BENCHMARK OF METRIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION FOR HISTORICAL FILM FOOTAGE

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Quality assessment in photogrammetric processing is fundamental to obtain metric information and to reconstruct 3D models of Cultural Heritage, especially when it has been lost or changed over time. The determination of metric precision is technically challenging when dealing with historical films and videos that in many cases represent the only remaining traces of this heritage, which is useful for architectural, archaeological and restoration studies. This paper examines the suitability of existing photogrammetric software to evaluate the maximum possible metric accuracy for processing videos shot with fixed camera motions. In order to evaluate the metric quality obtained processing historical film footage with photogrammetric techniques, a benchmark was created on a new video dataset with the aim of reproducing the camera motions in which old video were shot. Three different camera motions were considered: Up/Down Motion-Tilting, Left/Right Motion-Trucking and Rolling Motion-Panning. The methodology was experimented on Valentino Castle in Turin, a monument inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Data were processed with the implementation of open source Structure-from-Motion algorithms and the results were analysed for the evaluation of metric quality. Results show the different maximum precision assessments according to the different typologies of camera motion. This research provides fundamental support to historical studies on Cultural Heritage, creating a sharing standard with zero-cost data and tools useful for both geomatics and restorers.</p>

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Cultural Heritage and Digitalization in City Branding

10.4018/978-1-7998-8528-3.ch025 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 467-483

Author(s):

Oya Yildirim ◽

A. Celil Çakici

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Historical Development ◽

Global Environment ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

City Branding ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Fundamental Feature ◽

World Heritage List ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

In today's competitive global environment, cities are striving to stand out and be attractive to investors, visitors, and residents. City branding is an important tool to differentiate the city from its competitors and to be preferred by visitors. Every city has its own characteristics resulting from its historical development, the influence of its geography, and its social, cultural, and economic past. Therefore, the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of cities is vital for their promotion and branding. This study aims to show the importance of their cultural heritage, which is the most fundamental feature to differentiate themselves from their competitors in city branding. It is emphasized that the cultural events organized in cities or the assets specific to cities, most of which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, have a significant impact on city branding. In addition, the chapter explains the impact of digitalization, which is one of the most important developments of our time, on city branding and cultural heritage.

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ANALYSIS OF CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE OF HERITAGE OBJECTS IN LITHUANIA (THE CURONIAN SPIT) AND NORWAY (THE VEGA ARCHIPELAGO) / LIETUVOS (KURŠIŲ NERIJA) IR VEGA SALYNO (NORVEGIJA) PAVELDO OBJEKTŲ APSAUGOS PATIRTIES ANALIZĖ

Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis ◽

10.3846/mla.2014.42 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 303-309

Author(s):

Nijolė Piekienė

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Special Kind ◽

The State ◽

Heritage Management ◽

Future Generations ◽

Human Intervention ◽

Curonian Spit ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

World Heritage List ◽

Management And Development

The Curonian Spit (Lithuania) and Vega Archipelago (Norway) are objects on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of their special kind of landscapes that have been formed not without human intervention. Landscapes created by nature itself or with human help are exceptional works which, as determined by the legal acts in regulation of these processes, have to be referred to as objects of cultural heritage. The cultural heritage must be protected, exhibited and viewed as objects of science and cognition. Lithuania and Norway have different conditions formed for identification, conservation and protection of these works, but both countries have recognized that protection of cultural heritage, passing it on for future generations is the duty of the state. Prospects of heritage management and development, and exchange of experience should be the top priorities for action in Lithuania. Kuršių nerija (Lietuva) ir Vega salynas (Norvegija) į Pasaulio paveldo vietovių sąrašą įrašytos dėl savo išskirtinių kraštovaizdžių, kurie suformuoti ne be žmogaus įsikišimo. Tai, ką sukūrė gamta, žmogus ar gamta kartu su žmogumi, yra išskirtiniai kūriniai, kuriuos, kaip nustato šiuos procesus reglamentuojantys teisės aktai, nurodoma vadinti kultūros paveldo objektais. Kultūros paveldą būtina saugoti, eksponuoti, vertinti kaip mokslo ir pažinimo objektus. Lietuvoje ir Norvegijoje susiklosčiusios skirtingos sąlygos šių kūrinių identifikavimo, išsaugojimo ar globos srityse, tačiau abiejose šalyse pripažįstama, kad kultūros paveldo apsauga, perdavimas ateinančioms kartoms yra tos valstybės pareiga. Paveldo tvarkybos ir vystymo perspektyvos, keičiantis patirtimi, turi būti Lietuvos prioritetinė veiklos sritis.

