Implementing Digital Cultural Heritage Map

Abstract

Digital Cultural Heritage Map is a dynamic, webbased application that combines web-mapping, digital archives and multimedia. User-generated content can be manipulated from a back-end CMS. Application's goal is to gather spatial cultural data of a geographic area. This paper presents the designing and implementation process of the application. We present the philosophy and the guidelines that influenced the functionality and the interface of the application's website. We also describe the details and innovations that brought our application to life and made it suitable for PC and mobile. The Greek county of Aitoloakarnania is our area of interest.Web-mapping; html5; culture heritage; responsive design, user interface

Usability of data-oriented user interfaces for cultural heritage: A systematic mapping study

“…In many of these works [7,58,63,70], ontologies and other structures are used to standardise the information to highlight historical and cultural associations [26,55,58] and to generate recommendations [7,50,52]. The aggregation of digital archives with its geospatial information is also proposed [56,59].…”

“…Related to tourism, georeference permit to link narratives and add layers of information on intangible CH [35,37,43,44,56]. We may find interfaces that maximise tourist experiences according to their interests [25,39,45,47,48,52,59] or recreate the historic environment representing the original fac xades of restored buildings [33,60].…”

“…The largest group is conformed by 39 articles about interfaces intended for the dissemination of CH to the general public. Some authors focus on users with no previous experience [57,59], provide contextual information to outdoors locations for tourists [45,48,68], while others focus on a particular user's age, like school children [39,53,69]. There are three studies about applications for the general public that are intended for preservation of CH; while it sounds odd that the intended users are not conservators, these applications aim at preserving heritage by digitising and creating online exhibitions or recommending a museum tour to disseminate identity heritage and cultural diversity [39,53,69].…”

Integrating User-Centered Design with the Agile Software Development Methodology for a Cultural Heritage Information System

“…It became necessary for researchers and heritage institutions to recognise the fragility and vulnerability of cultural heritage that could pose the risk of destruction in wars [9], natural disasters [10], or pollution [11]. Various research has been carried out over the last decade with the aim of conserving, preserving and promoting cultural heritage, such as digitising libraries and archives [12], [13], [14], web and mobile applications [15], [16], [17], [18], game-based applications [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], the incorporation of Internet of Things (IoT) technology [24], [25], and the use of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) [26], [27], [28], [29].…”

“…As digital libraries are considered to be an outdated way of digitizing heritage information, research and heritage institutions are introducing a web-based or mobile application to make cultural heritage more accessible. This effort has been demonstrated by Hausmann, Weuster, and Nouri-Fritsche [15] through MOSAICA, a web-based toolbox dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage [16], the Digital Cultural Heritage Map (DCHM), an interactive application that allows users to discover 3D elements while answering questions related to culture [17], and a mobile application to promote Maltese Cultural Heritage on behalf of Malta Tourism Authority. The implementation of other aspects of digital heritage information has also been carried out.…”