Abstract
The relevance of local knowledge in cultural heritage is by now acknowledged. It helps to determine many community-based projects by identifying the material to be digitally maintained in multimedia collections provided by communities of volunteers, rather than for-profit businesses or government entities. Considering that the search and browsing of texts, images, video, and 3D models related to places is more essential than using a simple text-based search, an interactive multimedia map was implemented in this study. The map, which is loaded on a single HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), with a client-side control mechanism utilising jQuery components that are both freely available and ad-hoc developed, is updated according to user interaction. To simplify the publication of geo-referenced information, the application stores all the data in a Geographic JavaScript Object Notation (GeoJSON) file rather than in a database. The multimedia contents—associated with the selected Points of Interest (PoIs)—can be selected through text search and list browsing as well as by viewing their previews one by one in a sequence all together in a scrolling window (respectively: “Table”, “Folder”, and “Tile” functions). PoIs—visualised on the map with multi-shape markers using a set of unambiguous colours—can be filtered through their categories and types, accessibility status and timeline, thus improving the system usability. The map functions are illustrated using data collected in a Comenius project. Notes on the application software and architecture are also presented in this paper.
Highlights
The value and significance of local knowledge in cultural heritage and the importance of preserving it for future generations is already recognised
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Summary
The value and significance of local knowledge in cultural heritage and the importance of preserving it for future generations is already recognised. 2. IDnitfefrearcetnivt eapMparopaCchasees Stotumdaiepsping PoIs are illustrated below through the analysis of the interfaces and architectures of the interactive maps of Cyprus, Malta, and Japan. A comparative table of their featuresD—iffienrcelnutdaipnpgroouacrhmesatpo—miaspaplsinogpPreosIsenarteedil.lustrated below through the analysis of the interfaces and architectures of the interactive maps of Cyprus, Malta, and Japan. The interactive map uses a web service to retrieve a “comma separated value” (CSV) file available at a given Uniform Resource Locator (URL), using an HTTP GET request. It parses data in a file and visualizes on the map the data stored in that file; some URL parameters customize and filter the CSV content to be returned. Several database technologies support it and it is significantly easier to use it in most programming languages as well
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