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The objective of the Oplontis Project is to study and publish two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Villa A and Villa B at Torre Annunziata, Italy, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. Faced with the high costs of traditional print publication, the Project has opted for a born-digital publication. An additional publication consists of a navigable 3D model linked to a database in order to provide the fullest possible documentation both of the actual states of these Villas and proposals for their reconstructions. This article presents several of these reconstructions, highlighting the importance of digital technologies, including laser scanning and 3D modeling, for research and long-term preservation of these cultural artifacts.
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See also the following project websites with Unity 3D applications [10].
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A relational database stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big storeroom. The MySQL relational database is one of the most reliable and popular open-source databases.
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The server instance is a single Java EE compatible Java Virtual Machine hosting an Application Server on a single node.
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Clarke, J.R. (2016). 3D Model, Linked Database, and Born-Digital E-Book: An Ideal Approach to Archaeological Research and Publication. In: Münster, S., Pfarr-Harfst, M., Kuroczyński, P., Ioannides, M. (eds) 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10025. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47647-6_7
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