Watchfield Anglo Saxon Graveyard
| The pilot
presentation gives a brief outline of the site and what was found
on the site. The pilot investigated the way that an interactive system
could be used by the public to look at objects in a collection. The
application was designed to be used with a touchscreen.
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| In this example,
objects are associated with a grave. The image above shows one of
the screens, which shows a photograph of the skeleton in situ together
with a drawing of the skeleton. There was also an audio description
of the skeleton to go with the screen. Care must be taken to ensure
that the script for the narrative is accurate.
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| The objects
have a reference number and are named, however, there could be several
items with the same name, for example, arrow head or shield boss.
So what is the best way to allow the user to choose the object to
be seen? One very good way is to have a series of buttons showing
thumbnail pictures of each object.
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| Another way
would be to show the position of the objects as they were found. Selecting
an object allows the user to see a photograph of the selected object.
If there are a lot of objects then a comprehensive database would
be used with defined search topics.
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| Selecting an object allows the user to get more information about the object. This could include text, photographs and diagrams. The above screen shows photographs, x-rays and drawings. The user can select an image and then seen an enlarged version of it. |
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