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Site Manager

A digitization campaign is, before anything else, a list of works and a discipline: which pieces require 3D, which require gigapixel, what has already been done, what the survey form says about each object. AerariumChain Site Manager is the desktop application that keeps that discipline on site. It runs on Windows and macOS, is downloaded from the Hub, and works entirely offline in the galleries and storerooms, with automatic local safeguard copies; only signing in and the final delivery to the Hub require a connection.

Download and install

  1. In the Hub, open Site Manager > Download App.
  2. Choose Windows, macOS Apple Silicon or macOS Intel.
  3. Install, start, and sign in with your AerariumChain account.

What it keeps in order

The list of works

The campaign list arrives from Excel through a guided column-mapping step. Each work carries its digitization checklist: 3D required, gigapixel required, and what is already done (3D, gigapixel, photography, survey form). Filters, search, per-location views and live progress figures keep even a campaign of thousands of pieces legible.

The survey form (scheda di rilievo)

A complete survey form for each work, with configurable defaults and automatic composition of the object identifier, exported faithfully to the official Excel template used by conservation institutions.

Acquisition setups

Named descriptions of how works are captured (which scanner, which arrangement). Presets for the Artec scanners fill the survey form's equipment fields correctly every time.

Packages

For each work, Site Manager exports a package with the metadata file, the survey form spreadsheet and the photographs, together with a master status workbook for the whole site and a report of changes. Packages follow the DPAC data format, so they are already shaped for preservation.

Communications

Progress letters, generated: everything that changed since the last communication, ready to review and send.

The delivery to the Hub

When the site (or a portion of it) is ready, Site Manager delivers it to the Hub: the master workbook, all survey forms, setups, photographs and the full history of comments. Before sending, it shows exactly how the delivery differs from what the Hub already holds, and warns of any setup name conflict, so you always know whether you are creating or updating. In the Hub, the site appears under Site Manager, and its works take their place in the Catalog.