scholarly journals THE GAMHER RESEARCH PROJECT FOR METRIC DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W11 ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Bitelli ◽  
C. Balletti ◽  
R. Brumana ◽  
L. Barazzetti ◽  
M. G. D'Urso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> GAMHer (Geomatics data Acquisition and Management for landscape and built Heritage in a European perspective) is a three-year research project financed under the Italian PRIN 2015 framework (Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale). The project, started in February 2017 under the University of Bologna coordination, links other 5 Italian research groups mainly involved in Cultural Heritage (CH) documentation and data management: Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, IUAV Venice, University of Florence, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio and University of Bergamo.</p><p>GAMHer aims at exploiting some research and practical challenges in those disciplines devoted to generate 3D models for objects related to both landscape and built heritage; primary focus is then on digital photogrammetry and 3D scanning. These techniques are more and more applied in different contexts, having as the main subjects monuments, buildings, natural and urban landscapes. Some critical points however remain for their implementation, also facing to the new European directives, strictly connected to the requirement of the Digital Agenda for Europe. A wider use of digital data has to be achieved, in Europe as well as internationally, and therefore an analysis of the current developments is significant, together with a critical assessment of their performances.</p>

Research of the Image Processing and Communications Lab. of the University of Florence in the cultural heritage field

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Bartolini ◽  
Mauro Barni ◽  
Roberto Caldelli ◽  
Massimiliano Corsini ◽  
Vito Cappellini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Development of a Pilot Data Management Infrastructure for Biomedical Researchers at University of Manchester – Approach, Findings, Challenges and Outlook of the MaDAM Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meik Poschen ◽  
June Finch ◽  
Rob Procter ◽  
Mhorag Goff ◽  
Mary McDerby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Pilot Data ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

Management and curation of digital data has been becoming ever more important in a higher education and research environment characterised by large and complex data, demand for more interdisciplinary and collaborative work, extended funder requirements and use of e-infrastructures to facilitate new research methods and paradigms. This paper presents the approach, technical infrastructure, findings, challenges and outlook (including future development within the successor project, MiSS) of the ‘MaDAM: Pilot data management infrastructure for biomedical researchers at University of Manchester’ project funded under the infrastructure strand of the JISC Managing Research Data (JISCMRD) programme. MaDAM developed a pilot research data management solution at the University of Manchester based on biomedical researchers’ requirements, which includes technical and governance components with the flexibility to meet future needs across multiple research groups and disciplines.

scholarly journals Metadata and Tools for Integration and Preservation of Cultural Heritage 3D Information

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 118-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achille Felicetti ◽  
Matteo Lorenzini
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
Digital Repositories ◽  
Data Encoding ◽  
Semantic Data ◽  
The One ◽  
3D Information

In this paper we investigate many of the various storage, portability and interoperability issues arising among archaeologists and cultural heritage people when dealing with 3D technologies. On the one side, the available digital repositories look often unable to guarantee affordable features in the management of 3D models and their metadata; on the other side the nature of most of the available data format for 3D encoding seem to be not satisfactory for the necessary portability required nowadays by 3D information across different systems. We propose a set of possible solutions to show how integration can be achieved through the use of well known and wide accepted standards for data encoding and data storage. Using a set of 3D models acquired during various archaeological campaigns and a number of open source tools, we have implemented a straightforward encoding process to generate meaningful semantic data and metadata. We will also present the interoperability process carried out to integrate the encoded 3D models and the geographic features produced by the archaeologists. Finally we will report the preliminary (rather encouraging) development of a semantic enabled and persistent digital repository, where 3D models (but also any kind of digital data and metadata) can easily be stored, retrieved and shared with the content of other digital archives.

scholarly journals Digital Competence and Web Technologies: Analysis of a Research Project and its Instruments

10.28945/3245 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Cartelli
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Literacy Support ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

The paper reports on the features of the framework for digital literacy support and documentation, developed within a research project the author is working on, with some colleagues in other Italian universities. First a short introduction on the features of today society often called “knowledge society” is reported, and the problems of digital divide and digital literacy are discussed. Soon after the research project, planned and carried out under the coordination of the University of Florence, for the development of the instruments to be devoted to the construction of a digital competence is drafted. To let the reader better understand how the project situates in the panorama of today studies, a synthesis of the international works on those topics is described, with a special attention to the connections between them and the new generations’ digital basic skills. The description of the general features of the project and of the instruments the author hypothesized for the hitting of the attained results are then discussed, while paying attention to the information systems to be used for the creation of an online testing system and for the management of digital literacy bibliography. The paper ends with some considerations on the evolution of the project and the possible results from it as regards informing science.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE 3D REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HOLY AEDICULE OF THE TOMB OF CHRIST

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nefeli Tentoma ◽  
Andreas Georgopoulos ◽  
Gracia Tucci
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Web Map ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Online Web

The significance of preservation of cultural heritage is undeniable, which is why both their geometric documentation and the creation of their digital “twins”, i.e. reconstructions and replicas at any scale, are essential procedures. A special category of cultural heritage is sacred sites which combine historical, spiritual and religious values. The most sacred monument of Christianity is the Holy Aedicule covering the Tomb of Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. This paper aims to investigate and compare the various three-dimensional representations of the Holy Aedicule of the Tomb of Christ, which exist both in physical and in digital form. Initially, the main structural phases of the Aedicule are presented, including its destructions and restorations. Moreover, the different categories of the three-dimensional representations of the monument are defined.  With reference to the replicas, both the reasons of their construction and their list in the form of a dataset table are presented. More specifically, in the context of this research, the three-dimensional representations of the Aedicule are divided into two major categories: the replicas constructed worldwide and the geometric documentations of the monument's condition through the years. Regarding the replicas, a list of the discovered representations is created and this database is visualized and depicted in an online web map along with essential information with the use of an open-source Geographic Information System (GIS). Based on this visualization an online web map has been created. Furthermore, the previous geometric documentations and surveys of the Holy Aedicule of the Tomb of Christ are presented. A comparison is conducted between the 3D models of the Aedicule, which were created by the University of Florence in 2007-8 and the National Technical University of Athens in 2015-17. The impact of the Holy Aedicule across the world is examined through statistics based on the type, date of construction and location of the replicas. The possible deformations of the monument's structure are detected from the assessment of the results from both the processing and the comparison of the 3D models. In conclusion, future works are suggested focusing on the discovery of the total number of replicas worldwide and the monitoring of the condition of the Aedicule.  Cultural

scholarly journals Introduction: Assimilation and Representation in Medieval Theories of Cognition

Vivarium ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 223-243
Author(s):  
José Filipe Silva ◽  
Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
European Research Council ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Aristotelian Tradition

AbstractThe articles in this issue are a selection of the papers presented at the conference Knowledge as Assimilation, held at the University of Helsinki on 9-11 June 2017. The conference was the result of a collaboration between two research groups that have been established in Finland and Sweden from 2013 onwards: the research project Rationality in Perception: Transformations of Mind and Cognition 1250-1550, funded by the European Research Council (2015-2020) and hosted by the University of Helsinki, and the research programme Representation and Reality: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Aristotelian Tradition, funded by the Riksbankens jubileumsfond (2013-2019) and located at the University of Gothenburg.

scholarly journals 3D DIGITISATION IN CULTURAL HERITAGE KNOWLEDGE AND PRESERVATION: THE CASE OF THE NEPTUNE STATUE IN BOLOGNA AND ITS ARCHETYPE

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B2-2020 ◽  
pp. 1403-1408
Author(s):  
V. A. Girelli ◽  
M. A. Tini ◽  
M. G. D’Apuzzo ◽  
G. Bitelli
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
3D Model ◽  
3D Models ◽  
3D Image ◽  
Bronze Statue ◽  
Decay State ◽  
The University ◽  
3D Digitisation ◽  
The City

