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Big Earth Data for Cultural Heritage in the Copernicus Era

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Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes

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Abstract

Digital data is stepping in its golden age characterized by an increasing growth of both classical and emerging big earth data along with trans- and multidisciplinary methodological approaches and services addressed to the study, preservation and sustainable exploitation of cultural heritage (CH). The availability of new digital technologies has opened new possibilities, unthinkable only a few years ago for cultural heritage. The currently available digital data, tools and services with particular reference to Copernicus initiatives make possible to characterize and understand the state of conservation of CH for preventive restoration and opened up a frontier of possibilities for the discovery of archaeological sites from above and also for supporting their excavation, monitoring and preservation. The different areas of intervention require the availability and integration of rigorous information from different sources for improving knowledge and interpretation, risk assessment and management in order to make more successful all the actions oriented to the preservation of cultural properties. One of the biggest challenges is to fully involve the citizen also from an emotional point of view connecting “pixels with people” and “bridging” remote sensing and social sensing.

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  1. Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, CNR-IMAA (Italy), Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

    Rosa Lasaponara

  2. Institute of Archaeological and Monumental Heritage, CNR-IBAM (Italy), Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

    Nicola Masini

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis

  2. Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Kyriacos Themistocleous

  3. Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Branka Cuca

  4. Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Athos Agapiou

  5. Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Vasiliki Lysandrou

  6. Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, CNR-IMAA (Italy), Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

    Rosa Lasaponara

  7. Institute of Archaeological and Monumental Heritage, CNR-IBAM (Italy), Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

    Nicola Masini

  8. Earth Observation Center (EOC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany

    Gunter Schreier

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Lasaponara, R., Masini, N. (2020). Big Earth Data for Cultural Heritage in the Copernicus Era. 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_3

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