BACKGROUND
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CONTENTS OF THE CD-ROM
DIGITAL GRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION AND DATABASES: CRITICAL EVALUATION / CASE STUDIES
Beyond CAD: A Look at Data Integration and Analysis Using GIS
Gaetano PALUMBO (The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, USA)
Mural Painting Documentation as a Spatial Database
Florian PETRESCU (Geosystems-Romania srl, Bucharest, Romania) and
Elena MURARIU (Pro Patrimonio, Bucharest, Romania)
Dynamic Imaging in Conservation
Adrian HERITAGE (English Heritage)
The Archival Documentation System (S.D.A.): The Electronic Heart of the Restored “History of the True Cross” by Piero della Francesca
Stefano CASCIU (Soprintendenza BAS of Florence, Prato and Pistoia),
Giuseppe CENTAURO (Private practice, Prato, Italy) and Massimo CHIMENTI (Private practice, Arezzo, Italy)
CAD & GIS together as optimum solution for graphic documentation in heritage recording
Heinz LEITNER (Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden) and
Rafal SZAMBELAN (Faculty for Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw)
Demonstration of Heritage 3-D Imaging Applications in Israel
Robin LETELLIER (Heritage Recording Adviser to the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)
3-D Visual Information and GIS Technologies for Documentation of Paintings: The Tomb of “Cristo Sole” in The Vatican Necropolis(3r dC. AD)
Maurizio FORTE (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute for Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage, Montelibretti, Italy),
Angela BIZZARRO,
Alessandro TILIA and
Stefano TILIA (TREERRE, Rome)
Digital and Rectified Photography for the Creation of Base Maps
Jacques NEGUER (Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Israel)
An Example of the Utilization of GIS Software (ArchView 3) to Establish a Project of Conservation for Mural Paintings: Brando Chapel, Corsica
Michel HEBRARD (private practice, Avignon, France)
The Stereoscopic Exploration of 3-D Models as an Instrument of Knowledge, Documentation and Measurement for Mural Paintings
L. MENCI, F. CECCARONI (Menci software s.r.1., Arezzo, Italy) and
Paolo SALONIA, (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute for Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage, Montelibretti, Italy)
Computer Technology and Documentation Related to the Restoration of Michelangelo’s Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel (1987-1994)
Filippo PETRIGNANI (Vatican Museums, Vatican State)
CAD Documentation for the Mapping of Conservation Operations at Angkor Wat
Simon WARRACK (Private Practice, Rome, Italy).
A User-Friendly Approach: Web Links
Giancarlo BUZZANCA (Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, Rome, Italy)
Selected Bibliography on Computer-aided Documentation
Giancarlo BUZZANCA (Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, Rome, Italy)