Heritage Preservation A Computational Approach
This book presents a unique guide to heritage preservation problems and the corresponding state-of-the-art digital techniques to achieve their plausible solutions. It covers various methods, ranging from data acquisition and digital imaging to computation
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Heritage Preservation A Computational Approach
Heritage Preservation
Bhabatosh Chanda Subhasis Chaudhuri Santanu Chaudhury •
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Editors Bhabatosh Chanda Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, West Bengal India
Santanu Chaudhury CSIR-CEERI Pilani, Rajasthan India
Subhasis Chaudhuri Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra India
ISBN 978-981-10-7220-8 ISBN 978-981-10-7221-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7221-5
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Preface
Heritage records the history of our world—social, religious, ecological, cultural, and political. It represents the footprint of the temporal evolution of civilizations and ecosystems. As it is inherited from the past, it should be bestowed on the future for the benefit of subsequent generations. It is the legacy of tangible artifacts (e.g., monuments, statues, manuscripts, and paintings) and intangible elements (e.g., customs, religion, culture, legends, and history). The vulnerability of heritage items to the harmful effects of climate change, pollution, natural and man-made disasters, neglect, infiltration of new ideas and practices, vandalism, and even mass tourism is becoming more and more evident over the years. Thus, preservation, renovation, restoration, and management of heritage items have become an important task nowadays. However, the physical renovation and restoration work may cause
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