scholarly journals AUTOMATIC DAMAGE DETECTION FOR SENSITIVE CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B5 ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
D. Cerra ◽  
J. Tian ◽  
V. Lysandrou ◽  
S. Plank
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Media ◽  
Earth Observation Data ◽  
Processing Techniques

The intentional damages to local Cultural Heritage sites carried out in recent months by the Islamic State (IS) have received wide coverage from the media worldwide. Earth Observation data is an important tool to assess these damages in such non-accessible areas: If a fast response is desired, automated image processing techniques would be needed to speed up the analysis. This paper shows the first results of applying fast and robust change detection techniques to sensitive areas. A map highlighting potentially damaged buildings is derived, which could help experts at timely assessing the damages to the Cultural Heritage sites in the observed images.

scholarly journals AUTOMATIC DAMAGE DETECTION FOR SENSITIVE CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B5 ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
D. Cerra ◽  
J. Tian ◽  
V. Lysandrou ◽  
S. Plank
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Media ◽  
Earth Observation Data ◽  
Processing Techniques

The intentional damages to local Cultural Heritage sites carried out in recent months by the Islamic State (IS) have received wide coverage from the media worldwide. Earth Observation data is an important tool to assess these damages in such non-accessible areas: If a fast response is desired, automated image processing techniques would be needed to speed up the analysis. This paper shows the first results of applying fast and robust change detection techniques to sensitive areas. A map highlighting potentially damaged buildings is derived, which could help experts at timely assessing the damages to the Cultural Heritage sites in the observed images.

scholarly journals Cultural Heritage Sites in Danger—Towards Automatic Damage Detection from Space

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Cerra ◽  
Simon Plank ◽  
Vasiliki Lysandrou ◽  
Jiaojiao Tian
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Media ◽  
Earth Observation Data ◽  
Processing Techniques

The intentional damages to local Cultural Heritage sites carried out in recent months by the Islamic State have received wide coverage from the media worldwide. Earth Observation data provide important information to assess these damages in such non-accessible areas, and automated image processing techniques would be needed to speed up the analysis if a fast response is desired. This paper shows the first results of applying fast and robust change detection techniques to sensitive areas, based on the extraction of textural information and robust differences of brightness values related to pre- and post-disaster satellite images. A map highlighting potentially damaged buildings is derived, which could help experts at timely assessing the damages to the Cultural Heritage sites of interest. Encouraging results are obtained for two archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq.

CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ICONOCLASM – A THREAT TO WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (XVIII) ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
Dariusz Rozmus
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The West ◽  
Religious Background ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Traditions

The vast destruction of the heritage sites in Syria and Iraq caused by the activities of ISIS may not only be attributed to fanatical iconoclasm with a religious background. The ideologists of the jihad movements in the so-called Islamic State intend to introduce one, unified version of Islam. In their world, there is no place for democracy, secularity, nationalism (even for patriotism) and other “abominations” of the West. Monuments which constituted elements of local traditions were destroyed with the application of huge resources. In the face of the tragedy of people, considerations in the field of broadly conceived culture may only supplement a description of unspeakable tragedies which were caused by the wars in the Near East. However, we may examine this question in such a way as not to separate the people from their heritage, for a human being is an integral part of his or her culture. “This isn’t a choice between people or stone,” said Deborah Lehr, chair of Antiquities Coalition. “Culture is part of who these people are, and this, ironically, is the cradle of civilization.”. Due to the situation which occurred, the stock-taking and digitalisation of artefacts and architectural monuments assumes huge significance. These proceedings should be also conducted with the use of the most recent methods of satellite teledetection.

scholarly journals Detection and 3D Modeling of Potential Buried Archaeological Structures Using WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Raghda El-Behaedi
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Earth Observation Data

Throughout the world, cultural heritage sites are under the direct threat of damage or destruction due to developing environmental and anthropogenic hazards, such as urban expansion, looting, and rising water levels. Exacerbating this problem is the fact that many of the most vulnerable sites’ exact locations and/or full spatial extents have yet to be uncovered, making any attempts at their protection exceedingly difficult. However, the utilization of earth observation data has recently emerged as an unmatched tool in the exploration and (digital) preservation of endangered archaeological sites. The presented research employs very high-resolution WorldView-3 satellite imagery (~30 cm) for identifying and delineating previously unknown subsurface archaeological structures at the ancient Egyptian site of Hermopolis (el-Ashmunein). A particular emphasis is placed on the application of spectral indices, specifically those looking at vegetation cropmarks and iron oxide levels. Through this analysis, seven promising structures were identified, including three elongated installations, which may have been utilized for storage purposes, and a potential casemate foundation structure. As 2D outlines of structures are often difficult to visualize, the newly identified archaeological features were expanded into a realistic, georeferenced 3D model using the computer programs, SketchUp Pro and Chaos V-Ray. The goal of this 3D model is to ensure that the results derived from this research are more accessible (and tangible) to a wider audience—the scientific community and the public alike. The methodological scheme presented in this article is highly adaptable and with some minor modifications can be replicated for other archaeological sites worldwide.

scholarly journals Urbanization monitoring using big Earth Observation data for world heritage sites of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 502 ◽  
pp. 012049
Author(s):  
Qiang-qiang Li ◽  
Xiang-xin Li ◽  
Yong-huan Ma ◽  
Lin-lin Lu ◽  
Xin-yuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Earth Observation Data

scholarly journals Kultura udomowiona a nowe technologie

2021 ◽  
Vol 13(49) (1) ◽  
pp. 51-72
Author(s):  
Stanisław Jędrzejewski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Media

