2013-11-13 in Vienna, CHNT 18

Gustaf A. Mossakowski
Dipl.-Ing. Architect
KOENIGE data & design
RWTH Aachen University
Faculty of Architecture
media.REIFF
A Media Database
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Tropic of Capricorn (2327') Tropic of Capricorn (2327')
Antarctic Circle (6633') Antarctic Circle (6633')
Tropic of Cancer (2327') Tropic of Cancer (2327')
Arctic Circle (6633') Arctic Circle (6633')
Vinson Massif
(highest point in Antarctica, 4897 m)
Lac 'Assal
(lowest point in
Africa, -155 m)
Kilimanjaro
(highest point in Africa, 5895 m)

Death Valley
(lowest point in
North America, -86 m)
Mt. McKinley
(highest point in
North America, 6194 m)
Cerro Aconcagua
(highest point
in South America,
6962 m)

Mt. Everest
(highest point in Asia
and the world, 8850 m)


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(deepest point of the
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Milwaukee Deep
(deepest point of the
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(highest point in Antarctica, 4897 m)
Lac 'Assal
(lowest point in
Africa, -155 m)
Kilimanjaro
(highest point in Africa, 5895 m)
(lowest point in
Europe, -28 m)

Dead Sea
(lowest point in
Asia, -408 m)
Death Valley
(lowest point in
North America, -86 m)
Mt. McKinley
(highest point in
North America, 6194 m)
Cerro Aconcagua
(highest point
in South America,
6962 m)
Laguna del Carbn
(lowest point in South
America and the Western
Hemisphere, -105 m)

Gora El'brus
(highest point in
Europe, 5633 m)
Mt. Everest
(highest point in Asia
and the world, 8850 m)