Abstract. In the field of Cultural Heritage, the availability of a complete, detailed and photo-realistic 3D model of the objects of interest permits to describe all the aspects related to geometry, colours and materials, as well as the work techniques and the decay state. Besides, it offers multiple possibilities for the documentation, the analysis and the study.This paper describes the experience, carried out by the DICAM Geomatics group of the University of Bologna, about the 3D digitisation of two important statues of Neptune, by means of the integration of 3D image-based and range-based techniques. The two artworks, both realized by the sculptor Giambologna, are the big bronze statue of the god adorning the homonymous fountain, one of the most symbolic monuments of the city of Bologna, and its archetype, exhibited in one of the civic museums.The obtained 3D models, beyond the important function of documentation, knowledge and preservation of the two objects, also permit a comparison between the small archetype, conveniently scaled, and the big final statue. In the manuscript all the surveying and data processing operations concerning the objects digitisation are described. Particular attention is paid to the problems related to the scale of the archetype and the comparison between the two obtained 3D models, with the aim to evaluate and represent the occurred changes.

scholarly journals Looking into international research groups’ digital discursive practices: Criteria and methodological steps taken towards the compilation of the EUROPRO digital corpus

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Daniel Pascual ◽  
Pilar Mur-Dueñas ◽  
Rosa Lorés
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
International Research ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Verbal Component ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
The University ◽  
International Research Project ◽  
Selection Of

The EUROPRO digital corpus was designed by the InterGedi research group, based at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). The main focus of InterGedi is the analysis of the textual resources used by international research groups as part of their dissemination and visibility strategies. The corpus comprises a collection of 30 international research project websites funded by the European Horizon2020 Programme (EUROPROwebs corpus). By looking into their websites, 20 projects were observed to maintain a Twitter account and the tweets from these accounts were the basis for the compilation of the EUROPROtweets corpus. This paper delves into the criteria used for the selection of the research project websites and the methodological steps taken to classify, label and tag the verbal component in these websites and tweets. The paper discusses the challenges in the compilation of the corpus because of the dynamic, hypermodal, and hypermedial nature of the digital texts it contains. The paper closes by underlining the potential uses and applications of EUROPRO in order to gain insights into the digital discursive and professional practices used by international research groups to foster their visibility online.

scholarly journals Il Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze. Le collezioni geologiche e paleontologiche / The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence.The Geological and Paleontological Collections

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

The Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, founded in 1775 by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, is one of the oldest scientific museum in the world. With this third volume on the collections of the Geology and Paleontology Section, Firenze University Press continues its series dedicated to the six Sections of the Museum. The first part of the volume shows a detailed and fascinating descriptions of the history of this museum section's collections, the contribution of scholars who from the 17th century endeavoured to expand and study the Florentine geological-paleontological collections, and the importance of the collections to the development of modern geological-paleontological thinking. The second part describes and documents the collections, that are presented in geo-chronological order, divided into the Invertebrate, Vertebrate, Paleobotanical and Geological collections. In the last part are presented the most important activities and research projects, based on this important cultural heritage, carried out by the paleontologists of the University of Florence.

scholarly journals SPHERICAL IMAGES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: SURVEY AND DOCUMENTATION WITH THE NIKON KM360

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-2 ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Gottardi ◽  
F. Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Panoramic Images ◽  
Spherical Images ◽  
Spherical Camera

The work presented here focuses on the analysis of the potential of spherical images acquired with specific cameras for documentation and three-dimensional reconstruction of Cultural Heritage. Nowadays, thanks to the introduction of cameras able to generate panoramic images automatically, without the requirement of a stitching software to join together different photos, spherical images allow the documentation of spaces in an extremely fast and efficient way.<br> In this particular case, the Nikon Key Mission 360 spherical camera was tested on the Tolentini’s cloister, which used to be part of the convent of the close church and now location of the Iuav University of Venice. The aim of the research is based on testing the acquisition of spherical images with the KM360 and comparing the obtained photogrammetric models with data acquired from a laser scanning survey in order to test the metric accuracy and the level of detail achievable with this particular camera.<br> This work is part of a wider research project that the Photogrammetry Laboratory of the Iuav University of Venice has been dealing with in the last few months; the final aim of this research project will be not only the comparison between 3D models obtained from spherical images and laser scanning survey’s techniques, but also the examination of their reliability and accuracy with respect to the previous methods of generating spherical panoramas. At the end of the research work, we would like to obtain an operational procedure for spherical cameras applied to metric survey and documentation of Cultural Heritage.

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