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Digitalizing of Sarajevo Mosques
Digitalizing of Sarajevo Mosques

Author(s): Fuad Ćurčić
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Asocijacija informacijskih stručnjaka – bibliotekara, arhivista i muzeologa
Keywords: mosques; Islam; geocoding; database; Google Earth; Google Maps; Sarajevo; history

Summary/Abstract: Over the centuries, various historians, enthusiasts and academician made records of mosques in Sarajevo. However, all of these records were plain and would not give us details that we need in order to understand history of building and destroying of mosques. This papers research data collected over the centuries when recording history of the mosques in Sarajevo and current efforts by Islamic Community. Furthermore, paper proposes new set of data to be collected and gives detailed list of all the mosques in Sarajevo region. Data collected with such level of details, allows us to better understand history of these building and to tell story about them in a new way. Finally, digitalization of such data, allows modification of the presentation form, easy update of data and endless multimedia usage.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 56-61
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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