Dear all, I have a data modelling challenge I would need some advice with.
We work with a collection of geographic depictions of Switzerland. This includes photographs, paintings, prints, sketches, etc. We collaborate with Smapshot <http://smapshot.heig-vd.ch/> who developed a method for aligning landscape photographs with a 3D model of the physical landscape. An example from our own collection can be seen here: https://smapshot.heig-vd.ch/visit/204037 Using this method we can determine the possible viewpoint of a photographer when taking a picture, or the viewpoint from which an artist may have produced sketches of a landscape. In terms of data, we obtain the simulated position and view of the photographer/artist as coordinates (lat/long), altitude, azimuth, tilt, roll and focal view. I'm debating now how to model this obtained data in CIDOC-CRM. I would suggest a S7 Simulation or Prediction for the process of using the Smapshot app to determine a viewpoint of an image. This process P140 assigns an attribute to a E36 Visual Item, namely that the E36 Visual Item (the image) P138 Represents a view. What is this view? Can we say it is a E53 Place? Or is there a more suitable entity for describing such a (simulated) view? One could also say that the data defines a E53 Place from which an image has been created. However, while we can say this with some degree of certainty for photographs, a painting of a landscape might have been created using a combination of several viewpoints as well as, of course, use of imagination on and off-site, so I would be hesitant to make a statement about the physical location of an artist when creating a painting. I would be grateful for your input! All best, Florian
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