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(world's greatest ocean depth, -10924 m)
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(deepest point of the
Arctic Ocean, -5607 m)
South Sandwich Trench
(deepest point of the
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Mount Kosciuszko
(highest point in
Australia, 2229 m)
Lake Eyre
(lowest point in
Australia, -15 m)
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Milwaukee Deep
(deepest point of the
Atlantic Ocean, -8605 m)
Gough Island
Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas)
Bouvet Island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef (U.S.)
Palmyra Atoll (U.S.)
Greenland
and Miquelon
Western
Sahara
Macau
S.A.R.
Wake Island
Mariana
Guadeloupe (FR.)
Guam
Aruba
Jarvis
Island
(Fr. Poly.)
Christmas Island
Ashmore and
Cartier Islands
(Fr. Poly.)
Coral Sea
Islands
Caledonia
Reunion
(Fr. Poly.)
Norfolk
Island
Heard Island and
McDonald Islands
Cook Islands
F r e n c h P o l y n e s i a
(Fr. Poly.)
Pitcairn Islands
Cayman Is.
Navassa
Island
Turks and
Caicos Islands
Bermuda
Martinique (FR.)
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
(Fr. S. and Ant. Lands)
Cocos
(Keeling) Islands
Tromelin Island
Juan de Nova
Island
Mayotte
Glorioso Islands
Bassas
da India
Europa
Island
Ocean Territory
New
American
Samoa
Niue
Wallis and
Futuna
Tokelau
Howland Island
Baker Island
Northern
Midway
Islands
Islands
Svalbard
Jan Mayen
Faroe
Islands
British Indian
Clipperton Island
Hong Kong
S.A.R.
South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands
Montserrat
Ceuta
Melilla
French Guiana
St. Pierre
Gibraltar
Saint Helena
Saint Helena, Ascension,
and Tristan da Cunha
(U.K.)
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Guernsey
Jersey
Isle of
Man
Saint Barthelemy (FR.)
Curacao
British
Virgin Islands
(U.K.)
Virgin
Islands
(U.S.)
Puerto
Rico
Anguilla (U.K.)
Saint-Martin (FR.)
Sint Maarten (NETH.)
ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN
Hudson
Bay
Black Sea
Philippine
Sea
N O R T H
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
S O U T H
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
Caspian
Sea
Coral
Sea
I N D I A N
O C E A N
O C E A N
Baltic
Sea
Bengal
S O U T H
O C E A N
Tasman Sea
Aral
Sea
Lake Balkhash
Lake
Baikal
Ross
Ice Shelf
Bay of
South China
Sea
Barents Sea
Lake
Victoria
Lake
Tanganyika
Ross Ice Shelf
ARCTIC OCEAN
Java Sea
Celebes Sea
Andaman
Sea
White Sea
Lake
Ladoga
Lake
Onega
Sea of
Japan
Mediterranean Sea
S O U T H
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
S O U T H E R N O C E A N S O U T H E R N O C E A N
S O U T H E R N O C E A N
N O R T H
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
Yellow
Sea
Amery Ice
Shelf
East China
Sea
P A C I F I C
Red
Sea
Ronne Ice Shelf
Bering Sea
Lake
Nyasa
N O R T H
A T L A N T I C
Lago
Titicaca
Lake
Superior
Lake
Michigan
Lake
Huron
Lake
Erie
Lake Ontario
Sea
Arabian
North
Sea
Norwegian
Sea
Greenland Sea
Beaufort Sea
Denmark
Strait
Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
East Siberian Sea
Sea of
Okhotsk
Davis
Strait
Baffin
Bay
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Alaska
Labrador
Sea
Chukchi
Sea
Banda Sea
Arafura
Sea
Timor
Sea
Luzon
Strait
Gulf
of
Bothnia
Persian
Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Sea of
Azov
Gulf of
Tonkin
Gulf of
Thailand
Drake
Passage
Ross Sea
Bellingshausen Sea
Amundsen Sea
Great Australian
Bight
G
r
e
a
t
B
a
r
r
i
e
r
R
e
e
f
Gulf of
Carpentaria
Bay of
Biscay
Sea
Laccadive
Mozambique
Channel
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of
St. Lawrence
Lake
Winnipeg
Slave Lake
Bear Lake
Great
Great
Gulf of Guinea
Celtic
Sea
Ross Sea
Scotia Sea
Weddell Sea
CUBA
COLOMBIA
PERU
BOLIVIA
CHILE
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
ZEALAND
C A N A D A
MEXICO
BELIZE
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
COSTA
RICA
PANAMA
R U S S I A
C H I N A
SURINAME
THE
BAHAMAS
(U.K.)
THE GAMBIA
SWAZILAND
ZIMBABWE
ZAMBIA
ANGOLA COMOROS
SEYCHELLES
TANZANIA
AFRICA
SOUTH
KENYA
UGANDA
CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC
YEMEN
N I G E R
LIBERIA
CAMEROON
GABON
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
M A L I
MAURITANIA
SENEGAL
CAPE VERDE
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
FRANCE
SPAIN
EST.
LAT.
LITH.
ITALY
TUNISIA
LAOS
JAPAN
