Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island
Dynamic processes in coastal zones and human activities in the coastal environment produce pressure on cultural heritage, especially in touristic places. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are used as an additional tool for monitoring cultural heritage sites in sensitive coastal areas. UASs provide low-c...
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doaj-880c67a21cb14ccea1ebf8a2d17525ad2020-11-25T02:07:59ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082019-05-01221404142210.3390/heritage2020089heritage2020089Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos IslandApostolos Papakonstantinou0Dimitris Kavroudakis1Yannis Kourtzellis2Michail Chtenellis3Vasilis Kopsachilis4Konstantinos Topouzelis5Michail Vaitis6Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDepartment of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceEphorate of Antiquities of Lesvos, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, 10 Leondos Sofou Str., Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDepartment of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDepartment of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDepartment of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100 Lesvos, GreeceDynamic processes in coastal zones and human activities in the coastal environment produce pressure on cultural heritage, especially in touristic places. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are used as an additional tool for monitoring cultural heritage sites in sensitive coastal areas. UASs provide low-cost accurate spatial data and high-resolution imagery products in various spatial and temporal scales. The use of UAS for mapping cultural heritage sites in the coastal zone is of increasing interest among scientists and archaeologists in terms of monitoring, documentation, mapping, and restoration. This study outlines the integration of UAS data acquisition and structure from motion (SfM) pipeline for the visualization of selected cultural heritage areas (ancient harbors) in the coastal zone. The UAS-SfM methodology produces very detailed orthophoto maps for mapping and detecting cultural heritage sites. Additionally, a metadata cataloging system has been developed in order to facilitate online searching operations for all products of the data acquisition, SfM pipeline, and cartographic processes. For this reason, a specific metadata profile was implemented, based on the European INSPIRE framework. As a result, datasets reusability and catalogs interoperability are promoted.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/2/2/89cultural heritage areascoastal cultural heritage monitoringUASUAV-SfMgeographic metadata |
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Apostolos Papakonstantinou Dimitris Kavroudakis Yannis Kourtzellis Michail Chtenellis Vasilis Kopsachilis Konstantinos Topouzelis Michail Vaitis Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island Heritage cultural heritage areas coastal cultural heritage monitoring UAS UAV-SfM geographic metadata |
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Apostolos Papakonstantinou Dimitris Kavroudakis Yannis Kourtzellis Michail Chtenellis Vasilis Kopsachilis Konstantinos Topouzelis Michail Vaitis |
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Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island |
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Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island |
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Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island |
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Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island |
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Mapping Cultural Heritage in Coastal Areas with UAS: The Case Study of Lesvos Island |
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mapping cultural heritage in coastal areas with uas: the case study of lesvos island |
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Dynamic processes in coastal zones and human activities in the coastal environment produce pressure on cultural heritage, especially in touristic places. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are used as an additional tool for monitoring cultural heritage sites in sensitive coastal areas. UASs provide low-cost accurate spatial data and high-resolution imagery products in various spatial and temporal scales. The use of UAS for mapping cultural heritage sites in the coastal zone is of increasing interest among scientists and archaeologists in terms of monitoring, documentation, mapping, and restoration. This study outlines the integration of UAS data acquisition and structure from motion (SfM) pipeline for the visualization of selected cultural heritage areas (ancient harbors) in the coastal zone. The UAS-SfM methodology produces very detailed orthophoto maps for mapping and detecting cultural heritage sites. Additionally, a metadata cataloging system has been developed in order to facilitate online searching operations for all products of the data acquisition, SfM pipeline, and cartographic processes. For this reason, a specific metadata profile was implemented, based on the European INSPIRE framework. As a result, datasets reusability and catalogs interoperability are promoted. |
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cultural heritage areas coastal cultural heritage monitoring UAS UAV-SfM geographic metadata |
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