anastasia Rita Widiarti, Marsono, A. Harjoko, S. Hartati","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743844","url":null,"abstract":"The character segmentation of handwritten manuscripts often presents complicated tasks. There are many factors that cause such segmentation difficult, such as inconsistencies in the slope, slant, length and width of each character, as well as intersections of two characters from either the same or different lines. This paper proposes a new approach that combines statistical and structural analyses to generate the Javanese scripts from line segmentation of Javanese manuscript image. Every time a new manuscript is discovered, all objects that make up the characters in the manuscript are identified using interconnecting operation to identify the components of the script. Each object that is interconnected is given the same label. The next task is to calculate the average height and average width of each object that has been given the same label and its standard deviation. This information is used to guide the average normality of a script, i.e. when a character has a height or width that exceeds the average value plus the standard deviation, it can be concluded that the character in question in fact consists of two characters that touch each other. In regard to normalizing a skewed cluster of scripts, the task is to straighten the script in such a way that it becomes perpendicular. The experiment was done using 13 line images from different authors with different writing styles, and the result shows an 88.19% segmentation accuracy. It can be concluded that the proposed approach to segmentation method is relatively a success when applied on the Javanese handwritten characters.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"32 1","pages":"775"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89754406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bringing geographic information systems (GIS) into the museum world","authors":"Gizem Dorter, Lauren Davis","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743843","url":null,"abstract":"Innovations and evolutions in digital technology have produced a number of useful and creative tools for the cultural world. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has become the standard within the domains of cultural heritage site management and archaeology. The inclusion of GIS within the museum and art world, however, remains under-represented and rarely tested. This paper examines the ways in which museums could employ GIS in their different functional areas, by studying the practicality and overall utility of GIS as a tool. We hypothesized and researched different potential areas of usefulness, and subsequently developed several museum and object based GIS experiments. We created GIS data for 3 artworks and explored the ways museums could use the data internally and for exhibitions. Additionally we looked at the broader applications of GIS for museums, testing a Danish GIS- based user prediction model. Our results show that GIS can be beneficial to museums at both micro and macro levels. GIS data is largely standardized, and therefore quite useful for collection management, administration, and larger institutional cooperation. We found that at its heart, GIS has the ability visualize information in different ways, and this characteristic could be of great use to museums educators and exhibition designers. By utilizing the different ways GIS can visualize data, museums can present topics in ways that meets the needs of many visitors. Though museums should be encouraged to put part of their resources towards exploring new technologies, the stability and permanence of GIS creates a good case for museum support and use.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"16 1","pages":"773"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82972271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making the excavations speak: The use of a 3D model of the temple of Hercules in Celje as an interpretative tool","authors":"M. Jerala","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743846","url":null,"abstract":"In order to properly reconstruct the temple of Hercules in Celje, Slovenia, digital tools have been used for documentation, interpretation and presentation. The site presents a rare example of heritage preserved in situ, excavated, partly conserved and represented in the 1950s. A digital reconstruction of the temple is one of the goals of my dissertation: The temple of Hercules in Celjie: Peripteral and Pseudoperipteral Slovenia.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"50 1","pages":"779"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81172764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Antonaci, F. Dagnino, M. Ott, F. Pozzi, P. Bravi, M. Lutzu, S. Pilosu
{"title":"Digital technology and transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage: The case of Cantu a Tenore","authors":"A. Antonaci, F. Dagnino, M. Ott, F. Pozzi, P. Bravi, M. Lutzu, S. Pilosu","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744741","url":null,"abstract":"The “Cantu a Tenore” is a typical artistic expression from Sardinia Italy, which is also recognized by UNESCO as one of the ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage), those “traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors” to be passed down to our descendants. The transmission modalities of the rare know behind “Cantu a Tenore” is progressively changing. Can digital technology affect the way this particular type of singing is/can be transmitted? For sure, it is gradually becoming and, what's more important, is increasingly being “felt” as a suitable means not only to spread knowledge but also to sustain the transmission process itself. In particular new possibilities are opened by the adoption of cutting the edge sensor technologies as proposed by the I-treasures EU project, which proposes novel methodologies and new technological paradigms for the analysis and modeling of a variety of different ICHs, including the “Cantu a Tenore”.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"149 1","pages":"117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74260041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making of Hampi - An attempt to bridge culture and technology aspects","authors":"Meera Natampally","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744796","url":null,"abstract":"Indian temple architecture gives us a rare insight into design, construction, proportion and scale. In Dravidian temples, especially Vijayanagara architecture and in particular Hampi architecture is an impeccable synergy between structural innovation and architectural expression. The `Vittala temple complex' at Hampi, Karnataka, India has been taken for study, documentation, analysis of design elements and 3D virtual modeling /reconstruction of the complete temple complex. In this project it has been attempted to bridge the culture and technology by using Google sketch up modelling and Kinect as tools.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"34 1","pages":"427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75239956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Michel, X. Brunetaud, M. Al-Mukhtar, Benoit Coignard
{"title":"Digital sculptures rebuilt for computation","authors":"Laura Michel, X. Brunetaud, M. Al-Mukhtar, Benoit Coignard","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744808","url":null,"abstract":"This study concerns the modeling of an ancient statue. This project aims to suggest a methodology for the restoration of deteriorated statues, by means of using numerical methods to diagnose weakness areas, and suggest or test the most adequate restorations. For computation, geometric models are rebuilt by computer-aided. The complexity of the artworks shape, requires us to adopt a different approach by acquiring the statue with a laser scanner. In a first step, digitizing and registration are performed. Finally, we made the geometric model ready for computation.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"42 1","pages":"453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84510528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital collections, online exhibitions and virtual museums in the MEDINA project: Communicating the Ancient Near East Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean basin","authors":"A. Avanzini, A. D. Santis","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744800","url":null,"abstract":"MEDINA - Mediterranean network for the valorization and fruition of inscriptions preserved in museums is a two years lasting project, funded by the European Union with the ENPI-CBC Med programme, aimed at promoting the Ancient Near East Cultural Heritage, in particular of Lebanon and Jordan. In order to enhance awareness of this often unjustly neglected cultural heritage, both in the local and in the international community, MEDINA intends to increase knowledge exchanges among institutions of the Mediterranean basin and to encourage the use of innovative digital technologies for its communication to the young generations and the general public.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"61 1","pages":"437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75462952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Mangan, David Srour, Ashley M. Richter, Aliya Hoff, T. Levy, F. Kuester
{"title":"MediaCommons for cultural heritage: Applied mixed media visualization storytelling for high resolution collaborative cyberarchaeological displays","authors":"J. Mangan, David Srour, Ashley M. Richter, Aliya Hoff, T. Levy, F. Kuester","doi":"10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743779","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeology is a discipline that studies time through an understanding of space and objects in that space; archaeology is ultimately, therefore, an intersection where the visualization of space and the visualization of time meet. Archaeology has long utilized visualization as a technique to analyze and disseminate information; however, comprehensive and collaborative analysis and storytelling with this visual data has always been limited by the capacity of the systems, which create and display it. To present the most complete narrative of the past, one must seek the “big picture” by assembling the disparate pieces of data, which reflect the lives of the humans we study. This paper presents a framework for the visualization of and interaction with rich data collections in high resolution, networked, tiled-display environments, called the MediaCommons Framework.","PeriodicalId":52934,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Digital Heritage","volume":"19 1","pages":"447-448"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85518207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}