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In its aim to adapt Copernicus to user needs, the European Commission is currently in a phase in contemplating further areas and users to be served by Copernicus. One such area is the monitoring and preservation of Cultural Heritage. Several events in the recent years showed how observation techniques from space can help to monitor the destruction of historic sites through conflict and natural disasters. The process to potentially include Cultural Heritage Monitoring into Copernicus services may take a while and needs further programmatic and political decisions.
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Schreier, G. (2020). Opportunities by the Copernicus Program for Archaeological Research and World Heritage Site Conservation. In: Hadjimitsis, D., et al. Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10979-0_1
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