ABSTRACT

The history of cultural landmarks has abundant examples for educational enlightenment. Yet hundreds, if not thousands, of sites have yet to achieve this notoriety, often given the lack of funding to restore the site. For those found within our parks and protected areas one challenge for managers is to preserve its cultural heritage, often with limited funding. It is this challenge that we illustrate a process for recreating our historical landscape based on archived materials and using computer animation. Three-dimensional computer modelling software provides one such tool to recreate these sites, and adds to our knowledge for historic preservation and educational prospects. Here we recreate the setting of the nineteenth-century Massasoit Spring water business in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Protected watershed lands previously managed for no visitation are now opened up for tourism and this baseline data serves educational and interpretive opportunities.

摘要

文化地标的历史具有丰富的教育启蒙事例。然而，由于缺乏恢复遗址的资金，数百个（如果不是数千个）遗址尚未声名狼藉。对于在我们的公园和保护区内发现的人来说，管理人员面临的一项挑战是保护其文化遗产，但通常资金有限。正是这一挑战，我们展示了一个基于存档材料和使用计算机动画重建历史景观的过程。三维计算机建模软件提供了一种这样的工具来重建这些遗址，并增加了我们对历史保护和教育前景的了解。在这里，我们重现了美国马萨诸塞州西斯普林菲尔德 19 世纪 Massasoit Spring 水业务的背景。