Digital heritage preservation
| CDDVOn behalf of the Scottish Government, Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art established the Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation (CDDV) in 2010, a limited liability partnership. CDDV has been created as the vehicle to deliver cutting edge technology together with renowned expertise from Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art. The Centre will promote and celebrate Scotland's cultural heritage at home and abroad and enhance Scotland's reputation for developing world class and innovative research and development. It will deliver the digital documentation of the five Scottish World Heritage Sites and five International Heritage Sites in a project known as the Scottish Ten and will undertak other projects as agreed on a case by case basis by the Management Group which assist Glasgow School of Art and Historic Scotland in achieving their shared aim. |
| CYARKCyArk is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to digitally preserve cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, digital modelling and other state-of-the-art technologies. CyArk is a leader in digital preservation of cultural heritage sites. Together with its partners, CyArk has digitally preserved over two dozen heritage sites around the world including Pompeii, Italy, Chichen Itza, Mexico, Angkor Wat, Cambodia and Ancient Thebes, Equpt. |
 | Scottish TenThe Scottish Ten was initiated by the Scottish Government's Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution in early 2009. Over the next four years, the project aims to digitally document Scotland's five UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Sites and five international heritage sites using cutting-edge laser survey technology. The project marries advanced scientific technologies with heritage conservation. The primary aims of the Scottish Ten project are to:
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