An Integrated Approach to 3D Web Visualization of Cultural Heritage Heterogeneous Datasets

The evolution of the high-quality 3D archaeological representations from niche products to integrated online media has not yet been completed. Digital archives of the field often lack multimodal data interoperability, user interaction and intelligibility. A web-based cultural heritage archive that c...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 21; p. 2508
Main Authors: Boutsi, Argyro-Maria, Ioannidis, Charalabos, Soile, Sofia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2019
Subjects:
3-D graphics
3d visualization
Annotations
Archaeology
Archives & records
case studies
Climate change
Collaboration
computer software
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
data collection
data retrieval
Datasets
Documentation
georeferencing
Historic buildings & sites
Information processing
Information retrieval
Inspection
Integrated approach
Intelligibility
Interactive systems
interactivity
Internet
Interoperability
JavaScript
Multimedia
Museums
Open source software
Photogrammetry
Programming languages
Public domain
Publishing
Real time
Remote sensing
remote sensing archaeology
structure from motion photogrammetry
Three dimensional models
User interface
Visualization
ISSN:2072-4292, 2072-4292
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Summary:The evolution of the high-quality 3D archaeological representations from niche products to integrated online media has not yet been completed. Digital archives of the field often lack multimodal data interoperability, user interaction and intelligibility. A web-based cultural heritage archive that compensates for these issues is presented in this paper. The multi-resolution 3D models constitute the core of the visualization on top of which supportive documentation data and multimedia content are spatial and logical connected. Our holistic approach focuses on the dynamic manipulation of the 3D scene through the development of advanced navigation mechanisms and information retrieval tools. Users parse the multi-modal content in a geo-referenced way through interactive annotation systems over cultural points of interest and automatic narrative tours. Multiple 3D and 2D viewpoints are enabled in real-time to support data inspection. The implementation exploits front-end programming languages, 3D graphic libraries and visualization frameworks to handle efficiently the asynchronous operations and preserve the initial assets’ accuracy. The choice of Greece’s Meteora, UNESCO world site, as a case study accounts for the platform’s applicability to complex geometries and large-scale historical environments.
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ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs11212508