Multiple Visualization Web Approach for Cultural Heritage Objects

Abstract

Usually the diffusion and sharing of cultural heritage documented 3D models on the web are not first of concern for scholars due to the fear of losing the intellectual property related to them. Sometimes the interaction and navigation of virtual objects via the World Wide Web is also problematic due to their dimension (number of triangles), when high-definition has to be preserved. In this paper we propose a mash up methodology, for a multiple approach to visualize 3D models over the internet. After the digitization of a marble statue placed in the Medieval Museum of the city of Bologna, according to the well known 3D pipeline (from the laser scan survey to the texturing process), we assembled together different solutions for sharing the model on the web.

Out of the archaeologist's desk drawer: communicating archaeological data online

“…a 3D model whose resolution remains constant during the navigation protecting the intellectual property rights (Abate et al, 2011(Abate et al, , 2012Jiménez Fernandez-Palacios et al 2013). …”

Digitally-Assisted Stone Carving of a Relief Sculpture for the Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada

“…Coupling the acquisition technology with digital fabrication technology can potentially expand the contributions of heritage documentation in the preservation of heritage assets. The monitoring of heritage assets (Salonia et al, 2011), the creation of 2-D line drawings (Angelini et al, 2011), online interactive models (Abate et al, 2011) and the creation of BIM models (Fai et al, 2013), is a non-exhaustive list illustrating the broad spectrum of uses for digital acquisition datasets. However, using the datasets from heritage recording for digital fabrication has had significantly less study.…”