3D computer graphies short films for communicating cultural heritage: An open source pipeline

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Delli Ponti ◽  
Daniele De Luca ◽  
Antonella Guidazzoli ◽  
Silvano Imboden ◽  
Maria Chiara Liguori
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Short Films

Open source software as a mature library system in Armenia

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Anna Chulyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Efficient Organization ◽  
Digital Repositories ◽  
High Level

The article touches upon the importance of long-term digital preservation of Armenian cultural heritage through creation of digital repositories using Open-Source Software in Armenian libraries. The research highlights the advantages of Open-Source Software in context of providing free access to digital materials, as well as its high level of functionality in order to empower libraries with new technologies for more efficient organization and dissemination of information.

scholarly journals BIM Open Source Software (OSS) for the documentation of cultural heritage

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (15) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotiris Logothetis ◽  
Efstratios Stylianidis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Software Industry ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Industry Foundation Classes ◽  
Digital Reconstruction ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Digital Documentation

<p class="VARAbstract">The Building Information Modelling (BIM) software enables the users to communicate and design, understand appearance, performance and cost in the spatial and urban design process. Another important use of the BIM technology is the documentation and 3D reconstruction of cultural heritage monuments. The appropriate BIM software equips the users with tools to easily capture and analyse concepts and maintain the coordination of design data through documentation and 3D modelling. Many developments come up in the BIM field and software industry for design, construction-reconstruction, restoration and management of the cultural heritage 3D models, using BIM tools; mainly commercial as well as free or open source. Nevertheless, recently the growing popularity of open source has altered the landscape in software industry, as they attract many users.</p><p class="VARAbstract">This paper presents a review of some recent research on the topic. We review the recent developments focusing on the OSS that can be used at various stages of BIM process in the digital documentation of cultural heritage. The results show that there is more preference in the commercial software due to the fact that the OSS is not yet complete and covers all stages of the BIM process. However, lately we have the Edificius in architectural BIM design and “BIM Vision” as Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) model viewer that try to attract as many users as possible. These tools are free and they could well be used for the digital reconstruction of cultural heritage.</p>

scholarly journals The Complexities of Metal Detecting Policy and Practice: A Response to Samuel Hardy, ‘Quantitative Analysis of Open-Source Data on Metal Detecting for Cultural Property’ (Cogent Social Sciences 3, 2017)

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieterjan Deckers ◽  
Andres Dobat ◽  
Natasha Ferguson ◽  
Stijn Heeren ◽  
Michael Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
Source Data

Abstract In his paper ‘Quantitative analysis of open-source data on metal detecting for cultural property’, Samuel Hardy suggested that permissive policy is ineffective in minimizing the damage done to cultural heritage by non-professional metal detecting. This response paper contests the basic assumptions upon which this analysis is based. While Hardy‘s comparative, quantitative approach is laudable, it is founded in a biased and simplistic outlook on the metal detecting phenomenon.

scholarly journals Roles and Responsibilities for Sustaining Open Source Platforms and Tools

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Owens
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Project Sustainability ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Different Levels

Developing, deploying and maintaining open source software is increasingly a core part of the core operations of cultural heritage organizations. From preservation infrastructure, to tools for acquiring digital and digitized content, to platforms that provide access, enhance content, and enable various modes for users to engage with and make use of content, much of the core work of libraries, archives and museums is entangled with software. As a result, cultural heritage organizations of all sizes are increasingly involved in roles as open source software creators, contributors, maintainers, and adopters. Participants in this workshop shared their respective perspectives on institutional roles in this emerging open source ecosystem. Through discussion, participants created drafts of a checklist for establishing FOSS projects, documentation of project sustainability techniques, a model for conceptualizing the role of open source community building activities throughout projects and an initial model for key institutional roles for projects at different levels of maturity.

scholarly journals FROM OSS CAD TO BIM FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W3 ◽  
pp. 439-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Logothetis ◽  
E. Karachaliou ◽  
E. Stylianidis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Digital Representations ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Aided Design

The paper illustrates the use of open source Computer-aided design (CAD) environments in order to develop Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools able to manage 3D models in the field of cultural heritage. Nowadays, the development of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has been rapidly growing and their use tends to be consolidated. Although BIM technology is widely known and used, there is a lack of integrated open source platforms able to support all stages of Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) processes. The present research aims to use a FOSS CAD environment in order to develop BIM plug-ins which will be able to import and edit digital representations of cultural heritage models derived by photogrammetric methods.

