Geoinformatics for the Promotion, Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals to transform our world by 2030. The importance of cultural heritage (CH) for sustainable development is highlighted specifically in two of these goals: Goal 8 and Goal 11.

Geoinformatics is a discipline devoted to the capture and analysis of geospatial information. Approaches such as photogrammetry or laser scanning have played a crucial role in the documentation, promotion, management, and preservation of CH places and buildings. Currently, within this field of knowledge, there is a focus on several different issues: i) the reconstruction and visualization of CH through time; ii) the development of point cloud and image-based strategies for the diagnosis of CH sites; iii) the use of HBIM and GIS approaches for the development of management and planning actions at city and building level (e.g., preventive conservation actions in CH, analysis of risks or safeguarding plans in CH) and; iv) the development of virtual and augmented reality methods for the promotion of CH, including web visualization and analysis.

In this context, original contributions where geoinformatics applications contribute to the promotion, management, and preservation of CH are welcome. In this sense, scientific contributions related to the application of photogrammetric, laser scanning, virtual, and augmented reality systems, as well as GIS and HBIM approaches will be accepted. Additionally, well-prepared review papers will be also accepted.

The following list provides some examples of topics of interest for this Special Issue:     

• Application of HBIM approaches for the management and conservation of CH sites.
• Geoinformatics applied to preventive conservation of CH.
• GIS development focused on the management and conservation of CH.
• Photogrammetry and laser scanning approaches focused on the documentation and preservation of CH buildings and sites.
• Multi-source and multi-sensors integration for the management and study of CH.
• Virtual and Augmented Reality applied to the promotion and conservation of CH sites.
• Case studies about the application of Geoinformatics in CH.

Prof. Dr. Luis Javier Sánchez-Aparicio
Dr. Miguel Angel Maté-González
Prof. Dr. Diego González-Aguilera
Guest Editors

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