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THE VIRTUALIZATION OF CH FOR HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION: THE AR FRUITION OF THE FOUNTAIN OF ST. GEORGE SQUARE IN VALLETTA (MALTA)
- Source :
- The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XLIV-4-W1-2020, Pp 143-149 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Copernicus GmbH, 2020.
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Abstract
- Improving accessibility to Cultural Heritage (CH) is an increasingly urgent challenge today. It is not only a matter of physical inaccessibility but also temporal, considering that part of CH now lost. Fortunately, the most modern technological tools are helping to break down both space and time barriers. In facts, recent advances in representation, 3D modelling and survey methodologies opened new scenarios for valorization and conservation of CH. In particular, the improvement of quality in resolution and sensor sensitivity of cameras allowed to achieve the right level of 3D reconstruction through digital photogrammetry procedures. In the same field, terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) allowed acquiring dense point clouds of complex environments with a millimetric level of accuracy. At the same time, the application of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies is an excellent solution for improving the accessibility to monuments, museums and archaeological sites. It is possible to share new levels of information about CH, in space and time, for touristic, managerial and scientific aims. This work is focused on the virtualization of CH, considering the study case of the fountain of Wignacourt, today present in St. Philip Garden in Floriana and initially located in Valletta (Malta). The application presented allows the virtual fruition of the monument placed in its original location, St. George Square. A simplified plant of the square will enable tourists to make a temporal journey in the past with their mobile device. The work is part of the Interreg Italia-Malta European project named I-Access, dedicated to the improvement of CH accessibility. It focuses the attention to the experimentation of new specific procedures in Geomatics necessary to solve big data issues of complex environment visualization.
- Subjects :
- lcsh:Applied optics. Photonics
Architectural engineering
Computer science
Big data
Geomatics
AR, VR, TLS, UAV, Photogrammetry, 3D modelling
Virtual reality
computer.software_genre
lcsh:Technology
01 natural sciences
0502 economics and business
lcsh:T
business.industry
010401 analytical chemistry
05 social sciences
lcsh:TA1501-1820
Virtualization
0104 chemical sciences
Cultural heritage
lcsh:TA1-2040
Augmented reality
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Fountain
business
Mobile device
computer
Settore ICAR/06 - Topografia E Cartografia
050212 sport, leisure & tourism
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21949034
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d8853ba1df8ef4f19a881a26a7ef018
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliv-4-w1-2020-143-2020