On the Use of Geographic Information in Humanities Research Infrastructure: A Case Study on Cultural Heritage

Abstract

Abstract:As an invaluable source of knowledge about the past, cultural heritage may be an important element of the humanities research infrastructure, along with other elements, such as spatial references. Therefore, this paper attempts to provide an answer to the questions concerning the ways in which spatial information can contribute to the development of this infrastructure and the aspects of storytelling based on cultural resources that can be supported by such infrastructure. The objective of the methodology that was used was to combine the aspects that refer to spatial information and cultural items into a single, common issue, and to describe them in a formalized way with use of Unified Modeling Language (UML). As a result, the study presents a proposal of the Humanities Infrastructure Architecture based on spatially-oriented movable cultural items, taking into account their use in the context of interoperability, along with the concept of creating spatial databases that would include movable monuments. The authors also demonstrate that the ISO 19100 series of geographical information standards may be a source of interesting conceptual solutions that may be used in the process of the standardization of geographical information that was recorded in the descriptions of cultural heritage items in form of metadata and data structure descriptions.

Evaluating Cultural Landscape Remediation Design Based on VR Technology

“…This study has three analytical components: firstly, the remediation design for the "Linjun Culture" through the collective memory of the Tujia family and the unique characteristics of the Tujia settlement area, which also proposes an "activation + remediation" scheme to ensure the integrity of the national ecological barrier [27,28]; secondly, the VR evaluation uses VR technology to quantitatively analyze the visual aesthetic effect of the remediation design; and finally, a field environmental data comparison, which collects water data for environmental quality comparison analysis to verify the feasibility of the method, as is shown in Figure 2.…”

Infrastructure of the Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) Based on Examples of Italy and Poland

“…To this end, catalogued information that is standardized to international ISO standards is used, which ensures the integrity of national data and data consistency at the international level [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Researchers are developing conceptual models to allow geographic data to be implemented in geographic information systems in accordance with the ISO 19.100 family standards [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] and also to allow an assessment of the quality of geographic information in accordance with the ISO 19.100 family of national geoporlations to be carried out [2,23,[33][34][35][36][37]. According to Leibovici and others [38], it is important to strive to separate the QA process from the DCDF stage, while integrating them within an approach that is analogous to the Bayesian paradigm; this ISO quality criterion cannot be rejected.…”

Map Metadata: the Basis of the Retrieval System of Digital Collections

“…Networked spatial information not only allows for location-based resource searches, but also makes the exploration of topographic relationships possible [4]. The implementation of a geographic interface makes it much easier to find maps of a specific area [5]. However, it is not sufficient for a comprehensive retrieval.…”

“…Therefore, the first research question is: what kind of information about old maps should be stored in metadata to describe them in terms of space, time, content and context to increase their interoperability? The implementation of a geographic interface makes it much easier to find maps of a specific area [5]. However, it is not sufficient for a comprehensive retrieval.…”