Articles by Valerio Noti

2016 Open Access Article Download PDF BibTeX

OpenCiTy Project. Open Data, GIS, webGIS per l'archeologia urbana e il patrimonio culturale di Catania

Daniele Malfitana, Giuseppe Cacciaguerra, Antonino Mazzaglia, Samuele Barone, Valerio Noti

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The intent of the OpenCiTy Project is to create a platform able to produce, collect, manage and share heterogeneous information, in order to increase community awareness about the history of Catania. The first goal is to provide a powerful and versatile instrument linked to the research needs, the protection, enjoyment, appreciation and promotion of the Cultural Heritage. The core of the project consists of a relational database specifically structured and placed inside an Open Source GIS Platform, allowing a full management and analysis of the data on a geographic basis. The data in the platform will cover different areas of interest. The archaeological, monumental, environmental and cultural evidence of Catania are stored with a high level of detail in order to offer a better understanding of the complex urban stratification. The final output is represented by a webGIS platform showing the information on geographical base.

«Archeologia e Calcolatori» 2016, Supplemento 8, 150-161

2013 Open Access Article Download PDF BibTeX

MOD (MAPPA Open Data). Conservare, disseminare, collaborare: un archivio open data per l’archeologia italiana

Francesca Anichini, Gabriele Gattiglia, Maria Letizia Gualandi, Valerio Noti

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An archaeological excavation is an unrepeatable practice. The only action that can be reproduced and re-analysed is the continuous use of raw data. Data sharing, therefore, is the only way to understand and re-examine the archaeological interpretative process and to answer questions regarding new surveys. Data do not circulate freely in Italian archaeology today. In order to make open data searchable (and, therefore, usable), they must be entered in open archives. Only the free access to raw data, based upon an Open Data approach, will allow a further step to be taken towards 2.0 archaeology. The idea of creating an Italian open digital archaeological archive, using data from the urban area of Pisa as case-study, originated from the MAPPA project (Methodologies Applied to Archaeological Potential Predictivity). The main objectives of the MAPPA Open Data (MOD) archive will be to allow simple and free access to all archaeological data (of any type or size) and to guarantee a digital lifecycle for as long as possible.

«Archeologia e Calcolatori» 2013, Supplemento 4, 45-52