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Problems of underwater cultural heritage research in the context of the Baltic Sea drainage basin ecology

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202129102020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 291 ◽

pp. 02020

Author(s):

Babek Asadov ◽

Alexander Baranov ◽

Sofiia Baranova ◽

Anastasiia Bobrova ◽

Inga Philippova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Drainage Basin ◽

Ecological Condition ◽

Underwater Cultural Heritage ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

World Heritage List ◽

The Status ◽

Key Issues ◽

Baltic Sea Drainage Basin ◽

The Baltic

The article considers key issues of the underwater cultural heritage and the ways to reveal investigate and preserve it. Due to the lack of knowledge of the problem, the authors have developed a method that allows detecting the potential of the object in order to obtain the status of underwater cultural heritage in the future. These eventual objects are based on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Baltic Drainage Sea is on the top of this List by the total number of these sites. The authors paid great attention to mark the wreck influence on ecological condition of the sea and they noticed the need of environmental monitoring. As a solution of some issues of preserving underwater cultural heritage. The term “ecology of underwater heritage” was proposed, as well as examples of international cooperation on the integration of environmental and archaeological underwater research.

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Motives of Pilgrims for visiting Monasteries Visoki Decani and Pecka Patrijarsija

Glasnik srpskog geografskog drustva ◽

10.2298/gsgd1902065n ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 99 (2) ◽

pp. 65-77

Author(s):

Milena Nedeljkovic-Knezevic ◽

Maja Mijatov ◽

Tatjana Pivac ◽

Sladjana Nedeljkovic

Keyword(s):

Christian Church ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Orthodox Christian ◽

The People ◽

World Heritage List ◽

The World ◽

Historical Importance ◽

Political Conditions ◽

The Republic

The period of returning the people to religion, that is evident in the last two decades, increased the number of the pilgrimage tours all over the world, including the Republic of Serbia. This research is oriented towards determination of different motives of Orthodox Christian Church Pilgrims from Serbia for visiting two monasteries important for Serbian medieval cultural heritage, catalogued on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Monastery Visoki Decani and the Monastery Pecka Patrijarsija, as monasteries of high cultural and historical importance, with rich traditional spirituality, authentic architecture and fresco painting heritage. Both monasteries have significant role in the religious life of Serbians, but they also represent important symbols of the national identity among the Serbian people. Nowadays, the pilgrimage tours for visiting these monasteries are occurring in difficult conditions for Serbian citizens, due to the problem related to the safety and security situation and political conditions. This research was conducted in order to identify are there differences in pilgrims? motivation for travelling, according to their socio-demographic characteristics. Thus, the focus on researching the motives of Serbian citizens for conducting the pilgrimage tours to these monasteries is significantly enhanced by the fact that visits to these monasteries involve even a risk for the life safety among the Serbian pilgrims. For conducting the research, we used the questionnaire with the identified 6 factors as possible motives for the pilgrimage.

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Cultural Heritage on China’s 21st-century Maritime Silk Road

China Report ◽

10.1177/0009445518761078 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 159-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ying-kit Chan

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

21St Century ◽

Local Level ◽

Silk Road ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

United Nations Educational ◽

World Heritage List ◽

Maritime Silk Road ◽

Chinese Scholars

This article suggests that Chinese scholars in Guangdong, through historical work endorsed or sponsored by their government, justify the inclusion of Southeast Asian nations in the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative. In doing so, they seek to add the MSR to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. By exploring how historians and officials adhere to the expectations of the Chinese state and UNESCO in highlighting Guangdong’s role in the 21st-century MSR initiative, the article examines the production of cultural heritage at the local level in contemporary China.

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PROTECTION OF THE RURAL DESTINATIONS AS THE WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES: INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES

Services in Russia and abroad ◽

10.12737/21818 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 18-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Олег Афанасьев ◽

Oleg Afanasiev

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

World Heritage ◽

Point Of View ◽

Resource Base ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

World Heritage List ◽

The World ◽

Agricultural Tourism

The article discusses the concept of “agrоcultural (agricultural) heritage” and composing it objects in rural (agricultural) tourism, for which they are the most important destinations. This research object is interdisciplinary, affecting a variety of spheres, particularly, agroourism, sightseeing, services and so forth, and economy in general. Agricultural heritage includes tangible objects of agricultural and technical culture, created for the production. Such objects are saved for better and complete study and understanding of their nature, not for contemplation; they are not works of art. This heritage is anthropogenic and technological. From the scientific and methodological point of view the very understanding of the term of "agricultural heritage" is still quite uncertain. The article presents a comprehensive understanding of it based on the nature-use concept as a binary object system "Man - Nature". The available experience of classification of agricultural heritage objects is considered. Starting 2002, at the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) the criteria are developed and an inventory of objects of the world agro- cultural heritage, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), is conducted. One of the GIAHS goals is identifying objects of agricultural heritage that are most corresponding to the status of "global agricultural heritage" and their promotion for including to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The article presents for the first time ever full GIAHS list in Russian as of October, 2016. We have separated in special list 114 objects from 58 countries, corresponding in our view to the concept of "agricultural heritage" from the UNESCO World Heritage List current at the end of 2016. The article presets the attempt to classify them by 12 categories. The rating of countries in the world by the number of Agricultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites is submitted. The author notes that exactly this category of objects forms a primary resource base for the agricultural (rural) tourism development as the most important attractive destinations, especially in Europe. As the conclusions the reasons are formulated, under which agricultural tourism is a promising form of tourism organization both for individual agricultural enterprises on the basis of objects of agricultural heritage, and for the regions in which these objects are presented.

