Producing location-based heritage apps using only a ZIP file

0521676 - ARÚ 2020 RIV AT eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Wurzer, G. - Reschreiter, H. - Poppenwimmer, F. - Unger, Jiří - Lobinger, Ch. - Hemker, Ch.
Producing location-based heritage apps using only a ZIP file.
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies 2018. Vienna: Museen der Stadt Wien - Stadtarchäologie, 2019 - (Börner, W.; Uhlirz, S.). CHNT, 23. ISBN 978-3-200-06576-5.
[Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies /23./ - Visual Heritage 2018. Vienna (AT), 12.11.2018-15.11.2018]
Grant ostatní: European Union(XE) CE947
Program: Interreg
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: archaeology * mobile application * virtual reality * location-based app
Obor OECD: Archaeology
https://www.chnt.at/ebook_chnt23_wurzer_locationbasedheritageapps/

Presentation of heritage may use a variety of media ranging from VR/AR to more classical ones such as video, images and text. During the course of the VirtualArch Interreg Project, the authors have implemented a framework that allows archaeologists and heritage experts to produce location-based cell-phone apps containing these kinds of media themselves, using only a ZIP file which is uploaded to a portal and automatically transformed into an app. However, eliminating the technical barrier is only one aspect that the project focuses on. More importantly, the presented approach reduces the time needed for app production to a matter of hours rather than months spent talking to app programmers who may or may not deliver a location-based app as intended by the archeologist or heritage expert who acts as a client, in our approach, there is no gap between client and app producer, both is done by the experts themselves, at no costs, using the content they choose to put on a map (e.g. images, videos, panoramas, 3D models and texts). Since this production process can be repeated for different target groups or even individual visitors, specialists can now offer a multitude of individualized location-based apps which can be constantly updated to reflect the state of the art. This paper presents the underlying concepts and technical details used by our approach, starting from conventions with ZIP file naming and contents, extending to map caching and custom tilesets being used, before discussing lessons learned during field tests.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306272