PHILIPPINES
MARSHALL
ISLANDS
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
FIJI
TONGA
K I R I B A T I
(FRANCE)
(administered by U.K.,
claimed by ARGENTINA)
(CHILE)
(NORWAY)
(administered by U.K.,
claimed by ARGENTINA)
(CHILE)
(SOUTH AFRICA)
(AUSTL.)
(AUSTL.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(N.Z.)
(FRANCE)
(N.Z.)
(JAPAN)
(N.Z.)
(EQUA. GUI.)
(BRAZIL)
(BRAZIL)
(BRAZIL)
(FRANCE)
(YEMEN)
(SP.)
(PORT.)
(PORT.)
(U.K.)
(DEN.)
U.S.
(U.K.)
THAILAND
BANGLADESH
CAMBODIA
VIETNAM
(INDIA)
MALDIVES
SRI
LANKA
SINGAPORE
BRUNEI
M A L A Y S I A
I N D O N E S I A
(AUSTL.)
(AUSTL.)
TIMOR-LESTE
A U S T R A L I A
NEW
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
NORTH KOREA
MOROCCO
(FRANCE)
(NETH.)
TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
JAMAICA
(U.S.)
PARAGUAY
ICELAND
UNITED
KINGDOM IRELAND
(U.K.)
(U.K.)
(U.K.)
LIECH.
SWITZ.
LUX.
CZECH REP.
SLOVAKIA
ROMANIA
ALB.
BELARUS
SYRIA
CYPRUS
LEBANON
Indian
claim
1972
Line of Control
Line of
Actual
Control
(DENMARK)
U K R A I N E
MOLDOVA
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIA
U N I T E D
S T A T E S
U.S.
(U.S.)
K I R I B A T I
I R A N
IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
ANDORRA
SAN
MARINO
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SERBIA
MONT.
KOS.
CROATIA
SLOVENIA
BURMA
I N D I A
NEPAL
BHUTAN
T U R K E Y
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
(U.S.)
NAURU
(FR.)
B R A Z I L
A L G E R I A
L I B Y A
E G Y P T
A n t a r c t i c a
BOS. &
HER.
NIGERIA
SAMOA
(U.K.)
VATICAN
CITY
(SP.)
(U.K.)
(SP.)
(IT.)
(SP.)
(FR.)
(IT.)
MALTA
NETH.
BELGIUM
DENMARK
JORDAN
ISRAEL
(GR.)
KUWAIT
BAHRAIN
QATAR
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
OMAN
OMAN
GERMANY
POLAND
GRENADA
BARBADOS
ST. LUCIA
DOMINICA
(ECUADOR)
(FRANCE)
(FRANCE)
(FRANCE)
M O N G O L I A
DJIBOUTI
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
(FRANCE)
ANGOLA
(Cabinda)
(FRANCE)
(FRANCE)
(AUSTL.)
(AUSTL.)
(AUSTL.)
BULGARIA
RUSSIA
GUYANA
URUGUAY
ECUADOR
(CHILE)
(CHILE)
(FRANCE)
(U.K.)
(NORWAY)
(NORWAY)
BENIN
TOGO
D'IVOIRE
CTE
SAUDI
ARABIA
SIERRA
LEONE
(MEXICO) ERITREA
SOUTH
KOREA
GREECE
MACEDONIA
(KIRIBATI)
(BRAZIL)
MAURITIUS
MADAGASCAR
(AUSTL.)
(administered by FRANCE,
claimed by COMOROS)
(U.K.)
PALAU
VANUATU
TUVALU
BURKINA
FASO
U. S.
ARGENTINA
PORTUGAL
MONACO
LESOTHO
(FRANCE)
(U.S.)
(N.Z.)
(INDIA)
(INDIA)
(COSTA RICA)
(COLOMBIA)
(CHILE)
CHAD
Occupied by SOVIET UNION in 1945,
administered by RUSSIA, claimed by JAPAN
(
J
A
P
A
N
)
(
J
A
P
A
N
)
(U.K.)
VENEZUELA
GHANA
S U D A N
SOUTH
SUDAN
RWANDA
BURUNDI
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
ETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
HAITI
REP. OF
THE
CONGO
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
K A Z A K H S T A N
Taiwan
Twenty-one of 28 Antarctic consultative countries have made no
claims to Antarctic territory (although Russia and the United States
have reserved the right to do so) and they do not recognize the
claims of the other countries.
ST. VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES
(NETH.)
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
(U.S.)
Kabul
Tirana
Algiers
Pago Pago
Luanda
Buenos Aires
Yerevan
Canberra
Vienna
Baku
Nassau
Manama
Dhaka
Minsk
Brussels
Belmopan
Porto-
Novo
Thimphu
La Paz
Sarajevo
Gaborone
Braslia
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Sofia
Ouagadougou
Rangoon
Bujumbura
Phnom
Penh
Yaound
Ottawa
Praia
Bangui
N'Djamena
Santiago
Beijing
Bogot
Moroni
San Jos
Yamoussoukro
Zagreb
Havana
Nicosia
Prague
Kinshasa
Copenhagen
Djibouti
Santo
Domingo
Dli
Quito
Cairo
San Salvador
Malabo
Asmara
Tallinn
Addis
Ababa
Stanley
Trshavn
Palikir
Suva
Helsinki
Paris
Cayenne
Papeete
Libreville
Banjul
Tbilisi
Berlin
Accra
Athens
Nuuk
(Godthb)
Hagta
Guatemala City
Conakry
Bissau
Georgetown
Port-au-
Prince
Tegucigalpa
Budapest
Reykjavk
New
Delhi
Jakarta
Tehran
Baghdad
Dublin
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Jerusalem
Rome
Kingston
Tokyo
Amman
Astana
Nairobi
Tarawa
Kuwait
Bishkek
Vientiane
Beirut
Maseru
Monrovia
Tripoli
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Skopje
Pristina
Antananarivo
Lilongwe
Kuala
Lumpur
Male
Bamako
Valletta
Majuro
Nouakchott
Port Louis
Mexico
City
Chisinau
(
Ulaanbaatar
Podgorica
Rabat
Maputo
Windhoek
Yaren
District
Kathmandu
Amsterdam
Noumea
Wellington
Managua
Niamey
Abuja