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Restoration of the cultural heritage sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the basis for intercultural dialogue and development of tourism

Turizam ◽

10.5937/turizam25-30494 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 121-133

Author(s):

Adi Ćorović ◽

Ahmed Obralić

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽

Peace Building ◽

Intercultural Dialogue ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

World Heritage List ◽

Building Process ◽

Observation Method

This study deals with the buildings and sites destroyed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly carrying cultural and historical importance. In the last two decades in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there has been an actual reconstruction or restoration of cultural heritage, some of which have been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Indeed, "facsimile" reconstruction is often the case, based on the concept "as it was, where it was". Citizens of other faiths and nationalities have often given material and/or moral support to the reconstruction of "different" religious sites, confirming the thesis that they associate one part of their identity with "different". It was the first major war in Europe after World War II, where a great number of cultural goods were destroyed as symbols related to the identities of entire nations. Therefore, the response related to the reconstructions was similar to Europe's response after 1945 and represented a contribution to reconciliation, alleviation of collective trauma, and the development of intercultural dialogue and tourism. The study included an observation method for data collection. Based on conducted observations, the archival method was used for the investigation of documents and textual material, finding data inform of historical documents on architects, designers, the purpose of the settings, constructions, reconstructions, their interaction with areas, proofs on heritage values, and significance for the tourism of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A ll the aforementioned confirms the thesis that from today's perspective, the restored or reconstructed areas are the bearers of intercultural dialogue and the tourist potential of local communities and that reconstruction as the method has a very big role in the peace-building process.

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, Tourism and the UN Sustainable Development : The Case of Croatia

Future City - Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-71819-0_19 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 341-358

Author(s):

Željka Kordej-De Villa ◽

Ivan Šulc

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

World Heritage ◽

Heritage Management ◽

Tourism Impacts ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

World Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

World Heritage List

AbstractThe chapter analyses the quality of managing cultural heritage sites in Croatia, particularly those inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List, which are under growing pressure of overtourism. The analysis was performed by using qualitative and quantitative data on visitors of the UNESCO heritage and the most important impacts of tourism on destination areas, compared to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focused on tourism and heritage. The study investigates the state of safeguarding, protecting and valorizing cultural heritage in relevant documents and in practice, focusing on Dubrovnik as a case study area. The analysis revealed the insufficient plans for managing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in relevant documents and in the field, as well as lack of monitoring of tourism impacts. The selected cases in Croatia confirmed that the most common way for heritage valorization is within the framework of tourism (McKercher and du Cros, Cultural tourism. The partnership between tourism and cultural heritage management, Routledge, New York/London, 2009), where heritage is most often associated with sustainable tourism. However, desirable regenerative tourism, that repairs the harm that has already been done, is still far from the present situation and it will require much effort in its planning, designing tools for its implementation and its management to achieve it in the near future.

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From Planning to Management of Cultural Heritage Sites: Controversies and Conflicts Between Unesco WHL Management Plans and Local Spatial Planning in South-Eastern Sicily

European Spatial Research and Policy ◽

10.1515/esrp-2015-0004 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 47-65

Author(s):

Francesco Lo Piccolo ◽

Vincenzo Todaro

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Planning System ◽

Local Planning ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

South Eastern ◽

World Heritage List ◽

Management Plans ◽

The Relationship

The paper investigates the relationship between the preservation of cultural heritage and planning in UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) sites, with special reference to the relation between Management Plans and other (local and regional) planning instruments and policies able to influence the promotion of sustainable and responsible development. This will be explored through a case study related to South-Eastern Sicilian UNESCO sites (in particular Syracuse). The analysis of this case study will point out the challenge of integrating different management and planning regimes - which mainly refer to a performative model - in a (still) very conformative planning system. The paper will show how supranational protection tools and models often lose their efficacy in relation to local planning systems.

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Prefacio II

Ge-conservacion ◽

10.37558/gec.v11i0.529 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 8

Author(s):

Nicola Masini

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

World Heritage ◽

Future Generations ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Continuous Growth ◽

World Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

World Heritage List

Awareness of the importance of preserving and transmitting cultural heritage to future generations has been growing enormously over the last two decades. An indicator of this is the continuous growth in the number of cultural heritage sites and monuments inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list, which passed from 551 in 1987 to 1054 in 2016. Furthermore, the gap that once divided Europe and Northern America from other countries in terms of protection policies, development of practices and procedures for the restoration has been reduced. However, in the last two decades the number of World Heritage sites in danger strongly increased, passing from 10 in 1987 to 37 in 2016.

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