Constitution of historical and cultural inventory for tourism information systems - a case study from Manavgat

Tourism has vital importance for Turkish economy as in other countries. Province of Antalya is one the most lively cities in Turkey in the context of tourism. Historical and cultural heritages must be officially registered and prevented from destructive effects of time. In this study, Manavgat district of Antalya has been chosen as application area. Historical data determined by the Museum of Side and data not in official records have been gathered by literature scanning. Officially unregistered data was coordinated by using Magellan Sportrak El GPS equipment. Both type of data was transferred into Arc GIS software. Photographs of two selected historical ruins (Emperor Vespianus Fountain and Temple of Apollon) were taken by Pretec DC 4311 digital camera. 3D data was obtained by processing the photographs by PhotoModeler software. This data was associated with Arc GIS software. Consequently, a study, which can be taken as an example for further studies, was accomplished. © SGEM2011 All Rights Reserved by the International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM.