Steganography application for efficient documentation of Palembang cultural objects
Shinta Puspasari · 2016
This paper discusses the application of steganography method in the digital documentation system of Palembang cultural objects. The application aims to document the digital image of cultural object and its textual description contain information about the history of it. Differences in the data format makes unefficient seperated data storage for information sharing. This study proposes Least Significant Bit method for embedding textual description into image of coresponding cultural objects. The embedded text can be updated but may not be removed due to the aims of application. A prototype is developed by implementing the proposed method and then evaluated using sample data of images and text format of cultural object. The experimental results shows its effectiveness obtaining stego images that have been inserted by its object textual description. Stego image gives an alternative way to store and disseminate the information related to Palembang cultural objects. Hidden text on stego image act as annotation of image provide efficiency for sharing and documentation of cultural objects.