The 5th Pan-Hellenic conference on Digital Culture Heritage – Euromed 2023 was held in Larisa at 6-9/3/2024. The conference brought together distinguished and prominent scientists from the fields of cultural heritage studies, research, innovation, digital technology and tourism. Euromed was hosted from the Technological University of Cyprus, UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage & EU-ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, the University of West Attica and the PERREVIA Cultural Network.
APCG team members Arezina Sakka and Thanasis Koukoulis attended the conference, participating with the poster “Monitoring and mapping of cultural heritage in conflict areas”, where they were awarded among the best posters presented.
The poster explains the development and function of a Single-Page Application that catalogues cultural assets in the conflict area of Ukraine in a map environment, and provides tools for citizens to monitor damage done at real time by photographing and uploading them to the platform. Additional layers can be viewed, such as Land cover, Land use, atmospheric quality and pollution, that enable a holistic view of the state of preservation of the cultural heritage monuments in danger. The platform provides such capabilities using earth observation tools (satellite data and in-situ sensors).
The platform operates under the framework of Urban Heritage Climate Observatory GEO Pilot Initiative.