End-User Conference in Stirling (UK) for CLIMA Project

On 24th November 2015, in Stirling (UK), the End Users workshop of the project “Cultural Landscape Risk Identification, Management and Assessment” (CLIMA) was held, in which Alma Sistemi S.a.S is involved as a partner.

The goal of the CLIMA project is to design and implement a WebGIS-based multi-task platform that integrates different remote sensing technologies, which can ensure, on a spatial scale, both macro and micro levels, the mapping, diagnostic and monitoring of archaeological cultural landscapes, including buried and exposed archaeological remains.

The platform will provide specific products (e.g. periodic vulnerability and warning maps) to allow the authorities in charge of cultural landscape preservation to implement more effective maintenance plans and actions.

The End Users conference aimed to present the project to potential end-users and to receive feedback, guidelines and expert advice, in order to improve the potentiality and applicability of the project’s results.

Many useful inputs emerged from the meeting, which will be taken into consideration during the platform’s design and development.

From the discussion, it emerged that CLIMA could help propose best practices, and would be well placed to critically assess current policy in light of archaeological findings at a local, national and European level.

The development of the CLIMA system for specific risk assessment and mapping will also be important in providing an evidence base for discussing broader trends in archaeological preservation, risk and protection.

End users present at the workshop were:

• Flavia Trucco (Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici del Lazio e dell’Etruria Meridionale, IT),

• Dave Cowley (Historic Environment Scotland, UK),

• Geoff Bailey (Falkirk Council, UK),

• Murray Cook (Stirling Council, UK),

• Vasiliki Lysandrou (Cyprus University of Technology and Cyprus Remote Sensing Society, CY).

More information about the CLIMA project, partners and their role: http://clima-project.eu