Hi Utsav, Glad to hear you like Stonehenge! It is one of the historic places in the care of English Heritage, my employer in the UK, and we’re all rather proud of it. There’s more on our website at http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/
Your thoughts about StreetView prompted me to answer in a new thread, using the title for one of the GSoC Ideas from http://archesproject.org/ideas/ I hope that’s OK? I’ve been thinking that most heritage inventories record in 2D – basically dots, lines and polygons on maps. The Idea listed by the project is to develop Arches to handle the complex polygons that are needed to appropriately record complex sites in two dimensions. But could we extend that idea to include 3D representation of sites? Increasingly archaeologists record data in3D in the field using techniques such as Lidar http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/research/landscapes-and-areas/aerial-survey/archaeology/lidar/ . They also create 3D representations of sites, both for presentation, and as a way to learn more about the construction and use of sites. But those 3D data don’t normally end up in the heritage inventory. Maybe this is something Arches could look at in the future? Maybe more Google Earth than Google Streetview. It sounds like you have a project already thought out, and I don’t want to distract you from that, but I hope it’s OK to raise this possibility from the perspective of a heritage inventory user. Anyone else got any ideas along this line? Ed From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Utsav Sent: 07 March 2014 13:52 To: [email protected] Cc: utsav kumar; utsav kumar Subject: Re: [Arches] Re: Signing in I looked up Stonehenge from this url<http://goo.gl/w8S2cj> and it just seems fascinating to me really how much more we can do with arches. :) As i have set-up arches on my Ubuntu, i found out that Stonehenge has been described vividly by arches and it looks great :) It seems to me it would be a good idea to expand arches to set-up another prehistoric monument.:) I know this wouldn't be easy so i want to divide it into phases: Phase 1: (Must do phase) The minimum i want to do with my project is that i would want to make sure i have a new prehistoric monument with all it's inventories available on arches. Phase 2:(If time permits)This url<http://goo.gl/w8S2cj> i embedded above in this post also has a street view available.Street view seems a fascinating concept,you can have the actual experience of visiting a site (i)if you use the google street view api(link<http://goo.gl/uLrMN1>) and (ii)if you can upload panorama pics of the site. So this may seem a little ambitious but if we are allowed to take a panoramic view,it will make google street view possible and make our project look so good. All explained,i do need a prehistoric site to base my project on and i want the forum to decide which site would be the best. :) Cheers :) Utsav On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:33:35 AM UTC+5:30, Alexei Peters wrote: Hi Utsav, I'm having trouble understanding your Idea. Can you please explain what you're proposing? Cheers, Alexei Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173 On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:29 PM, utsav kumar <[email protected]<javascript:>> wrote: I was able to skim through the newsletter and i made a post for it on the forum Gosc Idea Expansion<http://goo.gl/EOdo34>. Thanks :) On Saturday, March 1, 2014 6:04:02 AM UTC+5:30, David Myers wrote: Greetings Utsav Welcome to the Arches forum! One source that I would recommend to learn more about how heritage inventories work (as well as about the Arches project) is the fall 2013 issue of the Getty Conservation Institute newsletter, which is focused on the theme of heritage inventories. It's online at: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/28_2/ Best regards, David Myers Arches Project Team >>> On 2/28/2014 at 2:35 PM, in message >>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, >>> utsav kumar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes,sir actually i think i may know a good deal about the tradition and culture of India(i just wanted to keep my introduction short :D) and i can start in a small way towards contributing to inventories of sites from India. My interest in heritage blossomed from my reading of Dan Brown novels and getting to understand the deep richness of any culture. As i find out more about arches i will be asking more question about how really the inventories work practically.One of the awesome things i feel is that we can learn so much about a site by examining it's ruins and then get to know more about the ancient culture of that place. If it's possible,please do share some references about how inventories really work! And robert gatson has guided me a lot in setting up arches on my ubuntu. And it's so nice to get to know someone who has a vast trove of knowledge on culture and history. On Friday, 28 February 2014 15:49:13 UTC+5:30, Edmund Lee wrote: Welcome to the Arches project forum Utsav! As well as computer and IT specialists on this group you will find many members such as myself who share your passion for the past, and work in heritage organisations aimed at doing what we can to ensure that the significance for all of us of heritage sites is maintained for future generations. Do feel free to ask questions about how heritage inventories work in practice, as well as the technical questions about Arches. And of course there’s a lot more than just the Taj Mahal out there… http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs.asp (and that’s just the World Heritage Sites). Everyone… Do we have any specialists in the archaeology of India in the group? Ed From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of utsav kumar Sent: 28 February 2014 07:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [Arches] Re: Signing in I get really excited when i get to know organizations that help in protecting our cultural heritage.It's a pity that the vast treasure of our monuments are destroyed just because it's inventory is not organized.I am a computer science engineering student from india .I chatted quite a lot with robert gatson yesterdayon irc who guided me in building arches into my linux ubuntu 12.04 yesterday.This is a screenshot of my system with vagrant up command that setup up virtual vm into my system .. http://postimg.org/image/han8ufvqb/ .I am really eager to start contributing to arches and make this dream of preserving our heritage come through . :) And well,india has a rich history of culture.Indian civilization is a very ancient one and some of the special things like yoga originated from here and we have the taj mahal ..yayy :) On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 15:59:01 UTC+5:30, Edmund Lee wrote: Hello all, ... and welcome in particular to those who have joined the Arches Discussion Forum recently. This online group was initially set up for the project team, and has just recently been opened up as the public, so some of us haven't met before. How about we all share a bit of background, just like we would if we were meeting in the real world? If that sounds good to you, reply to this thread and share with the group some or all of the following: * what is your interest in Arches? * where in the world are you working? and, just to make it a bit more fun, * what can you see out of the window? Is there any heritage in your view? I look forward to getting to know everyone a bit better! Ed -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. 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