Articles by Agata Lo Tauro

The use and diffusion of Geodatabases for land use analysis in archaeological investiga¬tion cannot neglect innovative educational programmes. Furthermore, the principal problem of the use of Geodatabases is the cost of Geospatial analysis. In order to solve this problem, research provides methodologies for the elaboration of 2D and 3D thematic cartography and listing technologies using open source Geospatial analysis. As part of Project MONITOR (www.monitorproject.com/) of the Galileo Joint, the Innovative Educational and Research Programmes may involve experiments on GNSS real time positioning and innovative telecommunication applications by using various kind of almost wearable or PDA, TV - PCs and Smartphones as well GPS/PL/INS technologies. The Educational Programmes are structured in different phases: the analysis of the GIS project, the territorial sources and the case-study with the support of the ESA’s global land cover map (www.esa.int) and thermographic imaging (www.fIirthermography.com/). The data sources, challenges and possible improvements in the GIS project can serve not only as guidelines for future GIS research for environmental conservation and management plans for UNESCO Sites, but also point to rewarding research avenues for visualization of land vulnerability with the support of different technologies (Remote Sensing, Laser Scanning, Virtual Reference Stations, etc.).