Fulong Chen 1,2, Nicola Masini 3, Ruixia Yang 1,2, Pietro Milillo 4, Dexian Feng 5 and Rosa Lasaponara 1,6,* 1 Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 9 Dengzhuang South Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, China; [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (R.Y.) 2 International Centre on Space Technologies for...

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has developed several high-resolution 3D imaging systems as well as data modeling and display software for heritage recording applications. Numerous pilot applications development projects have been undertaken in collaboration with several Canadian museums as well as with international partners in China, Italy, the USA, the UK, France and Israel. Th...

This paper briefly describes the basic concepts and current status of portal sites that National Institute of Informatics (NII) is involved in the design and operation for the Digital Silk Roads (DSR) Project. These portal sites aim at disseminating and sharing cultural heritage information related to Silk Roads. This paper introduces two portal sites, namely Toyo Bunko Portal, and Advanced Sci...

Documentary heritage is permanently subject to suffering from physical, chemical, and/or biological alterations. Biological deterioration by microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) causes undesirable changes on material properties. Microorganisms affect different organic, natural or synthetic substrates (cellulose, polycarbonates), metals, and compounds of optical and magnetic devices (CD, VHS). Pa...

This paper presents a conceptual analysis of the essay by Paktovsky (1901) which concentrates on the works by Chekhov. The urgency of the research is determined by the significance of the literary figure for the history of Russian criticism of the 19th – 20th centuries, the importance of his vision concerning the writing of the authors of Russian literature of the turn of the century, as well a...

Monumental tombs are among the most important monuments of contemporary Iran; they have become the symbol of different cities over time and attracted the attention of the audiences with various tastes. This study tries to explain the architectural components that affect the durability of these buildings and answers these questions: What are the architectural components of the emergence of form ...

Virtual reality technology has been applied to the protection of cultural heritage for about 20 years. However, methods or systems of cultural heritage reported in previous studies are still unable to represent large-scale cultural heritage sites such as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Struve Geodetic Arc and the boundaries of the Roman Empire. We aimed at constructing a large-scale cultu...

Being able to explore large digital collections effectively is of interest to both academics and practitioners alike. The need to go beyond the provision of keyword-driven functionality to features that support exploration and discovery is widely recognised. In addition, providers are seeking to support more diverse groups of users with varying information needs and tasks. Increasing amounts of...

The rich cultural heritage is gradually loosing its value, respect and identity. The present generation is focusing on outside changes with drastic influences and not realizing the damage caused on the withering of their cultural traditions. This paper seeks to discuss the importance of literature as a vehicle for the preservation of cultural heritage in relation to some of many major issues ta...

On August 12, 2010 the Clark County Historical Society unveiled a permanent exhibit entitled "The Archaeology of Clark County" in the Heritage Center of Clark County, located at 117 South Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio. This exhibit contains numerous artifacts, which for many years had been on display in the museum in Memorial Hall, the former home of the Clark County Historical Society. Ab...