Introduction
In the
EARSEL Symposium held in Bozen on June 1-6, 2007,
a new Special Interest Group (SIG), on Remote Sensing
for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (Re.Se.Ar.C.H.)
was launched.
The SIG is addressed to researchers interested in the application
of active and passive Remote Sensing (ground, aerial and satellite)
and Information Technologies for archaeological investigation,
protection and management of Cultural Heritage.
In the context of Re.Se.Ar.C.H. activities, the 1st International
Workshop on Advances in Remote Sensing for Archaeology and
Cultural Heritage Management will take place in Rome 30 September - 4 October 2008.
The workshop is organised by Institute
of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis and the Institute
for Architectural and Archaeological Heritage of National
Research Council (www.cnr.it) , in collaboration with the Earth
and Environmental Department and the Cultural
Heritage Department of National Research Council, with patronage
of CNR, UNESCO, MiBAC (Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities), University of Bari and sponsoored by the European Space Agency (ESA)
and BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy).
The topics of the workshop are:
Aerial archaeology: from the historical photographs to multispectral
and hyperspectral imagery.
Active airborne sensors (lidar, SAR): data processing issues and applications.
Satellite imagery for archaeology: data processing methods and
study cases.
Sub-surface reconstruction based on GPR, magnetic and electrical tomography for the archaeological research.
Inverse problems related to sub-surface sensing.
Integration of space/air borne and ground remote sensing techniques for archaeology and cultural heritage.
3D visualization and Virtual reconstruction of landscape and sites.
Landscape archaeology and palaeo-environmental studies based on Remote sensing, GIS and ICT.
Management of cultural and natural heritage: Remote Sensing,
GIS and ICT based applications.
Rescue archeology.
International Archaeological missions as outstanding ‘laboratories’ of archaeological science.
Integration of remote sensing and ground truth.
The main activities of the Workshop will include lectures given
by invited speakers, oral communications, poster sessions and
a field excursion.
Full texts of the invited lectures, oral communications and posters,
will be included in the Workshop Proceedings.
Selected papers presented during the workshop will be included
in a special issue of an International Journal.
Abstract and queries can be addressed to: earsel-researchsig@ibam.cnr.it
P.S. Only accepted papers that are presented at the workshop
in Rome will be published in the proceedings.
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