Web Platforms for Cultural Heritage Management: The Parco Archeologico Del Colosseo Case Study

Abstract

Abstract. This paper describes the digitization test of Fonte Giuturna (Giuturna spring) in the Roman Forum area, from survey to data management through the in-use monitoring system, the WebApp SyPEAH of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. The location of Giuturna Spring, characterized by the presence of heterogeneous archaeological remains from different ages, was surveyed in May 2022 as part of a research project that aimed to superintend the entire Cultural Heritage digitization pipeline to provide the Archaeological Park Administration the digitization guidelines as a tool to standardize future surveys and data deliveries.Inspired by the desire to build a system of protection and conservation at the service of sustainable exploitation, SyPEAH is a web platform based on open-source modules designed to manage archaeological records with a WebGIS approach. It supports the use of several 3D data formats, including point clouds. The paper focuses on the web platform, describing the web app’s main features, especially in terms of point cloud data management. Moreover, possible future development of the platform intended to implement usability for single archaeological objects is described.

An Open-Source Web Platform for 3D Documentation and Storytelling of Hidden Cultural Heritage

“…This open-source library, supporting different data formats, is optimised for rendering large point clouds in web browsers and for easily sharing online georeferenced products of laser scanning and photogrammetric surveys. Thanks to its native functionalities that ranges from the visualisation of classified point clouds to the execution of simple geometric measurements, Potree is widely used in data sharing and visualization of digitised CH sites for management [27,39] or restoration planning purposes [40,41], enhancing its potential in team cooperation. This approach is particularly useful also for sharing information on sites located in remote areas or affected by limited accessibility [13,24,30,42] as well as for visualising the results of multisource 3D data integration [43,44].…”