There are already good examples of satellite data utilisation in cultural heritage protection around the world, including in Europe. These are mainly research projects involving cultural heritage sites. Some of them are or have been coordinated by SATCULT partners. There is already valuable experience of the successes, the need for further training and the cooperation between experts from both fields of work. As such experiences can best be illustrated and understood through examples, SATCULT is compiling a collection of good practices that reflect the views of both cultural heritage conservationists and satellite data utilisation experts.
In a first step, cultural heritage and earth observation professionals were invited to communicate good practices in the use of earth observation data in cultural heritage protection. Meanwhile, 12 good practices were chosen for publication in the SATCULT brochure. They will be presented here soon, and the brochure will be available in August 2025 in English. A German version is planned for September 2025.
However, if you are a professional or if you coordinate / have coordinated or partnered a respective project or if you would like to present a case study, please feel invited to share your experiences by filling in a template with relevant data about your good practice:
https://forms.gle/JeFy7qQeR8oiSX87A
Additional good practices will be published on this homepage depending on how they represent the individual areas of cultural heritage protection. The SATCULT team is specifically interested in good practices beyond archaeology.
