Applications of digital technology in the field of cultural heritage has expanded from initial information storage and transmission to data processing and analysis,and further to today's automatic and smart processing and presentation,playing criti-cal roles in research,documentation,conservation and utilization of cultural heritage.Nowadays,more and more scientific research institutions,universities and enterprises in China are carrying out research on digitalization technologies for cultural relics,and have established digitalized solutions and programs to cover the whole chain of processes for cultural relic conservation while continu-ously innovating core technologies and devices.As a result,China has not only kept pace with the rest of the world in terms of general technologies,but also developed special technologies which lead new trends in the world,showing its growing trend in developing digitalization technologies for cultural heritage conservation.Digital technologies such as high resolution satellite remote sensing technology,low-altitude drone filming,3D re-establishment of archaeological sites,and geological information system play signifi-cant roles in the whole process of obtaining,analyzing,simulating,studying and displaying 3D spatial information about archaeo-logical sites,providing a new approach to exploring the human-land relationship between ancient sites and natural environment.The new generation of surveying and mapping technology can record and store built heritage in 3D digital format,having incomparable advantages in accuracy,texture,presentation,and interaction as well as indispensable value in digitally restoring cultural relics and ancient buildings.The knowledge gap between humanities and spatial operations may be narrowed via an approach based on histori-cal spatial big data,and cultural heritage is promoted among the public through systematic technical operations.Therefore,construc-tive interactions between future high-quality urban-rural development and sustainability of historical humanitarian knowledges can be achieved through cultural spatial practices.Applications of digitalization practices in conservation of intangible cultural heritage have been growing continuously,expanding from conserving and promoting to sustaining and revitalizing the heritage.Facing problems in digitalization of cultural heritage in today's China,the authors propose the following suggestions.Collection and review of digital resources regarding cultural relics should be accelerated,and a cloud platform should be established for cultural relics;digitalization technologies should be integrated,and series of standards should be developed for digitalization;supervision over the content of digi-tal presentations should be intensified,and systems should be established to cultivate interdisciplinary talents in the fields relating to humanities and museology.
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