Copernicus for Cultural Heritage Summer School Workshops

The Copernicus for Cultural Heritage Summer School Workshops will provide three workshops that will take place over the summer in Limassol, Cyprus organized by the Cyprus University of Technology, in Rome, Italy by ISPRA and in Munich, Germany by DLR. Each workshop will be designed for local participants, including local/regional experts, archaeologists and decision makers, government agencies, local authorities, private companies, industry, academia, researchers and graduate and doctorate level students, in order to provide in-depth training on how to use Copernicus data for cultural heritage. The workshops will be taught by up to four invited experts in the field of Cultural Heritage and Earth observation who will provide knowledge transfer and capacity building on how Copernicus data can be used for cultural heritage.

The workshops will highlight the various initiatives and research projects, operational services, etc., which are based on Copernicus data (and contributing mission) and stress the value of their use and the opportunities offered from Copernicus towards public services. The data and information offered by the Copernicus programme can contribute to tangible and natural cultural heritage preservation and management. The free and open data and information delivered by the Copernicus programme represents a valuable resource for Cultural Heritage monitoring and preservation at European and global level. Examples of useful EO-based products include archaeological sites monitoring and identification, monitoring of the destruction or looting of sites, ground motion detection, hazard and risk assessment maps, natural subsidence, urban sprawl monitoring, climate change indicators, air pollution monitoring, coastline monitoring (erosion), bathymetry, etc.

The workshops will include lectures and presentations as well as in-situ activities that utilize easy-to-use, web-based, remote-sensing software. The workshop will include visits to cultural heritage sites and laboratory exercises in order to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for using Copernicus data for cultural heritage applications. The lecture material and relevant case studies will be developed by experts in the field of Cultural Heritage and Earth observation. As well, various case studies of how Copernicus data has been used for cultural heritage applications will be discussed, in order to facilitate knowledge transfer. Each partner will travel and participate in the workshops in order to provide case studies and applications at the national level.