Long-term Preservation of Three Dimensional Digital Drawings and Maps
Muhammad Asif · Epubl LTU · 2012
The three dimensional data is increasingly making its ways in data warehouses of various organizations. Many organizations are confronted with massive volumes of 3D data of digital diagrams and maps. The active management and best possible use of their 3D collection require the development of viable preservation system.This research has provided fundamental insight into the special characteristics and preservation requirements of three dimensional data. This thesis concluded that the current repository sys-tems do not support the indexing, analysis, storage and retrieval of three dimensional digital data. It is suggested to manage the challenges of developing open file formats, data-sharing devices, tools of automatic content-based indexing and metadata extractors in order to integ- rate the three dimensional data with existing digital repository systems. The different reposito-ry systems have also been evaluated in this report so that highly productive applications can be produced for the long-term preservation of three dimensional digital drawings and maps.