torsdag den 2. oktober 2008

Combining GIS and Semantic Technology to Create a Cultural Visualizer


Tidsmaskinen er landet ...
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The time machine is here ...
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In northern Spain, the cities of Pamplona and San Sebastian both border the westernmost edge of the Pyrenees Mountains and southwestern France. Both are working on integrating advanced semantic technology with a novel GIS augmented reality (AR) device. The project, dubbed CINeSPACE, promises to immerse tourists in the rich cultural heritage of the area by literally morphing the user into the past through the use of multimedia archives. (YouTube has an example posted.)

Users visiting these cities will be able to rent the one kilogram (2.2 lb) portable device at tourism offices. The novel design, shown in the image below, includes both a PDA type of device with a GIS interface displayed on a touch screen to help the user navigate and select multimedia content, and video binoculars to create the augmented reality effects.

Image of user with the CINeSPACE device in San Sebastian.

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Read more: http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2885&trv=1

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