Pyongyang
Saipan
Oslo
Muscat
Islamabad
Melekeok
Panama
City
Port
Moresby
Asuncin
Lima
Manila
Adamstown
Warsaw
Lisbon
Doha
Brazzaville
Saint-
Denis
Bucharest
Moscow
Kigali
Apia
So Tom
Riyadh
Dakar
Belgrade
Victoria
Freetown
Singapore
Bratislava
Ljubljana
Honiara
Mogadishu
Pretoria
Seoul
Madrid
Colombo
Khartoum
Paramaribo
Longyearbyen
Mbabane
Stockholm
Bern
Damascus
Dushanbe
Dar es Salaam
Bangkok
Lom
Nuku'alofa
Port of Spain
Tunis
Ankara
Ashgabat
Funafuti
Kampala
Kyiv
Abu
Dhabi
London
Washington, D.C.
Montevideo
Tashkent
Port-Vila
Caracas
Hanoi
Mata-Utu
Sanaa
Lusaka
Harare
Riga
Juba
Kandahar
Constantine
Oran
Namibe
Benguela
Baha Blanca
Comodoro
Rivadavia
Crdoba
La Plata
Mar del Plata
Mendoza Rosario
San Miguel
de Tucumn
Adelaide
Alice Springs
Brisbane
Cairns
Darwin
Hobart
Melbourne
Newcastle
Perth
Sydney
Wollongong
Chittagong
Khulna
Homyel
Cochabamba
Santa
Cruz
Sucre
Belm
Belo
Horizonte
Campinas
Campo
Grande
Curitiba
Florianpolis
Fortaleza
Goinia
Joo Pessoa
Joinville
Macei
Manaus
Natal
Prto
Alegre
Prto Velho Recife
Rio de
Janeiro
Salvador
Santos
So Lus
So Paulo
Teresina
Uberlndia
Vitria
Mandalay
Nay Pyi
Taw
Douala
Alert
Calgary
Churchill
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Halifax
Happy Valley-
Goose Bay
Iqaluit
Kuujjuaq
Montral
Pond Inlet
Prince
George
Qubec
Resolute
Saskatoon
Toronto
Vancouver
Whitehorse
Winnipeg
Antofagasta
Concepcin
Puerto Montt
Punta Arenas
Valparaiso
Baotou
Changchun
Changsha
Chengdu
Chongqing
Dalian
Datong
Fuzhou
Guangzhou
Guiyang
Hangzhou
Harbin
Hefei
Jilin
Jinan
Kunming
Lanzhou
Lhasa
Nanchang
Nanjing
Nanning
Nantong
Ningbo
Qingdao
Shanghai
Shantou
Shenyang
Shijiazhuang
Taipei
Taiyuan
Tianjin
rmqi
Wuhan
Xiamen
Xi'an
Yantai
Zhanjiang
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Barranquilla
Cali
Cartagena
Ccuta
Medelln
Abidjan
Kisangani
Lubumbashi
Mbuji-Mayi
Santiago
Guayaquil
Alexandria
Aswan
Bordeaux
Lille
Lyon
Marseille
Toulouse
Cologne
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Munich
Qaanaaq (Thule)
A gra
Ahmadabad
Bangalore
Bhopal
Kozhikode
Chennai
Kochi
Coimbatore
Hyderabad
Indore
Jaipur
Jamshedpur
Kanpur
Kolkata
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Madurai
Mumbai
Nagpur
Patna
Pune
Surat
Vijayawada
Vishakhapatnam
Bandung
Banjarmasin
Denpasar
Kupang
Jayapura
Makassar
Malang
Medan
Padang
Palembang
Pekanbaru
Pontianak
Samarinda
Semarang
Surabaya
Tanjungkarang-
Telukbetung
Ahvaz
Esfahan
Kermanshah
Mashhad
Qom
Zahedan
Al Basrah
Erbil
Mosul
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Aachen,
Germany
Cameroon
Afghanistan
Sindh,
Pakistan
Mohenjo-Daro,
Pakistan
Ghazni,
Afghanistan
Aachen Center for Documen-
tation and Conservation,
Prof. Michael Jansen, Georgios
Toubekis, Dr. Karsten Ley
Department of Conservation,
Prof. Christian Raabe, Daniel
Lohmann, Anette Essam
Map: CIA (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/world_physical_2012.pdf). Free use.
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Chair for History of
Architecture, Prof.
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Selection of projects using media.REIFF
media.REIFF
What is media.REIFF?
Media.REIFF is an open source web based relational database, under development since
2004.
The database structure has been kept simple to provide for different use cases. Because
it is being used by all architecture students at RWTH Aachen University, it was important
that no special training is needed.
Currently it is used for the collection of student work in different subjects of architecture
as well as for research purposes in the fields of architectural history, urban history and
archaeology.
The projects shown are projects from different chairs of the Faculty of Architecture:
- Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation (ACDC), Prof. Michael Jansen
- Conservation (Denkmalpflege), Prof. Christian Raabe
- Visual Form (Bildnerische Gestaltung), Prof. Thomas Schmitz
Reiff is the name of a professor for free hand drawing who sponsored the construction
of the Reiff museum 1904, the faculty building of the Architecture Faculty at RWTH Aa-
chen University.
media.REIFF
2002 ACDC: Afghanistan Site Register
Digitization of a Gazetteer by Warwick Ball
et al (1978); Microsoft Access database
with map interface
Very project specific structure, map display
rather basic, Windows OS only

