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    • Interdisciplinary Dialogue Towards an Enhanced Understanding of Optical Techniques for Recording Material Cultural Heritage - Results of a COST Action 

      Boochs, Frank; Bentkowska-Kafel, Anna; Wefers, Stefanie (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The COST Transdomain Action TD1201, Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage [COSb], 2012-2016, contributes to the conservation and preservation of cultural heritage (CH) by enhancing shared understanding, between experts ...
    • 3D Object Spatial- consistent Texture Maps Appropriate for 2D Image Processing 

      Ioannakis, George; Koutsoudis, Anestis; Chamzas, Christos (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The aim of this work is to generate a spatial-consistent UV maps of a 3D object's texture suitable for 2D image processing algorithms. An approach to produce such a fully spatially consistent UV mapping suitable for image ...
    • Toward a Multimodal Photogrammetric Acquisition and Processing Methodology for Monitoring Conservation and Restoration Studies 

      Pamart, Anthony; Guillon, Odile; Vallet, Jean-Marc; Luca, Livio De (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      Close-range photogrammetry is nowadays a common technique applied to acquire 3D data on Cultural Heritage (CH) artifacts. Image-based modeling are indeed providing useful resources for the documentation and the conservation ...
    • Accelerating Point Cloud Cleaning 

      Mulder, Rickert L.; Marais, Patrick (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      A laser scanning campaign to capture the geometry of a large heritage site can produce thousands of high resolution range scans. These must be cleaned to remove noise and artefacts. To accelerate the cleaning task, we can ...
    • ArchAIDE - Archaeological Automatic Interpretation and Documentation of cEramics 

      Gualandi, Maria Letizia; Scopigno, Roberto; Wolf, Lior; Richards, Julian; Garrigos, Jaume Buxeda i; Heinzelmann, Michael; Hervas, Miguel Angel; Vila, Llorenc; Zallocco, Massimo (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The goals of H2020 project "ArchAIDE: are to support the classification and interpretation work of archaeologists with innovative computer-based tools, able to provide the user with features for the semi-automatic description ...
    • GRAVITATE: Geometric and Semantic Matching for Cultural Heritage Artefacts 

      Phillips, Stephen C.; Walland, Paul W.; Modafferi, Stefano; Dorst, Leo; Spagnuolo, Michela; Catalano, Chiara Eva; Oldman, Dominic; Tal, Ayellet; Shimshoni, Ilan; Hermon, Sorin (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The GRAVITATE project is developing techniques that bring together geometric and semantic data analysis to provide a new and more effective method of re-associating, reassembling or reunifying cultural objects that have ...
    • 3D Documentation and Semantic Aware Representation of Cultural Heritage: the INCEPTION Project 

      Giulio, Roberto Di; Maietti, Federica; Piaia, Emanuele (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      As part of 3D integrated survey applied to Cultural Heritage, digital documentation is gradually emerging as effective support of many different information in addition to the shape, morphology and dimensional data. The ...
    • Conservation Digital Report: Standard Documentation in Cultural Heritage 

      Baratin, Laura; Scicolone, Giovanna; Lonati, Stefano (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The 'documentation', in general terms, is the need to gather informations collected for a specific topic so they can be available now and in the future. Obtaining the information is a process that involves many steps: the ...
    • Digital Epigraphic Heritage Made Simple: an Android App for Exploring 3D Roman Inscriptions 

      Ramírez, Manuel; Suárez, Jose Pablo; Trujillo, Agustín; Fernández, Pablo; Santana, Jose Miguel; Ortega, Sebastián (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      Spain keeps an exceptional epigraphic heritage, dated from the Roman civilization, that integrates thousands of Latin inscriptions nowadays disseminated along the Iberian peninsula. For many purposes such as education, ...
    • On-site AR Interface based on Web-based 3D Database for Cultural Heritage in Egypt 

