Geomatics and Geospatial Technologies: 24th Italian Conference, ASITA 2021, Genoa, Italy, July 1-2, 9, 16, 23, 2021, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science Book 1507)

This volume constitutes selected papers presented at the 24th Italian Conference on Geomatics and Geospatial Technologies, ASITA 2021, held as five sessions takind place between 1 and 23 July, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 28 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 139 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on ​remote sensing applications; geomatics and natural hazards; geomatics for cultural heritage and natural resources; sensors performance and data processing; geomatics and land management. Preface Organization Contents Remote Sensing Applications Copernicus Users Uptake: An Overview of Downstream Applications 1 Introduction 2 Copernicus Background 3 EO-UPTAKE Project Outline 3.1 User Uptake Strategy Activities 3.2 EO-UPTAKE Project 4 Overview of Copernicus Downstream Applications 4.1 Literature Analysis 4.2 Discussion 5 Conclusions References Land-Cover Mapping in the Biogradska Gora National Park with Very-High-Resolution Pléiades Images 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Study Site 2.2 Field Surveys 2.3 Image Pre-processing 2.4 Image Segmentation and Classification 3 Results 4 Discussion 5 Conclusion References UAV for Precision Agriculture in Vineyards: A Case Study in Calabria 1 Introduction 1.1 Precision Agriculture 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Data Processing 3 Results 4 Conclusions References A Proposal for Crop Damage Assessment by Floods Based on an Integrated Approach Relying on Copernicus Sentinel Data and DTMs 1 Introduction 2 Material and Methods 2.1 Study Area 2.2 Available Data 2.3 Data Processing 2.4 Validation 3 Results and Discussions 3.1 Flooded Area Mapping 3.2 Mapping and Validation WH 4 Conclusions References Satellite Data and Epidemic Cartography: A Study of the Relationship Between the Concentration of NO2and the COVID-19 Epidemic 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Environmental Data 2.2 Epidemiological Data 2.3 Statistical Analysis 3 Results 3.1 Analysis of Tropospheric NO2Concentrations 3.2 Relationship Between NO2Pollution and Prevalence Rates 3.3 Relationship Between NO2Pollution and Excess of Mortality 4 Conclusion References Geomatics and Natural Hazards Arno Riverbed Survey in Florence 1935 - 2019: From the Integrated Survey to the Geomatic Monitoring 1 Introduction 2 The Survey Campaign 1935–1961 2.1 Classical Survey Techniques: Topography and Photogrammetry 2.2 Traditional Graphical Outputs 2.3 Comments and Remarks 3 The Contemporary Survey 3.1 The Adopted Mobile Mapping System 3.2 3D Data Georeferencing 4 Forthcoming Studies 5 Conclusions References Implementation of the Digital Inland Water Smart Strategy Using Geomatics Instruments and the Big Data SmartRiver Platform 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Case Study 4 Conclusion References The WRF-ERDS Workflow in the November 2020 Calabria Flood Event 1 Introduction 2 The WRF-ERDS Workflow 2.1 The WRF Model 2.2 The Extreme Rainfall Detection System 3 The November 2020 Calabria Flood Event 3.1 Event Description 3.2 Alert Bulletins of the Department of Civil Protection 3.3 ERDS Performance in the Heavy Rainfall Identification 3.4 WRF-ERDS Performance in the Heavy Rainfall Identification 4 Conclusions References The Subsurface Database of the Torino Area (Western Po Plain): From the Design of the Conceptual Scheme to 3D Modeling 1 Introduction 2 SDTA Infrastructure 2.1 Description of the Attributes of the Datasets “WATER-WELLS&BOREHOLES” and “HYDROLAYER” 2.2 Property of the Dataset “WATER-WELLS&BOREHOLES” 2.3 Data Management GIS Interface 3 Physical-Geological-Hydrostratigraphic Model 4 Concluding Remarks and Future Developments References Artificial Intelligence for a Multi-temporal Classification of Fluvial Geomorphic Units of the River Isonzo: A Comparison of Different Techniques 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Study Area 2.2 Satellite Data 2.3 Building of Training and Validation Datasets 2.4 Artificial Intelligence Processing 3 Results 4 Discussion 5 Conclusions 5.1 Further Development References Geomatics for Terrain’s Deformation Monitoring: The H2020 LiquefACT Field Trial in Pieve di Cento, Italy 1 Introduction 2 Introduction to the Experiment of Pieve di Cento 3 The Geomatic Surveying Performed in Pieve di Cento 3.1 Topographic Survey 3.2 Terrestrial Laser Scanning Survey 4 Results for Terrain Subsidence 4.1 Area 3 4.2 Area4 5 Conclusion and Further Activities References Geomatics for Cultural Heritage and Natural Resources The Early Cartography of Petroleum Resources in Italy (1866–1926) 1 Introduction 2 The Geological Map of Italy 3 The Early Italian Petroleum Resource Mapping 4 The Official Cartography of the Corps of Mines and the Royal Geological Survey 5 Conclusions References Methodological Report on Emergency Surveys for Cultural Heritage 1 Introduction 2 Description of Sites and Related Survey Campaigns 2.1 Civic Tower, Norcia 2.2 Santa Maria Argentea Church, Norcia 2.3 San Salvatore Church, Campi di Norcia 3 Data Post-processing and Fruition