2003/4 ACDC: Mohenjo-Daro Image Browser
published 1997; Reproductions of the
Sindh Volumes 19161940 + Old/New-
Series and Aerialshots 19791984; Genera-
ted but static HTML pages on CD-ROM
Project specific structure and display, not
many links, difficult to update, no real da-
tabase because it was on CD-ROM
History. Why did we develop this database?

2004/5 ACDC: Afghanistan Monuments
Photographs and sketch maps
from campaigns 2003/5;
Object database, web-based
Categories were introduced but hardcoded
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2004/5 ACDC: ACIS
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Platform for student work at the Faculty
of Architecture financed through student
funds; Object database, web-based
2010/11 ACDC: Afghanistan Site Register
Transfer to media.REIFF

2011/12 Denkmalpflege: Aachen Architectural
Guide
Students researching listed buildings
2012 ACDC: Mohenjo-Daro Sindh Volumes
funded by DFG Deutsche Forschungsge-
meinschaft in the project ProjektRepository
2013 ACDC: Inventory of Cultural Property
in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan
funded by the German Foreign Ministry
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ACDC/Monuments/AF/GHO/1 (-id)
Minaret of Jam (eng)
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12th Century (built)
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URI
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/211
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Description
The 65m-tall Minaret of Jam is a grace-
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architecture and decoration, which repre-
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and artistic tradition in this region. [...]
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1956-DAFA-3 survey
1959-Cambridge-University topogra-
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1961-IsMEO-2 architectural survey
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Ball1982b Catalogue (Archaeolo-
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Metadata
Publications
Persons
Organisations
Folders
Sites
Buildings (+subclasses Sacred, Military etc.)
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Maps TIFF, PNG, ...
Text documents PDF, DOC, ...
Videos AVI, MP4, ...
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CAD drawings DWG, DXF, SKP, ...
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Properties:
children will be shown as tabular list
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has time of publication
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Publication is part of list
Person is creator of publication
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Publication is part of publication
Photograph is part of publication
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Properties:
has coordinate (position of photograph)
has file: Master Archive
has file: Optimized
has file: Master Monitor
has file: 600px Thumbnail, 160px Thumbnail
has time of creation
has time of digital reproduction
Linked Data:
Photograph was created by person
Photograph describes monument
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media.REIFF
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Organisation
Persons and Groups
Person
Publication
Journals, Books, Ar-
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Unpublished Files
Event
Excavations,
Field work
Film
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DK-B
= Dikshit, Section B
Fieldbook no. 1909
A stone bust of a
bearded nobleman
Location: 22o/22
Level: 4 6
Digital Artefacts
O1R01102.jpg,
O2R00703.jpg,
O2R01830.jpg
CD-Publication 1997
ISBN 3-929832-03-8
media.REIFF
project database
German Research
Project Mohenjo-Daro
(Michael Jansen)
R(D) 1981/011/02
R(MD) 1982/007/03
R(MD) 1982/018/30
24x36mm
Sind Volume VIII,
entry 0400-0401
A stone statuette
No. 1909, Priest-
king
~ 25001500 BC
found 1925-01-09


