This paper discusses the ongoing development of a tool to produce - through an authoring system - an interactive map with advanced functions. A first map has been produced in collaboration with the Municipality of Cetinje (Montenegro); a map of the Municipality of Gioia del Colle is still under construction with students of a secondary school. These activities concern the Mu.S.A. (Must See Advisor) Project, a cultural heritage booster aiming at giving visibility to less known sites - as potential tourism destinations - by valuing knowledge from selected communities.

I tour virtuali non contengono, usualmente, informazioni su contesto e oggetti, indispensabili per conquistare l'interesse dell'utente e indurlo ad effettuare visite reali. Il nostro approccio "user-centered" è finalizzato a creare un ambiente in cui coesistono WebGIS e foto immersive collegate in virtual tour - una modalità innovativa di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale - applicato ad progetto sviluppato in Bosnia con fondi MAE.

La presente relazione riferisce del contributo che ITC CNR ha apportato al progetto "Azioni pilota per lo sviluppo rurale integrato e la rivitalizzazione del territorio in Bosnia Erzegovina", finanziato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri Italiano tramite l'Ambasciata d'Italia, Ufficio di Cooperazione in Sarajevo, nel periodo 2009-2010, specificatamente indirizzato alla formazione di capacità professionali per valorizzare il patrimonio culturale dell'area. Nel primo paragrafo si descrive il contesto della sperimentazione; successivamente si descrivono le modalità per costruire l'ambiente interattivo multimediale, in cui l'utente si trova al centro del processo. Seguono tre approfondimenti relativi a foto immersive (in cui l'utente si trova immerso in ambiente interattivo tridimensionale), al Wiki (un sito Web i cui contenuti sono sviluppati beni culturali materiali e immateriali. Alle conclusioni sono affidate alcune considerazioni circa i risultati in collaborazione da tutti coloro che vi hanno accesso) e al sistema di catalogazione per archiviare e ricercare informazioni sui ottenuti e i possibili sviluppi futuri.Keywords: foto georeferenziate. tour virtuale, WebGIS, open source, low cost software

The article describes the development of proper electronic and computer-based supports and of the activity of capacity building for the Municipality of Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), developed through an ITC project which aimed at the enhancement of the management of cultural heritage (both material and immaterial) and at the tourist promotion of the territory.

The paper reports the workflow of 3D modelling and photorealistic texture mapping based on close range imagery acquired through a terrestrial laser scan and a camera mounted on a mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The 3D models of the same architectural object- A watchtower named "Torre Pelosa" (Bari, Italy)-were compared in order to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the used instruments and methods. The evaluated parameters where geo-referencing capability, manageability, manoeuvrability, operational constraint, survey completeness and costs. Despite a lower accuracy of the results, the use of a UAV mounted camera is essential to obtain a whole representation of the tower.

L'ingente patrimonio culturale italiano affronta oggi le conseguenze di strategie di promozione obsolete e di un insufficiente uso delle ICT, ma soprattutto di una errata percezione del suo significato nella vita delle comunità. I caratteri stessi del c.d. 'Museo Italia'(un patrimonio di beni 'minori' fortemente diffuso sul territorio accanto ai più noti beni monumentali) richiedono notevoli cambiamenti nei progetti di promozione sia nel senso di un trasferimento alla scala locale dei processi, sia nella identificazione e modellazione dell'utenza potenziale. Sul piano operativo ciò implica il ricorso a strumenti tecnologici semplici e fortemente interattivi, incentrati sui bisogni di informazione dell'utente medio, potenziale visitatore. L'articolo illustra il sistema sviluppato da ITC-CNR (Bari) nell'ambito del progetto 'Smart Cities' per la città di Siracusa, basato su procedure e software che semplificano la pubblicazione di informazione georeferenziata.

Territorial marketing of local heritages - VirtualTour+ - The local dimension of territorial development processes through the lever of cultural tourism is an essential prerequisite in actions and strategies. This perspective highlights, at the level of technological response, the need for solutions expressly tailored on the specific features and needs of municipal governances. VirtualTour+ aims at exploring and exploiting immersive environments' unexpressed potentialities.

Sometimes the result of a search for cultural destination on the Internetcontains different kind of errors, mainly imputable to mistakes in user contribution,data input and software.The paper illustrates a way to decrease these problems through properprocedures and software, named as 'The Mu.S.A. Project'. Furthermore, thepaper shows the interactive map developed for Tirana (an Android app forSmartphone) and for Cetinje (cross-platform).

This article describes a novel Internet-based cultural heritage (CH) application, a multimedia interactive map with various user-friendly functions that allow users to find results according to their needs. Usually, the user selects a Point of Interest (PoI) to navigate a map, selecting it from a list or through a search function, as illustrated in the four cases studied here. The developed application allows the user to select a PoI and also view the previews of its multimedia contents (using the 'Folder', 'Tile' and 'Table' functions). Moreover, filtering functions--such as century (using the time slider), period, physical accessibility level and multimedia type (using the filter panel)-- improve the system usability. Finally, PoIs are visualised on the map with multi-shape markers using a set of colours unambiguous to both colour-blind and non-colour-blind people. The interface is illustrated using data acquired from the Municipality of Cetinje (Montenegro). The software components are also illustrated, which contain useful information to other developers.

