The increasing request for digitized data among several fields, including the built environment and cultural heritage (CH), highlights the need for proficient ways to access, archive, and share 3D data and related information among users. The sector of reality capture produces accurate and reliable products that can support building management and CH maintenance, at the price of heavy and resource-demanding data. An emerging solution to this problem is represented by the web platforms for 3D data management, that promise to relieve users from the costs of archive and hardware, providing effective visualization, access and sharing tools. The panorama of commercial web platforms is analyzed according to the Software-as-a-Service business model, and the features of some representative platforms are exposed. The paper discusses the main advantages of diffused access and collaboration and the potential issues concerning long-term archival and data persistence. It provides a general overview of the main available platforms and describes their main features, comparing their specific pros and cons according to their category. The future perspectives of the web platform sector are promising as, according to the current development path, they may be able to empower built environments and the CH sector with a diffused, systematic, and conscious use of 3D data.

State-of-the-Art Web Platforms for the Management and Sharing of Data: Applications, Uses, and Potentialities

Spettu, Franco;Achille, Cristiana;Fassi, Francesco
2024-01-01

Abstract

The increasing request for digitized data among several fields, including the built environment and cultural heritage (CH), highlights the need for proficient ways to access, archive, and share 3D data and related information among users. The sector of reality capture produces accurate and reliable products that can support building management and CH maintenance, at the price of heavy and resource-demanding data. An emerging solution to this problem is represented by the web platforms for 3D data management, that promise to relieve users from the costs of archive and hardware, providing effective visualization, access and sharing tools. The panorama of commercial web platforms is analyzed according to the Software-as-a-Service business model, and the features of some representative platforms are exposed. The paper discusses the main advantages of diffused access and collaboration and the potential issues concerning long-term archival and data persistence. It provides a general overview of the main available platforms and describes their main features, comparing their specific pros and cons according to their category. The future perspectives of the web platform sector are promising as, according to the current development path, they may be able to empower built environments and the CH sector with a diffused, systematic, and conscious use of 3D data.
2024
web platforms; data integration; 3D information system; collaborative platform; cloud computing; 3D survey; 3D data; built environment
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