Although the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced or completely eliminated the manifestations of artistic life, human ingenuity and simply necessity made it possible to transfer many offline cultural events and events to the online environment. Free online broadcasts from concerts such as the Berlin Philharmonic, opera performances from the New York Metropolitan, as well as theater and music concerts have gained in popularity worldwide. Film production companies have begun to make films available online. The offer of video or VOD (Netflix, YouTube, Twitch, Showmax, Paramount Play) has increased (Upper, 2020). Because, at least in the first phase of the pandemic, the revenue from the cinemas fell, VOD services could watch hits, e.g. in the United States — Emma, and in Poland — Hejter. Virtual tours were offered by well-known museums, such as the Louvre in Paris and international cultural heritage sites, including the Roman Colosseum. Since the outbreak of the epidemic there has also been a rapid increase in online gaming traffic. Finally, after the total suspension, sports competitions, e.g. football matches, came back, but without the participation of the fans, albeit like stand-ups with played recordings of the stadium’s fans’ reactions. In this way, what we call entertainment or popular culture has been domesticated and is done through the media. In this article I review the possibilities that new technologies now offer for domesticated culture in new circumstances forced by a pandemic COVID-19.

scholarly journals The image of Crimea among British travelers Edward Clarke and Reginald Heber at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 883-903
Author(s):  
Nikita I. Khrapunov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Grand Tour ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Multiethnic Populations ◽  
Earthly Paradise

This paper analyses two books by British travellers offering accounts of Crimea in the first decades of the Russian period in its history. Crimea became a stage in Western Grand Tour, offering a possibility to view and discuss different phenomena: Mediterranean environment, cultural heritage sites, multiethnic populations confessing different religions, the change of Crimea’s political status, and the first results of Russia’s attempts of its integration. The comparison of these two travelogues with other sources and the materials supplied by current researches has uncovered who the British mind interpreted Crimean realities. The travellers created unified image of Crimea featuring its past, present, and future. The travelogues under analysis uncover the features of researchers’ thinking in the period of transition from the Enlightenment to the Romanticism. This way, the notion of ethnic processes actually restricted to the search for modern parallels of ancient ethnic names. The books under study reflect a complicated and controversial process of Crimea’s integration into the Russian Empire. Heber considered the future as economic progress and therefore thought it necessary to develop Crimean trade, infrastructure, and economy, building them into all-Russia and all-Europe network. Clarke’s opinion of Russia was distinctly negative, therefore he thought desirable to ‘return’ Crimea to the Ottomans. The travellers created several stereotypes, such as the ideas of ‘earthly paradise’ in Crimea, ‘Tatar laziness,’ ‘golden age’ of the Crimean khanate, or ‘barbarous destruction’ of cultural heritage monuments by Russians, still existing in Western mind.

scholarly journals MIS 5.5 Highstand and Future Sea Level Flooding at 2100 and 2300 in Tectonically Stable Areas of Central Mediterranean Sea: Sardinia and the Pontina Plain (Southern Latium), Italy

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 2597
Author(s):  
Giacomo Deiana ◽  
Fabrizio Antonioli ◽  
Lorenzo Moretti ◽  
Paolo Emanuele Orrù ◽  
Giovanni Randazzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Multidisciplinary Study ◽  
Rcp 8.5 ◽  
Earth Observation Data ◽  
Mis 5.5

Areas of the Mediterranean Sea are dynamic habitats in which human activities have been conducted for centuries and which feature micro-tidal environments with about 0.40 m of range. For this reason, human settlements are still concentrated along a narrow coastline strip, where any change in the sea level and coastal dynamics may impact anthropic activities. We analyzed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and Copernicus Earth observation data. The aim of this research is to provide estimates and detailed maps (in three coastal plain of Sardinia (Italy) and in the Pontina Plain (southern Latium, Italy) of: (i) the past marine transgression occurred during MIS 5.5 highstand 119 kyrss BP; (ii) the coastline regression occurred during the last glacial maximum MIS 2 (21.5 krs cal BP); and (iii) the potential marine submersion for 2100 and 2300. The objective of this multidisciplinary study is to provide maps of sea level rise future scenarios using the IPCC RCP 8.5 2019 projections and glacio-hydro-isostatic movements for the above selected coastal zones (considered tectonically stable), which are the locations of touristic resorts, railways and heritage sites. We estimated a potential loss of land for the above areas of between about 146 km2 (IPCC 2019-RCP8.5 scenario) and 637 km2 along a coastline length of about 268 km.

The Reconstruction Project of Illumination Devices at the Krasnoselskaya Station of the Moscow Metro

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Ksenia I. Nechaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Fluorescent Lamps ◽  
Current State ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Lighting Environment ◽  
Incandescent Lamps

The current state of the Moscow Metro station of the first priority that became operational in 1935 does not allow it to be called a cultural heritage site. This is due to the fact that lighting modernisation carried out by the Moscow Metro was based on fluorescent lamps. Such lamps are more energy efficient compared to incandescent lamps, which were used in original lighting devices specified in the Station Lighting Project developed by architects and designers. However, they significantly changed the station appearance, transforming the originally designed station with entire well visible architectural tectonics?1 from the standpoint of lighting into a simple, flat, unremarkable, and little loaded station of the Moscow Metro./br> This paper describes a method of lighting reconstruction at Krasnoselskaya station by means of original lighting devices that meet modern standards and requirements for cultural heritage sites. The historical analysis on the development of the station lighting environment was conducted during its operation in order to understand what kind of station was conceived by its architects, what changes occurred with its lighting over time, and how it influenced the station appearance and safety of passenger transportation.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document