COMPUTER PROCESS AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP WHICH CAN BE CONSULTED BY MEANS OF NAVIGATION
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1. A process for generating and displaying an electronic archaeological map, including the operations of:
- storing, in a relational database, data related to archaeological findings, organising the data in topographic unit files, corresponding to respective elements of the archaeological landscape, each file being stored in a respective data structure including data fields adapted to store historical and/or descriptive textual data of said topographic unit and a topographic unit identification code;
for each topographic unit, storing, in an image archive, at least one vector image, georeferenced in a reference cartographic system, adapted to graphically represent said topographic unit, associating said vector image with the identification code of said topographic unit;
generating, by way of a graphic application program GIS, a georeferenced map of a geographic zone, displaying the georeferenced vector images of the topographic units belonging to said geographic zone, said map being a map which can be consulted by way of navigation, the graphic program being such to make available, on request, said descriptive historical textual data of said topographic units.
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A computer process and tool (I_Sys), or information system, are described which permit electronically archiving information related to archaeological discoveries, in order to allow interested parties to easily consult such information and to allow safer, efficient and systematic preservation of such information. In particular, an efficient archaeological information system is described for the analysis, reconstruction, archiving and knowledge of landscapes, structures, and objects which are representations of antiquity.
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1. A process for generating and displaying an electronic archaeological map, including the operations of:
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storing, in a relational database, data related to archaeological findings, organising the data in topographic unit files, corresponding to respective elements of the archaeological landscape, each file being stored in a respective data structure including data fields adapted to store historical and/or descriptive textual data of said topographic unit and a topographic unit identification code; for each topographic unit, storing, in an image archive, at least one vector image, georeferenced in a reference cartographic system, adapted to graphically represent said topographic unit, associating said vector image with the identification code of said topographic unit; generating, by way of a graphic application program GIS, a georeferenced map of a geographic zone, displaying the georeferenced vector images of the topographic units belonging to said geographic zone, said map being a map which can be consulted by way of navigation, the graphic program being such to make available, on request, said descriptive historical textual data of said topographic units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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