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 are invited to communicate good practices in the use of earth observation data in cultural heritage protection. If you are a professional in one of these fields, please fill in a template with relevant data about your good practice:
https://forms.gle/JeFy7qQeR8oiSX87A
The SATCULT team together with the Advisory Board will analyse good practices to be communicated Europe-wide. Of particular interest are examples from the cultural heritage sector beyond archaeology (where the use of satellite data is rather advanced).
The good practices will be published either in a European brochure or on this homepage depending on how they represent the individual areas of cultural heritage protection. The publication is scheduled in September 2025.
