CyArc Europe - Introduction and operational framework
1. DEDICATE Seminar
21 October 2013
Adam Frost
Introduction and operational framework
CyArk Europe is a registered charity in Scotland, number: SC044310
2. Our Mission
CyArk is dedicated to the digital preservation of cultural
heritage sites through the use of innovative methods,
to collect, archive, and provide open access to data
created by laser scanning, digital 3D modelling, and
other state of the art technologies.
3. Natural and anthropogenic threats
Urban Sprawl
Arson
Pyramids at Giza, Egypt Sungnyemun Gate, Seoul, South Korea
Flooding
Piazza San
Marco, Venice, Italy
7. The Scottish Ten project
CyArk, in partnership with Historic Scotland and the Glasgow School of Art’s Digital Design
Studio aims to digitally document 5 Scottish UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 5
international cultural heritage sites.
8. So far, 9 cultural heritage sites have been documented, including 5 Scottish sites:
New Lanark
Neolithic
Orkney
The Antonine
Wall
Edinburgh Old
and New Town
St Kilda
9. Working with partner countries to record 5 international sites (field data for 4
completed):
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The Eastern
Qing
Tombs, China
Rani Ki Vav,
India
Mount
The Sydney
Rushmore, US Opera House,
Australia
Unannounced
10. CyArk’s operation
• Individually funded projects
• Philanthropic donations
• Working with partners
– Skills and knowledge transfer
– Dataset donation
– In kind support
11. Digital documentation overview
Project
workflow
Data collection
Receipt of external data
Processing
Consumption (deliverables)
Dissemination and presentation
Archival ingestion and storage
Data/metadata
management
12. Handling data
• Appropriate operational best practice
– Ensure file-level metadata is maintained, e.g. Exif
– Consistency of RAW and lossless formats
– No decimation, reduction, sub-sampling or
compression of data
• Security and fixity
– Storage redundancy and multiple backups
– Monitor integrity of data with checksums
13. Data collection
Digital documentation tools and methodologies
Principal capture techniques include:
- Laser scanning survey
- HDR digital photography
- Photogrammetry
15. Producing deliverables
Common project outputs
and media include:
• Rendered animations
• Textured 3D models
• Architectural CAD
drawings (and other
survey outputs)
• Interactive game
environments
• Panoramic virtual tours
St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of
London
17. Archive
Practice
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Standardising dataset structure
Conversion from proprietary to open formats
Format specific conversion: e.g. Point clouds –
ASCII XYZRGB/I point data
Generating ingestion metadata
System
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Scalable 2PB LTFS with Crossroads Strongbox
Media and data integrity verification (checksum)
Periodic off-site backup to secure, underground
Iron Mountain facility
Data migration
18. Dissemination
• Database driven website
• Embracing open access
– Site multimedia released
under Creative Commons
license
– Free access to 3D viewer for
point cloud data and 3D
models
– Lesson plans (K-12
education)
• Developed own tools…
19. Web
• Project/site information
and historical context
• Links to interactive
educational content,
lesson plans
• Designed to be socialmedia friendly, e.g.
unique content URLs
and comment system
20. SiteManager
• Bespoke web based
GIS
• Embedded
multimedia content
with metadata from
datasets
• Management with
content type filters,
layers, hierarchies
and sub-areas
21. 3D viewing tools
Church of St. Trophime, France
3D model & point cloud
viewer
• Measurable
• Perspective /
orthographic
• RGB/Intensity
• Clipping box
1.9m pts
338k pts