ICTs represent strategic resources for Cultural Heritage (CH) projects. Anyway, several conditions put the success of promotion projects at risk, especially if carried out at the local level. Firstly, local scale amplifies the weight of budget constraints on the priorities of public administrations, compelled to allocate funds to the physical conservation of heritage rather than to software and training. Secondly, proprietary SW, often sophisticated and complex in procedures, fails to integrate precious unformalized knowledge from local stakeholders and communities, particularly in the field of cultural tourism. Finally, a changing demand for cultural tourism, with potential visitors frequently searching for information directly on the Web before moving, requires a higher interactivity in tools and systems. The paper illustrates the work carried out at the Construction Technologies Institute for delivering procedures and SW specifically designed to simplify the publication of geo-referenced information and reduce the need for specialized skills and equipments. The described results were achieved along different research programs focusing on the Albanian CH with a learning-by-doing approach.

The relevance of local knowledge in cultural heritage is by now acknowledged. It helps to determine many community-based projects by identifying the material to be digitally maintained in multimedia collections provided by communities of volunteers, rather than for-profit businesses or government entities. Considering that the search and browsing of texts, images, video, and 3D models related to places is more essential than using a simple text-based search, an interactive multimedia map was implemented in this study. The map, which is loaded on a single HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), with a client-side control mechanism utilising jQuery components that are both freely available and ad-hoc developed, is updated according to user interaction. To simplify the publication of geo-referenced information, the application stores all the data in a Geographic JavaScript Object Notation (GeoJSON) file rather than in a database. The multimedia contents--associated with the selected Points of Interest (PoIs)--can be selected through text search and list browsing as well as by viewing their previewsone by one in a sequence all together in a scrolling window (respectively: "Table", "Folder", and "Tile" functions). PoIs--visualised on the map with multi-shape markers using a set of unambiguous colours--can be filtered through their categories and types, accessibility status and timeline, thus improving the system usability. The map functions are illustrated using data collected in a Comenius

Remote fruition of architectures can be enhanced by using virtual tours more effectively. This technology suffers from a lack of information about context and objects; our usercentered approach described in this paper attempt to make progress in this direction to deliver virtual tours as a powerful, active learning tool to enhance understanding of monuments and sites, especially those with limited physical accessibility. First, a description of the basic principles, goals and methodological approach is presented. After a reflection on the potentiality of multimedia, web technologies and hypermedia in cultural heritage promotion, an experience in education & training is described in detail, focusing on technologies, learning approach and final products of the course programme. First results of a work in progress - capacity building in Srebrenica, Bosnia - close the paper.

This article describes the ongoing project "School for Cultural Heritage through Map Exploitation" (SCHEME), an integrated set of activities designed to support social inclusion in heritage promotion processes in Albania. The main project goal is delivering ICT tools (map and crowdfunding platforms) and procedures as well as improving the capacity of stakeholders to sustainably valorize hidden resources. The underlying approach has capitalized on existing technologies and experiences through the development of an advanced interactive multimedia map using data produced in the Ljubljana Process. Subsequently, the map will be extended by collecting more data on the Lake Ohrid Region, which has been selected as a pilot area to promote the neglected inland, relieving pressure on more famous coastal sites. A contest among schools will enrich the database, uploading multifaceted memories collected by students. The winning cultural asset will be the object of a small-scale rehabilitation project supported by a fundraising campaign through a crowdfunding platform. The centrality of people's active participation will contribute to governance innovation by reverting to traditional top-down promotion processes and practices, in which heritage consumers represent passive recipients of ready-made offers and messages. The map platform also holds specific potential for cultural tourism purposes, avoiding mistakes in the geo-localization of sites.

The paper discusses the production of an interactive map (both for desktop and for mobile) aiming to support the promotion of the cultural heritage, using an authoring system. At present, the tools feature 13 heritage sites across the County of Tirana, which are supported by text and photographs supplied by IMK - Instituti i Monumenteve te Kultures 'Gani Strazimiri' (Institute for Cultural Monuments) within the project 'S.O.S. - Squiperia Open Source', funded by the Apulia Region. We include experience of developing the tools as a possible benefit to other developers in the cultural secto

This paper proposes the architecture's description and development of a system aimed at the authoring of WebGIS environments; it allows collaborative manipulation and fruition of georeferenced hypermedia information. System development follows a collaborative End User Development (EUD) approach, that allows all the actors using the system to communicate with each other, by exploiting integrated annotation functionalities. The adoption of Open Source libraries and tools will allow public administrations to drastically reduce development and deployment costs.

The aim of this work is the identification of proper tools for the multimodal delivery of information services on various types of terminals, in the context of a valorisation project for the National Park of Alta Murgia, Italy. An open source approach is proposed to the development of technological solutions that fit diverse aspects of the stakeholder's needs, leveraging the dissemination of ICT resources and personal telecommunication terminals able to natively support the multimodal delivery of informative contents. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.