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[1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (259)
Subject: AHDS Resources: Virtual Reality Guide to Good
Practice; Workshop & Resources on GIS
[2] From: Carolyn Kotlas <kotlas@email.unc.edu> (57)
Subject: CIT INFOBITS -- January 2003
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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 07:27:16 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: AHDS Resources: Virtual Reality Guide to Good Practice;
Workshop & Resources on GIS
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
January 31, 2003
UK's Arts & Humanities Data Service Announces:
Creating and Using Virtual Reality: a Guide for the Arts and Humanities
edited by Julian Richards and Kate Fernie
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/guides/vr_guide/
and Workshop Report and Resources on
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the Arts and Humanities
http://ahds.ac.uk/gis_workshop.htm
>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:07:38 -0000
>Reply-To: Alastair Dunning <alastair.dunning@AHDS.AC.UK>
>From: Alastair Dunning <alastair.dunning@AHDS.AC.UK>
>
The Arts & Humanities Data Service is pleased to announce the publication of
a new Guide to Good Practice.
'Creating and using virtual reality: a guide for the arts and humanities',
edited by Julian Richards and Kate Fernie, concentrates on accessible
desk-top virtual reality which may be distributed and viewed via the World
Wide Web.
The Guide introduces virtual reality to those who are interested in its use
within the arts and humanities and incorporates illustrative case studies.
It is geared to the needs of the creators of virtual reality (including
artists, illustrators and computer scientists) and of organisations who are
commissioning virtual reality (including museums, galleries, heritage
agencies and university-based projects). It covers the history, philosophy
and theory of virtual reality providing an introduction to the methods and
techniques used and to good practices in planning virtual reality projects.
The guide does not attempt to cover all virtual reality technologies. This
is a rapidly developing field and new methods are continually emerging. An
important consideration for all virtual reality projects will be ensuring
that the models produced can be used and enjoyed by the audiences for which
they are intended. This guide looks at how issues such as choice of virtual
reality format, hardware and software platforms relate to audience
requirements and also looks at the documentation procedures which support
maintenance and resource discovery. A section of the guide explores
longer-term strategies for preservation of virtual reality models as
technology evolves.
'Creating and using virtual reality: a guide for the arts and humanities'
has been produced by the Archaeology Data Service and the Visual Arts Data
Service and is online at:
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/guides/vr_guide/
Alastair Dunning
Arts and Humanities Data Service
King's College London
0207 9288 7848
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Workshop Report and Resources on
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the Arts and Humanities
http://ahds.ac.uk/gis_workshop.htm
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:02:54 -0000
>Reply-To: Alastair Dunning <alastair.dunning@ahds.ac.uk>
>From: Alastair Dunning <alastair.dunning@ahds.ac.uk>
>Subject: Resources in GIS
Dear all,
The AHDS recently hosted a workshop on the use of Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) in the Arts and Humanities. Designed as an introduction to the
subject, the workshop dealt with definitions of GIS, glimpsed at the study
of time and space in the arts and humanities, considered software issues,
and discussed the problems inherent in using and exploiting maps. It also
had some case studies looking at how some projects have made use of GIS.
The detailed presentations are now available on the AHDS website from
http://ahds.ac.uk/gis_workshop.htm
This page also contains an extensive suite of links on GIS. This includes
links to Guides to Good Practice, sources of data, support services, example
resources and other useful GIS-based tools.
The page also includes details of reduced-price software and mapping data. A
number of GIS / spatial analysis products are available to academic
institutions under specially-negotiated Agreements through CHEST - the
educational shop window for purchases of software, data, information,
training materials and other IT related products. The majority of these
Agreements are for site licences and if you are interested in any particular
product you are advised to check with CHEST (helpdesk@chest.ac.uk) before
placing an order, to establish whether your institution is already licensed.
The Agreement covers several software packages (ArcInfo, MapInfo etc.) and a
wide array of mapping data.
Alastair
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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 07:25:37 +0000
From: Carolyn Kotlas <kotlas@email.unc.edu>
Subject: CIT INFOBITS -- January 2003
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