scholarly journals An adaptable multi-learner serious game for learning cultural heritage

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Fotis Lazarinis ◽  
◽  
Ioannis Boididis ◽  
Lefteris Kozanidis ◽  
Dimitris Kanellopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Game Engine ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Collaboration And Communication

The current study presents an adaptable light game engine, which is used to produce interactive educational settings focused on cultural heritage. The tool is implemented using inexpensive and open source technologies. In this paper we first discuss the architecture of the application and we then present two games developed by using the proposed engine. The produced games are multi-user and support the collaboration and communication among learners and among learners and instructors. Learners earn marks, badges and certificates as they study the material and complete the quizzes. Various evaluation experiments have been realized to understand the suitability of the produced content in educational activities. The evaluation results of the authentic educational actions were quite positive and supportive by both students and teachers.

scholarly journals A Survey of Geospatial Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage

Heritage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1471-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikrom Nishanbaev ◽  
Erik Champion ◽  
David A. McMeekin
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Digital Cultural Heritage ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Description Framework ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Resource Description

The amount of digital cultural heritage data produced by cultural heritage institutions is growing rapidly. Digital cultural heritage repositories have therefore become an efficient and effective way to disseminate and exploit digital cultural heritage data. However, many digital cultural heritage repositories worldwide share technical challenges such as data integration and interoperability among national and regional digital cultural heritage repositories. The result is dispersed and poorly-linked cultured heritage data, backed by non-standardized search interfaces, which thwart users’ attempts to contextualize information from distributed repositories. A recently introduced geospatial semantic web is being adopted by a great many new and existing digital cultural heritage repositories to overcome these challenges. However, no one has yet conducted a conceptual survey of the geospatial semantic web concepts for a cultural heritage audience. A conceptual survey of these concepts pertinent to the cultural heritage field is, therefore, needed. Such a survey equips cultural heritage professionals and practitioners with an overview of all the necessary tools, and free and open source semantic web and geospatial semantic web platforms that can be used to implement geospatial semantic web-based cultural heritage repositories. Hence, this article surveys the state-of-the-art geospatial semantic web concepts, which are pertinent to the cultural heritage field. It then proposes a framework to turn geospatial cultural heritage data into machine-readable and processable resource description framework (RDF) data to use in the geospatial semantic web, with a case study to demonstrate its applicability. Furthermore, it outlines key free and open source semantic web and geospatial semantic platforms for cultural heritage institutions. In addition, it examines leading cultural heritage projects employing the geospatial semantic web. Finally, the article discusses attributes of the geospatial semantic web that require more attention, that can result in generating new ideas and research questions for both the geospatial semantic web and cultural heritage fields.

scholarly journals The Use of Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Images and Open-Source Software for Cultural Heritage: An Example from Paphos Area in Cyprus for Mapping Landscape Changes after a 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 1766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Tzouvaras ◽  
Dimitris Kouhartsiouk ◽  
Athos Agapiou ◽  
Chris Danezis ◽  
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Open Source ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Active Sensors ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Aperture Radar

Active satellite remote sensors have emerged in the last years in the field of archaeology, providing new tools for monitoring extensive cultural heritage landscapes and areas. These active sensors, namely synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, provide systematic datasets for mapping land movements triggered from earthquakes, landslides, and so on. Copernicus, the European program for monitoring the environment, provides continuous radar datasets through the Sentinel-1 mission with an almost worldwide coverage. This paper aims to demonstrate how the use of open-access and freely distributed datasets such as those under the Copernicus umbrella, along with the exploitation of open-source radar processing software, namely the sentinel applications platform (SNAP) and SNAPHU tools, provided respectively by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the University of Stanford, can be used to extract an SAR interferogram in the wider area of Paphos, located in the western part of Cyprus. The city includes various heritage sites and monuments, some of them already included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. The interferogram was prepared to study the effects of an earthquake to the buildings and sites of the area. The earthquake of a 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale was triggered on 15 April 2015 and was strongly felt throughout the whole island. The interferogram results were based on Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (D-InSAR) methodology, finding a maximum uplift of 74 mm and a maximum subsidence of 31 mm. The overall process and methodology are presented in this paper.

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