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Digitisation of natural history collections: criteria for prioritisation [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2023
There are approximately 1.5 billion specimens kept in European Natural History Collections. The mission for the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) is to unite all these specimens into a one-stop e-science infrastructure of digital ...
Louise Ahl, Luca Bellucci, Philippa Brewer, Pierre-Yves Gagnier, Elspeth Haston, Laurence Livermore, Sofie De Smedt, Helen Hardy, Henrik Enghoff   +8 more
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A framework for the digitisation of records and archives at selected state universities in Zimbabwe

South African Journal of Information Management, 2021
Background: This study examines the digitisation of records and archives at two state universities in Zimbabwe that have embarked on digitisation of their records and archives resources in line with new technological trends of doing business online ...
Godfrey Tsvuura, Patrick Ngulube
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THE FIRST ATTEMPT FOR STANDARDISATION IN 3D DIGITISATION. THE EU STUDY ON QUALITY IN 3D DIGITISATION OF TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
This paper focuses on the exceptional results of the EU Study (Commission et al., 2022) to map the parameters, formats, standards, benchmarks and methodologies relating to the 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage (CH).
E. Argyridou, A. Karaoli, M. Hadjiathanasiou, E. Karittevli, I. Panagi, M. Mateou, M. Ioannides, P. Patias, K. Efstathiou   +8 more
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Digitising Afrikaans

Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA), 2021
Afrikaans is one of South Africa’s 11 official languages. With the continued rise of English as language of prestige in education, the economy and public sphere a movement towards a monolingual South Africa seems to be underway. This movement results in a loss of interest in the development and use of South Africa’s indigenous languages.
Roné Wierenga, Wannie Carstens
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Designing an Herbarium Digitisation Workflow with Built-In Image Quality Management [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020
Digitisation of natural history collections has evolved from creating databases for the recording of specimens’ catalogue and label data to include digital images of specimens. This has been driven by several important factors, such as a need to increase
Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga, Paul Rosin, Xianfang Sun, Ann Bogaerts, Niko De Meeter, Sofie De Smedt, Maarten Strack van Schijndel, Paul Van Wambeke, Quentin Groom   +8 more
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DEVELOPING AN EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE 3D PUZZLE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022
The ways our cultural heritage reserve is preserved and disseminated to the public have changed significantly, with the use of immersive technologies, such as virtual reality environments, and serious games.
A. Roumana, A. Georgopoulos, A. Koutsoudis   +2 more
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Towards HD Maps from Aerial Imagery: Robust Lane Marking Segmentation Using Country-Scale Imagery

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018
The upraise of autonomous driving technologies asks for maps characterized bya broad range of features and quality parameters, in contrast to traditional navigation maps which in most cases are enriched graph-based models.
Peter Fischer, Seyed Majid Azimi, Robert Roschlaub, Thomas Krauß   +3 more
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Portals and databases on elements of cultural heritage at folklore festivals

Studia Lexicographica, 2021
The paper describes the method of collecting, processing and digitising materials on intangible cultural heritage presented at folklore festivals and the construction of multimedia databases and portals for their promotion.
Toni Marić, Anka Raič, Vedran Vidović, Mirela Šečić   +3 more
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Challenges in digitisation of cultural heritage material in the Western Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Information Management, 2019
Background: Digitisation of cultural heritage material creates both opportunities and challenges for access and preservation for future generations. Objectives: Digital cultural heritage can be sustainably preserved and used for information and research
Beatrice de la Porte, Richard Higgs
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Poučevanje digitalizacije na Madžarskem: primer

Knjižnica, 2012
Purpose:  The paper aims to present experience in digitisation education at the Hungarian School of Library and Information Science and to indicate various problematic issues and challenges that have arisen.
Tibor Koltay
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