In: Schwering, Angela (Hrsg.): Geochange : [Konferenzband] / Geoinformatik 2011, [15. - 17. Juni 2011, Münster]. Heidelberg, AKA, Akad. Verlagsges. 2011, pp. 79-84 (Ifgiprints ; 41) . ISBN 978-3-89838-653-1

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Abstract

Over the entire province of Sichuan (China) there exist Buddhist stone inscriptions - so called Stone Sutras - dating from 8th to 12th Century. So far, the documentation and reproduction of the surface texture of these historic inscriptions took place via simple manual tracing on paper (rubbing). Innovative Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) methods make it possible to capture these artifacts both digitally and in 3D and to derive high-resolution 3D models. This paper presents a concept for the Integration of the Buddhist inscriptions into a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Service (OWS) Standards in archaeological, art-historical and linguistic contexts. The aim is to link existing humanistic data to an interdisciplinary Web-based Geographical Information Sstem (GIS) with appropriate time and space reference. Special emphasis is put on SOA-based geo-processing (OGC WPS) and 3D visualization (OGC W3DS). The whole SDI is enriched with additional historic metadata of the inscription sites and finally joined in a Web Atlas for Stone Sutras in China.