Special Section Preface: Informative Models and Systems for Virtual Museum

Abstract

This Virtual Archaeology Review (VAR) Special Section (SS) follows the 2nd International Conference of Geomatics and Restoration GEORES 2019 (8-10 May, Milan), organized by Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), in conjunction with Università degli Studi Firenze (UNIFI) and Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) to boost the value of networking among academies and scientific research centres working at a national and international level on the digital Cultural Heritage (CH). It has been the natural prosecution of the 1st International Conference on “Geomatics and Restoration: Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era” GEORES 2017 (22 -24 May, Florence, Italy). It has been an occasion for the experts of the two worlds of Geomatics and Restoration of CH in its extended meaning, to meet, share and explore common needs and new approaches in the domain of heritage documentation, preservation and management. AUTEC (the Academic Association of Topography and Cartography), SIRA (the Academic Association of Architectural Restoration), SIFET (the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Surveying), which work in different realms of the CH sector, permitted and guarantee the results achieved. GEORES 2019 has been organized as an ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and CIPA –ICOMOS International Committee on Heritage Documentation– event, and it has been supported by ISPRS (WG II/8, WG III/5, WG V/I), CIPA, ICOMOS, UNESCO Chair in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology and EU ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, under the patronage of IGMI (the Italian Geographic Military Institute), and professional organizations of Architects and Engineers. It received sponsorships by the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), Microgeo Srl, GEOMAX Srl, STONEX® Srl.