IOSA.it Open Archaeology

In the past years the advance of modern EDP has turned more and more archaeologists from mere computer users to developers of tailor-made computer applications. However, it turned out that there was a clear lack of co-ordination and co-operation on these issues in Austrian archaeology. Therefore an initiative was started to establish a platform for experts to exchange information on the development of single-standard applications, to solve problems, and to intensify cooperation in this field.
The Workshop on Archaeology and Computers was founded in 1996 by the Vienna Research Society on Urban Archaeology, the Urban Archaeology Division of Municipal Department 7 (Cultural Affairs), and Municipal Department 14 (Automated Electronic Data Processing, Information and Communications Technologies). Since then the workshop has been held in Vienna in autumn every year. In addition to archaeologists, the workshop soon attracted experts from many other fields and various countries in Europe, such as computer specialists, public sector representatives from municipal institutions and private sector representatives. For their 30-minute lectures, most speakers used PCs to present their work more effectively. All presentations have been published in the documentation for the corresponding workshop documentation. Since the third workshop in 1998 the documentation has been available on CD.

A joint event for the exchange and sharing of know-how in the areas of Cultural Heritage (CH) and Information Technology (IT) focusing on e-documentation and 3D Computer Graphics:

The 37th CIPA International Workshop dedicated on e-Documentation and Standardisation in Cultural Heritage (http://cipa.icomos.org)

The 7th VAST International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

The 4th Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (http://www.eg.org)

The 1st Euro-Med Conference on IT in Cultural Heritage.

EPOCH General Assembly (see conference programme)

EPOCH SME meeting (see conference programme)

The 6th RecorDIM meeting (http://extranet.getty.edu/gci/recordim)

The event will provide an opportunity to exchange opinions, experiences and proposals on the best practice and tools to document, preserve and manage the Cultural Heritage, whether architectural, archaeological and/or natural. The main goal of the event is to illustrate the programs underway, whether organised by public bodies (e.g. UNESCO, European Union, National States, etc.) or by private foundations (e.g. Getty Foundation, World Heritage Foundation, etc.) in order to promote a common approach to the tasks of recording, documenting, protecting and managing the World Cultural Heritage


To reach this ambitious goal the topics covered will include experiences in the use of innovative recording technologies & methods and how to take best advantage of the results obtained to build up new instruments and improved methodologies for documenting and managing the Cultural Heritage

ORGANIZERS

• CNR-ITABC - Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage, Rome
• UNIVERSITY OF SIENA - Department of Medieval Archaeology, Laboratory of Landscapes Archaeology and Remote Sensing (LAP&T)

TOPICS
Remote sensing, archaeology, landscape, environment, ecosystem, image processing, virtual reality, 3D visualization, conservation, geophysics, photogrammetry, open source and Web-GIS.
In October 2004, the International Conference on Remote Sensing Archaeology was organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and hosted by the Joint Laboratory of Remote Sensing Archaeology (JLRSA). In that context an international team of experts was created in order to promote multidisciplinary activities of remote sensing archaeology in the entire world.
In 2006, the conference will be organized in Rome at the National Research Council (main building) with particular attention to the study and the conservation of archaeological and ancient landscapes through integrated technologies and virtual reality.