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JATAN Virtual Museum

JATAN Virtual Museum:

The Central government plans to complete 3D digitisation of all museums under its administrative control by the year-end for better conservation of artefacts.

  • JATAN is a digital collection management system for Indian museums designed and developed by Human Centres Design and Computing Group, Centre for Development of Smart Computing, Pune.
  • It can create 3D virtual galleries and provide public access through web, mobile or touchscreen kiosks.
  • It is a client-server application with features such as image cropping, watermarking, unique numbering, and management of digital objects with multimedia representations.
  • It can create 3D virtual galleries and provide public access through web, mobile or touchscreen kiosks.
  • 3D scanning means analysing a real-world object or environment to collect three-dimensional data on its shape and possibly its appearance.
  • The collected data is then used to construct digital 3D models.
  • C-DAC is the apex research and development wing of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
  • It was established in the year 1988.
  • Its main purpose was to carry out research and development in Electronics, IT and other associated areas.