      Yasumuro, Yoshihiro; Matsushita, Ryosuke; Higo, Tokihisa; Suita, Hiroshi (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      We have been developing a web-based 3D archiving system for supporting the diverse specialties and nationalities needed for carrying out the survey and restoration work of the archaeological project at the Mastaba of Idout ...
    • CHER-Ob: A Tool for Shared Analysis in Cultural Heritage 

      Shi, Weiqi; Kotoula, Eleni; Akoglu, Kiraz; Yang, Ying; Rushmeier, Holly (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The study of cultural heritage involves many different activities, including digital data visualization, information analysis and sharing results. Current technologies focus on providing better tools for data representation ...
    • Representation and Visualization of Urban Fabric through Historical Documents 

      Samuel, John; Périnaud, Clémentine; Servigne, Sylvie; Gay, Georges; Gesquière, Gilles (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      Documents serve an important role in understanding change in urban fabric. The available multidimensional (spatial, temporal and thematic) information in these documents narrate not only the various features of the elements ...
    • Vis-à-vis with Leonardo. Designing Digital Encounters 

      Ceconello, Mauro; Spallazzo, Davide (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The paper describes, frames and analyses the exhibit Leonardo Plays Leonardo. Milan. Life. Nature. at Fondazione Stelline in Milan. This gesture-based interactive installation, located in the cloister of Palazzo delle ...
    • 3D Semantic Modelling of Scale Models from 2D Historical Plans 

      Chevrier, Christine (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      The French collection of Plans-Reliefs, scale models of fortified towns, are an exceptional architectural heritage. Many cities, represented on these plans-reliefs, would like to expose, develop and exploit this historical ...
    • Semantic Structuring and 3D Modeling of Masonry Structure 

      Jacquot, Kévin; Luca, Livio De (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      Studies of architectural heritage require tight control over spatial data. It is an prerequisite for the representation, analysis, conservation and structural restoration of architectural heritage. As regards the morphology ...
    • Using Flash Photography and Image-Based Rendering to Document Cultural Heritage Artifacts 

      Tetzlaff, Michael; Meyer, Gary (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      A novel image-based rendering system is proposed for documenting cultural heritage artifacts. The system utilizes backscattering photography to acquire the initial pictures and derives estimates for the object's diffuse ...
    • A Practical Reflectance Transformation Imaging Pipeline for Surface Characterization in Cultural Heritage 

      Ciortan, Irina Mihaela; Pintus, Ruggero; Marchioro, Giacomo; Daffara, Claudia; Giachetti, Andrea; Gobbetti, Enrico (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      We present a practical acquisition and processing pipeline to characterize the surface structure of cultural heritage objects. Using a free-form Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) approach, we acquire multiple digital ...
    • 3-D Digital Preservation of At-Risk Global Cultural Heritage 

      Lercari, Nicola; Shulze, Jurgen; Wendrich, Willeke; Porter, Benjamin; Burton, Margie; Levy, Thomas E. (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      Recent current events have dramatically highlighted the vulnerability of the world's material cultural heritage. The 3-D Digital Preservation of At-Risk Global Cultural Heritage project, led by Thomas Levy at UC San Diego, ...
    • 3D in-world Telepresence With Camera-Tracked Gestural Interaction 

      Champion, Erik Malcolm; Qiang, Li; Lacet, Demetrius; Dekker, Andrew (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      While many education institutes use Skype, Google Chat or other commercial video-conferencing applications, these applications are not suitable for presenting architectural or urban design or archaeological information, ...
    • Interactive 3D Exploration of a Virtual Sculpture Collection: an Analysis of User Behavior in Museum Settings 

      Agus, Marco; Marton, Fabio; Bettio, Fabio; Gobbetti, Enrico (The Eurographics Association, 2016)
      We present a usage analysis of an interactive system for the exploration of highly detailed 3D models of a collection of protostoric mediterranean sculptures. In this system, after selecting the object of interest inside ...