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Repro 1981/1982

Scans 1996/97
Scans 2011/12
Semantic coverage
File Metadata
Reproduction of Sindh Volume photographs 1981-82 Michael Jansen, Slide 2011 Georgios Toubekis
media.REIFF
Files
User generated
Master archive files
Optimised files
Metadata files (XMP)
Automatically created
Master monitor files
Surrogate monitor files
600x600 px Thumbnails
160x160 px Thumbnails
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PDF -> first page to PNG
TIFF -> JPEG
MP4 -> First frame to JPEG
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Filetypes
TIFF
JPEG
AVI
DWG
DXF
PNG
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Information about files
Size 1920 px * 2560 px
Resolution 300 dpi * 300 dpi
Colour Channels 3 * 8 bit
File Size 1070116 bytes

EXIF metdata
IPTC metadata
XMP metadata
+ extra fileserver
+ regular backup
+ integrity check/duplicate check with hash (md5, sha1),
e. g. ee4d0e6670aafe246a8e8f5c2afe82f1
media.REIFF
User and rights mangement
Login via
LDAP server
Single Sign On (SSO) + LDAP
Local authentication
IP address (for servers)
Each user is a member of one or more groups
(local groups, groups on LDAP server).
Access can be granted or revoked on a
per folder basis. All rights will be inherited
through the hierarchical folder structure.
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Entry of data
Each object can be added via a form with
properties (times, coordinates, etc.) depen-
ding on the category of the object.
For the mass import of files and folders, an
import module exists. This works with a
Samba server. @todo: add WebDAV server
support.
Data can be imported and synchronized on
demand from foreign sources:
- ISO 3166 country codes
- Seminars from the Faculty of Architecture
- Import of Afghanistan Site Register
- Import of Mohenjo Daro CD-ROM
(Form for monuments)
media.REIFF
Data export
ZIP ZIP-Archive with all images below a folder
PDF e. g. PDF-Export of Sindh Volume Book
(example shown)
KML KML-Export for Google Earth/Maps
(example shown)
CSV CSV-Export (for Excel etc.) of Sindh Volume
data for ProjektRepository
JSON Integration into Websites, e. g.
big.arch.rwth-aachen.de/showroom/
(example shown)
XML for InDesign
Allows to use the media database as a di-
rect source for InDesign documents
MediaRSS RSS-Syndication for media formats
media.REIFF
THE SINDH
VOLUMES
A publication of the excavation archive
from Mohenjo-Daro
covering the years 19221940
The complete text according to photographs, plans and objects
Based on the UNESCO publication from 1997
(ISBN 3-929832-03-8)
Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation
Prof. Michael Jansen
XI 0298 VS (O2R02510)
Misc. objects Nos. VS 3175 ?,
1957 (stone rings), 74, 3046
(O2R02510) XI 0299 DK,DM,VS (O2R02511)
Typical potsherds Nos. DK 455,
1016, DM 178, 197, 895, DK ?, VS
200, DK 711
(O2R02511)
XI 0300 SD (O2R02512)
An inscribed rim from some
earthen pot No. SD 2685
(O2R02512) XI 0301 L (O2R02513)
T. C. figurines Nos. L 722, 4, 76,
?, ?, ?
XI 0302 L (O2R02514)
T. C. animals Nos. L 1155, 1057,
268, 1157, 1143, 350, 796, 1131,
1066, 1064, 1065, 1135
XI 0303 L (O2R02515)
T. C. animals Nos. L 797, 65,
1108, 918, 32, 1063, 187, 606,
241, 872
XI 0304 DK,VS,HR,SD(O2R02516)
T. C. animals Nos. B 396, VS
2667, C 629, VS 9404, SD 2184,
HR-A 36
(O2R02516) XI 0305 DK,HR-A,VS (O2R02517)
T. C. animals Nos. B 218, VS ?, D
61, HR-A 45, HR-A 2186,
HR-A737, C 676, HR-A 69
(O2R02517) XI 0306 DK,VS (O2R02518)
T. C. figures Nos. DK 248?, VS
1957, VS 2165, VS 429, VS 2276,
VS 33, DK 1380, VS 1997, VS
2045
(O2R02518) XI 0307 L (O2R02519)
Misc. stone objects Nos. L 234,
1180, 578
The Sindh Volumes XI (19261927) 151
Example: Export of specific data as a PDF for print, currently 428 pages, more than 4000 images. Each prin-
tout is up to date and reflects the current database content. (ACDC Prof. Michael Jansen, 2012)
Reproduction of Sindh Volume photographs 1979-84 Michael Jansen
media.REIFF
Example: Export of data as a KML file (or KMZ file with preview images)
Screenshots from Google Earth, 2013 Google Inc.
media.REIFF
Example: Dynamic integration of data into the facultys content management system to present student work
(drawings, photographs and videos) on a webpage (Chair for Visual Form, Prof. Thomas Schmitz, 2009)
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Search
Currently, there are two possibilites for searching:
- general search (topper right corner): searches for
names and descriptions of objects, inherited infor-
mation will be found as well (e. g. name of a mo-
nument might find photographs of a monument as
well); currently, only file objects will be found
- folder based search (below list) will search for all
objects inside one folder
Filters allow to jump directly to objects starting with
a certain letter or belonging to a certain category.
For the project in Sindh province, an automatical
text extraction tool was created. It allows to show
different keywords in different languages and to
search through them.
media.REIFF
Word list, automatically
extracted from all titles
and descriptions.
Reproduction of Sindh Volume
photograph 1981 Michael Jansen
media.REIFF
Zugzwang
Project
zzwrap (CMS)
zzform (forms)
zzbrick (templating)
Software
Apache 2
webserver
MySQL 5
database
PHP 5
scripting
language
ImageMagick
image editing
GhostScript
PDF, PS, EPS
UFRaw
RAW photos
CutyCapt
webscreenshots
ExifTool
metadata
Markdown
simple markup
ffmpeg
videos
HTML webpages
Maps:
OpenLayers
Database forms
with support from
vxJS JavaScript

