TOWARDS OPTIMAL SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE. COSCH – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTION IN THE COST FRAMEWORK
This paper introduces the aims and early activities of Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage (COSCH), an interdisciplinary European network of experts in the latest optical measuring techniques and electronic imaging applied to documentation of artefacts. COSCH is a forum open to organisations, in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-07-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-5-W2/109/2013/isprsarchives-XL-5-W2-109-2013.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper introduces the aims and early activities of Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage (COSCH), an interdisciplinary European
network of experts in the latest optical measuring techniques and electronic imaging applied to documentation of artefacts. COSCH
is a forum open to organisations, institutions and companies interested in collaboration within the emerging field of precise spectral
and spatial imaging techniques, in physical and chemical sciences applied to cultural heritage objects, as well as in research and
applications to conservation and art-historical analysis of such objects. COSCH started in November 2012. Funded by COST, an
intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, COSCH networking activities enable
knowledge exchange and coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level with occasional contribution of experts
from other countries. Funding has been made available for four years (2012–2016). Participation is open to researchers across a wide
range of disciplines, including computer scientists and museum professionals, art historians and academics in heritage-related fields.
COSCH is a trans-domain Action (TD1201) of the COST Domain Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS) which facilitates
and promotes innovation in material science. The work of COSCH is defined in the Memorandum of Understanding between the
COST Office and the Chairman of COSCH. The Memorandum is available from
<a href="http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/mpns/Actions/TD1201"_target="blank">http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/mpns/Actions/TD1201</a> alongside the latest progress report and other documents. The scientific
work draws on earlier and current research of the participants and is organised around the following areas: spectral and spatial object
documentation; algorithms and procedures; analysis and restoration of surfaces and objects of material culture; visualisation of
cultural heritage objects and its dissemination. Up-to-date information about COSCH activities, including its scientific and training
programmes, abstracts of presentations and a list of participants, can all be found on the Action website at http://www.cosch.info. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |