Muninn allows the public to help with the locating cultural remains in Iceland.
Muninn is an app that was designed within the CINEproject as a part of the advanced mapping. It was design in collaboration of the University of St.
Andrews, Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute and the associated partner Minjastofnun Íslands (The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland), which is an administrative institution and is responsible for archiving information
about archaeological and built heritage. They run a geo-located database for protected and listed archaeological sites. In Iceland, each municipality is obliged to register cultural heritage within their territory as a part of their
land-use and master plans. Only a part of cultural heritage in the country has been located and listed.
The idea with Muninn app is to crowdsource the act of locating cultural remains with help of the public. The information gathered via the app will go into a special database where it will be certified and made visible for
other users within the app. This can be a vital part in the process of mapping cultural heritage remains in Iceland and will serve as a source for the standardized survey done by professional archaeologists. Also, a part of the
intended usage of the app regards the monitoring of individual cultural heritage sites. The entries added in the app can help the Cultural Heritage Agency to observe sites all over the country and monitor changes e.g. impact of erosion on sites.
Information recorded:
• Name of the site
• Type of remains
• Purpose of remains
• Is the site under threat
• Risk factor
• GPS-location
The user can take photo with his phone and send in with the information.
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