<s>
The	O
GigaMesh	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
for	O
display	O
,	O
editing	O
and	O
visualization	O
of	O
3D-data	O
typically	O
acquired	O
with	O
structured	B-General_Concept
light	I-General_Concept
or	O
structure	B-Algorithm
from	I-Algorithm
motion	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
numerous	O
functions	O
for	O
analysis	O
of	O
archaeological	O
objects	O
like	O
cuneiform	B-Language
tablets	O
,	O
ceramics	O
or	O
converted	O
LiDAR	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
applications	O
are	O
unwrappings	O
(	O
or	O
rollouts	O
)	O
,	O
profile	O
cuts	O
(	O
or	O
cross	B-Application
sections	I-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
visualizations	O
of	O
distances	O
and	O
curvature	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
or	O
vector	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retrieval	O
of	O
text	O
in	O
3D	O
like	O
damaged	O
cuneiform	B-Language
tablets	O
or	O
weathered	O
medieval	O
headstones	O
using	O
Multi	B-Algorithm
Scale	I-Algorithm
Integral	O
Invariant	O
(	O
MSII	O
)	O
filtering	O
is	O
a	O
core	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
small	O
or	O
faint	O
surface	O
details	O
like	O
fingerprints	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
visualized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
polygonal	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
3D-models	O
can	O
be	O
inspected	O
,	O
cleaned	O
and	O
repaired	O
to	O
provide	O
optimal	O
filtering	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
central	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
logo	O
is	O
the	O
cuneiform	B-Language
sign	O
𒆜	O
(	O
kaskal	O
)	O
meaning	O
street	O
or	O
road	O
junction	O
,	O
which	O
symbolizes	O
the	O
intersection	O
of	O
the	O
humanities	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
surrounding	O
circle	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
integral	O
invariant	O
computation	O
using	O
a	O
spherical	O
domain	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
began	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
edition	O
project	O
Keilschrifttexte	O
aus	O
Assur	O
literarischen	O
Inhalts	O
(	O
KAL	O
,	O
cuneiform	B-Language
texts	O
with	O
literary	O
content	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Heidelberg	O
Academy	O
of	O
Sciences	O
and	O
Humanities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
projects	O
are	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
DFG	O
and	O
the	O
BMBF	O
for	O
contextualization	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
seals	O
and	O
sealings	O
of	O
the	O
Corpus	O
der	O
minoischen	O
und	O
mykenischen	O
Siegel	O
,	O
where	O
Thin	B-Algorithm
Plate	I-Algorithm
Splines	I-Algorithm
are	O
used	O
for	O
comparing	O
sealings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analog	O
to	O
the	O
developments	O
for	O
processing	O
cuneiform	B-Language
tablets	O
there	O
are	O
further	O
approaches	O
for	O
adaption	O
of	O
the	O
combined	O
Computer	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
and	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
methods	O
for	O
other	O
Scripts	O
in	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
GigaMesh	O
is	O
permanently	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
excavation	O
team	O
,	O
their	O
feedback	O
led	O
to	O
numerous	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
improving	O
the	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
(	O
UX	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
GigaMesh	O
is	O
well	O
suited	O
to	O
process	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
3D-measurement	O
data	O
within	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
with	O
almost	O
2.000	O
cuneiform	B-Language
tablets	O
of	O
the	O
Hilprecht	O
Collection	O
of	O
the	O
Jena	O
University	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
processed	O
and	O
digitally	O
published	O
as	O
benchmarkdatabase	O
(	O
HeiCuBeDa	O
)	O
for	O
machine	O
learning	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
database	O
of	O
images	O
including	O
3D	O
-	O
and	O
meta-data	O
(	O
HeiCu3Da	O
)	O
using	O
CC	O
BY	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
baseline	O
for	O
period	O
classification	O
of	O
tablets	O
was	O
established	O
using	O
a	O
Geometric	O
Neural	O
Network	O
being	O
a	O
Convolutional	B-Architecture
Neural	I-Architecture
Network	I-Architecture
typically	O
used	O
for	O
3D-datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
GitLab	B-Application
and	O
the	O
license	O
changed	O
from	O
freeware	B-License
to	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
200529	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
to	O
apply	O
the	O
MSII	O
filter	O
using	O
the	O
Graphical	B-Application
User	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
to	O
visualize	O
smallest	O
details	O
like	O
fingerprints	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
