This chapter introduces digital libraries as a means of cultural heritage access and diffusion. It argues that digital libraries, combined with superimposed information techniques, offers a potentially more substantive approach to understanding the historical documentation analysis problem. Furthermore, the authors hope that understanding the documental and technological assumptions constructs ...

Over the last ten years, the efficacy of heritage as a public good in society has been in steady decline. In 2006, the Productivity Commission (PCR 2006) inquired into the management of Australia’s historical heritage places. It found that more than 90% of the approximate 150,000 listed items nationwide is privately owned, but recommended nonetheless that Australian governments (Federal, State ...

Asia is urbanising rapidly. Current urbanisation practices often compromise sustainability, prosperity, and local quality of life while context-sensitive alternatives show very limited impact. A third way necessary to integrate mass-production, heritage, human values. As part UNICITI’s initiative, Third Way Building Asian Cities, we propose a scalable replicable methodology which captures uniqu...

Cultural heritage contents are commonly offered by touristic mobile applications, but it is possible to explore deeper the subject and add AR elements to create an immersive approach. The adaptation of an art-oriented tool reveals some of the possibilities to display cultural heritage content in real case scenario without any large technical experience. It also presents the difficulties on deal...

The paper briefly describes the objectives and technological issues of PAST, a project aimed at assisting visitors of archaeological sites in understanding cultural heritage. Pilot installations are being developed at three sites, Bibracte in France, Passo di Corvo in Italy and Toumba in Greece.

This paper is concerned with the evaluation and potential of IS for archaeology and cultural tourism. We call the support of cultural heritage communication with ICT “e-heritage systems” (e-HS). Many advanced ICTs are involved in cultural projects. In this paper we shall primarily focus on evaluating the a priori potential of e-HS for fully exploiting the communicative potential of ICT. This pa...

This paper presents the methodological approach and the actual workflow for creating the 3D digital reconstruction in time of the ancient Roman Circus of Milan, which is presently covered completely by the urban fabric of the modern city. The diachronic reconstruction is based on a proper mix of quantitative data originated by current 3D surveys and historical sources, such as ancient maps, dra...