Satellite enabled Services for Preservation and Valorisation of Cultural Heritage

According to UNESCO, 869 cultural heritage sites are spread over the continents. ArTeK supports the management and conservation of cultural heritage using EO, satellite navigation and satellite communications data and technologies.​

Source: UNESCO

ArTeK proposes an advanced service supporting the preventive conservation of Cultural Property (CP) and bridging a gap in the market where systematic high frequency monitoring over a medium-to-large spatial coverage scale is, to date, not available. ArTeK system enables the provision of an end-to-end service - going from the collection of geo-physical and site specific parameters for the calculation of key indicators, to the implementation of site-specific risk and decision support models, based on hierarchical / multi temporal / multi-sensory methods. Users of the service involve: Organizations responsible for the Cultural Properties; Site visitors. The main users of the service are managers of Italian Cultural Properties. However, the service is not restricted to a particular area but can be used all over the world as space techniques used, operate globally and threats identified for Italian CP are applicable all over the world. ArTeK satellite enabling technologies encompass Satellite Earth Observation, Satellite Navigation and Satellite Communication for data transmission.