TY - JOUR
T1 - Web-enabling of architectural heritage inventories
AU - Morrish, Seán William
AU - Laefer, Debra F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for HIBERNIA was generously provided by Ireland’s Heritage Council Grant 15014 and the University College Dublin Urban Institute Ireland.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Surveys and inventories of the built environment have improved the understanding of the state of existing heritage structures and historic districts and assisted in their preservation by thorough and consistent documentation. Unfortunately, full exploitation of these resources has been impeded by their static, non-interactive nature as printed documents (ie, reports or maps). This article presents recent attempts to improve access of such resources through their web-enablement. Specifically, issues of usability, relevance, contemporaneousness, and spatial integration are evaluated. These requirements are considered with respect to a new resource, Historic Ireland's Built Environment and Road Network Inventories Access (HIBERNIA). This integrated, extendable database and geographic information system (GIS) is featured as an example of how access to these surveys and inventories can be improved to form the basis for future developments to provide a more complete picture of heritage resources and enable innovative resource management strategies.
AB - Surveys and inventories of the built environment have improved the understanding of the state of existing heritage structures and historic districts and assisted in their preservation by thorough and consistent documentation. Unfortunately, full exploitation of these resources has been impeded by their static, non-interactive nature as printed documents (ie, reports or maps). This article presents recent attempts to improve access of such resources through their web-enablement. Specifically, issues of usability, relevance, contemporaneousness, and spatial integration are evaluated. These requirements are considered with respect to a new resource, Historic Ireland's Built Environment and Road Network Inventories Access (HIBERNIA). This integrated, extendable database and geographic information system (GIS) is featured as an example of how access to these surveys and inventories can be improved to form the basis for future developments to provide a more complete picture of heritage resources and enable innovative resource management strategies.
KW - architectural heritage
KW - architectural inventories
KW - conservation
KW - cultural heritage
KW - geographic information system (GIS)
KW - historical buildings
KW - preservation
KW - urban planning
KW - web-enabled
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U2 - 10.1080/15583050902731056
DO - 10.1080/15583050902731056
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:77958073250
SN - 1558-3058
VL - 4
SP - 16
EP - 37
JO - International Journal of Architectural Heritage
JF - International Journal of Architectural Heritage
IS - 1
ER -