Author: Christiana Polycarpou

Tools of The Trade

Tools of The Trade

Posted by | Apr 19, 2018 | |

The tools of the trade for digital preservation continue to improve thanks to advances in technology and research. As the technology improves, these tools also become smaller and cheaper making them more accessible to the heritage preservation communities around the world, too. Below is a short list of the tools that initiatives like CyArk are using to digitally document, preserve and share our global heritage. 3D Laser Scanning Scanning the Al Azem Palace by Project Anqa Partners (From the collection of CyArk) This is a non-destructive technology that digitally captures the surface and dimensions of physical objects using laser light (also...

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Propositions of the ViMM Milestone Event 12-13 April 2018, Berlin

Propositions of the ViMM Milestone Event 12-13 April 2018, Berlin

Posted by | Apr 18, 2018 | |

‘ViMM moves on in Berlin towards a Manifesto and Roadmap for Digital Cultural Heritage. At its consensus-building workshop on 12/13 April, 100+ experts helped refine and prioritise over 40 Propositions emerging from the  7 Thematic Areas. See the results  [here].  The next task is to transform and synthesise this work into a coherent whole. Please comment or contribute on the ViMM Forum for this topic. Your views are...

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A Slovenian SME boosts Copernicus data access for citizens with free visualisation tools

A Slovenian SME boosts Copernicus data access for citizens with free visualisation tools

Posted by | Apr 17, 2018 | , |

Copernicus was initially designed with the aim of providing decisions makers, the scientific community, entrepreneurs and established businesses with a set of ready-to-use information services that address, amongst other applications, environmental and security-related themes. Thanks to the development of broadband (mobile) internet, mobile devices, cloud storage and processing, etc. Copernicus data and information are now at everyone’s fingertips. More and more data access services are becoming available through private companies and third parties. One of these services, Sentinel Hub provides free visualisation web services for exploring and discovering Sentinel data. It was developed by Sinergise, a Slovenian SME operating...

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ViMM Milestone Event 12-13 April 2018, Berlin

ViMM Milestone Event 12-13 April 2018, Berlin

Posted by | Apr 16, 2018 | |

The ViMM consensus building event in Berlin on 12 and 13 April, involved 100+ experts in Digital Cultural Heritage in reshaping and helping prioritise over 40 Propositions for the ViMM Manifesto and Roadmap on the future of Digital Cultural Heritage in Europe. The results will be posted on the ViMM Platform and media for further consultation over the coming days. Please join the discussion and help guide us by commenting on the Platform forum and on social...

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