Export formats
JSON
XML
KML
MediaRSS
CSV

Files
ZIP download
Documents for print
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tfpdf
PDF library
Samba file server
Authentication
(e. g. LDAP)
Server side software Client side Server side scripts
Media
database
scripts
templates
layout files
(CSS & icons)
files
database tables
groups & users
media.REIFF
Featured Projects
Architekturfhrer fr Aachen, 20112014
(Architectural Guide for Aachen)
Project of the Department for Conservation, RWTH Aachen University
(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege)
Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Lohmann, Prof. Dr. Christian Raabe
Research and own documentation of students during four semesters:
Winter 2011/12: 19191945 (Aachen between the wars)
Summer 2012: 19001918
Winter 2012/13: 19461970
Winter 2013/14: 1971today
media.REIFF
Map OpenStreetMap contributors
media.REIFF
Map OpenStreetMap contributors, Photograph RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten
media.REIFF
Map OpenStreetMap contributors, text by Christoph Klanten
media.REIFF
Photographs RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten, Illustration 1927 Erwin Kropp and others
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Photographs RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten, Maps are from the Aachen city administration
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Featured Projects
Afghanistan Site Register, 20032012
Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University
(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)
Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation
Dipl.-Ing. Georgios Toubekis, Prof. Dr. Michael Jansen
with support from
the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
funded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
Database of Afghan monuments and sites based on data collected from the
Archaeological Gazeteer of Afghanistan by Warwick Ball, Paris 1982 and
other sources.
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Excerpt from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.
The existing database in book form.
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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al., Map data 2013 Google Inc.
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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.
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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.
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Maps and Sketches 1982 Warwick Ball et al; Photograph 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH
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Featured Projects
Photodocumentation of the
Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan 2005
Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University
(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)
Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation
Prof. Michael Jansen, Georgios Toubekis
with support from
the Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture,
the Society for the Preservation on Afghanistan Cultural Heritage (SPACH) and
the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
funded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
Training of young Afghani experts for the documentation of the cultural heritage of
Afghanistan.
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Photograph 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH
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Map and photographs 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH
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Featured Projects
Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Sindh Province,
Pakistan
Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University
(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)
Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation
Prof. Michael Jansen, Georgios Toubekis, Karsten Ley, Martin Hamburg,
Luca Liehner, Simon Adenauer & Gustaf Mossakowski
in collaboration with the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
Yasmeen Lari, Mariyam Nizam and others
funded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
Database of structures and sites in the Sindh province, Pakistan, to support
the management of the cultural heritage through the Government of Sindh.
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Satellite imagery 2013 DigitalGlobe, photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan
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Photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan
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Map data 2013 Google Inc., photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan
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Satellite imagery 2013 DigitalGlobe, photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan
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Thank you for your attention.
If you have further questions, feel free to contact me:
Gustaf A. Mossakowski
gustaf@architektur.rwth-aachen.de
gustaf@koenige.org
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