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Virtual Reconstructions in a Desktop Planetarium for Demonstrations in Cultural Astronomy

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Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation (EuroMed 2012)

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Many cultures throughout history have erected sacred and profane buildings orientated according to astronomical principles. A new plugin for the open-source desktop planetarium Stellarium allows the demonstration and interactive exploration of such buildings.

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  1. Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, Franz Klein-Gasse 1/III, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    Georg Zotti & Wolfgang Neubauer

  2. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Hohe Warte 38, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    Georg Zotti & Wolfgang Neubauer

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Digital Heritage Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), ArchbishopKyprianou 31, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus

    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Institut für Photogrammetrie, Universität Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24D, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    Dieter Fritsch

  3. Fraunhofer Institute, Scientific Representative for Fraunhofer IAP, IBP, ICT, IGB, ISC, IST & MOEZ, Research Alliance Cultural Heritage and Sustainability Network, Rue du Commerce 31, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Johanna Leissner

  4. MDR Partners (Consulting) Ltd., 2B Fitzgerald Road, SW14 8HA, London, UK

    Rob Davies

  5. 3D Optical Metrology Unit FBK, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Via Sommarive 18, 38123, Trento, Italy

    Fabio Remondino

  6. Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane, Viale del Castro Pretorio 105, 185, Rome, Italy

    Rossella Caffo

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Zotti, G., Neubauer, W. (2012). Virtual Reconstructions in a Desktop Planetarium for Demonstrations in Cultural Astronomy. In: Ioannides, M., Fritsch, D., Leissner, J., Davies, R., Remondino, F., Caffo, R. (eds) Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation. EuroMed 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34234-9_17

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