of Products 4 U.Ph.O. Tool Applied to San Salvatore Church 5 Conclusions References A BIM-GIS Integrated Database to Support Planned Maintenance Activities of Historical Built Heritage 1 Introduction 1.1 Case Study 1.2 Related Works 2 Methodology 2.1 The Data Model and the Spatial Database Design 2.2 The BIM Model and Its Relational Database 2.3 Working with VPL (Visual Programming Language) 3 First Results 3.1 GIS Database Connection and Entities Visualisation and Querying 3.2 BIM Data Integration Through Dynamo 4 Conclusions and Future Developments References “Bronzi di Riace” Geomatics Techniques in Augmented Reality for Cultural Heritage Dissemination 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Survey and 3D Modeling 2.2 3D Printing 3 Integration of 3D Models in Virtual and Augmented Reality 4 The Developed App 5 Upgrades Planned for the App 6 Conclusion References The New Geodatabase of the Municipality of Genoa: Innovative Aspects and Applications 1 Introduction 2 Characteristics of the Production 2.1 Photogrammetric and LiDAR Aerial Photos 2.2 MMS Data 3 Outputs 3.1 Integration Between Aerial and Terrestrial LiDAR Point Clouds 3.2 Software for Displaying Terrestrial LiDAR Data Merged with Spherical Images (SmartCity3D) 4 First Exploits of the New Database 4.1 Event Scenarios for the Municipal Department for Civil Protection 4.2 Urban Planning Comparisons with Diachronic Analysis of Historical Maps 4.3 Applications to Water, Gas and Sewage Networks Design 4.4 Applications to Improve the Efficiency of Public and Sustainable Mobility 4.5 Applications in the Context of Accessibility Projects 5 Conclusions References Sensors Performance and Data Processing A Low-Cost GNSS Prototype for Tracking Runners in RTK Mode: Comparison with Running Watch Performance 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results 4 Discussion 5 Conclusions References Performance of Dual-Frequencies Low-Cost GNSS Sensors for Real Time Monitoring 1 Introduction 2 Material 3 Methods 3.1 Hardware and Software Setting 4 Performed Tests 5 Results 5.1 Test 1 5.2 Test 2 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion References Definition of the Local Geoid Undulation Using Non-contemporary GNSS-Levelling Data on Subsidence Area: Application on the Adriatic Coastline 1 Introduction 2 Dataset 3 Methods 4 Results 5 Discussion and Conclusion References Comparative Analysis Among Photogrammetric 3D Models RAW Data vs RGB Images 1 Introduction 2 Laser Scanner Survey and Topography Network 3 Photogrammetry: Processing Raw Data and RGB Images 4 Conclusions References Photogrammetric Techniques and Image Segmentation via Machine Learning as Supporting Tools in Paving Asphalt Mixtures Studies 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Analysis of Stress-Induced Aggregate Arrangement Within Bituminous Conglomerate Matrices 2.2 Analysis of Surface Macrotexture in Bituminous Conglomerates 2.3 Image Segmentation via Machine Learning (ML) Algorithms 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Analysis of Stress-Induced Aggregate Arrangement Within Bituminous Conglomerate Matrices 3.2 Analysis of Stress-Induced Aggregate Arrangement Within Bituminous Conglomerate Matrices 3.3 Image Segmentation via Machine Learning Algorithms 4 Conclusion References Towards a FOSS Automatic Classification of Defects for Bridges Structural Health Monitoring 1 Introduction 2 Case Study 3 The Methodology 3.1 Data Acquisition 4 Data Processing 4.1 Photogrammetric Data Processing 4.2 Damage Classification 5 Results and Discussion 6 Conclusion References Geomatics and Soft Computing Techniques for Road Infrastructure Monitoring 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 The Proposed System 3 Case Study 3.1 UAV Survey (3d Modeling and Automatic Extraction of Infrastructure Geometry) 3.2 The Sensor Detection System 3.3 Implementation of Final Model 3.4 Soft Computing Analysis and Platform Visualization 4 Conclusion References Automatic Co-registration of Copernicus Time Series via Synchronization 1 Introduction 2 Multi-image Robust Alignment 3 Image Registration via Synchronization 3.1 Synchronization over (GL(d),) 3.2 Synchronization over GA(d) 4 Experiments and Results 4.1 Dataset Sevilla 4.2 Dataset Venice 4.3 Dataset Po Valley 5 Conclusion References Geomatics and Land Management Living Labs and Open Innovation to Support Local Development Policies 1 Introduction 2 Living Labs 2.1 Living Labs as User-Centred, Open Innovation Ecosystems 2.2 European Network of Living Lab (ENoLL) 3 The LL Architecture, Resources, Actors and Roles 4 From Data to Knowledge: Data Supply Chain for LLs 5 Living Labs and Open Innovation: A Prototype 6 Conclusions References Analysis of Geospatial Behaviour of Visitors of Urban Gardens: Is Positioning via Smartphones a Valid Solution? 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Study Area 2.2 Surveys 2.3 NMEA File - Transmission and Analysis via T-BOT 2.4 Analysis of Geolocation Quality 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Quality of Geolocation 3.2 Autocorrelation 3.3 Clustering “Hotspots” 4 Conclusions 4.1 Further Development References Land Abandonment and Its Impact on the Landscape Character of Val Borbera (Northern Apennines) 1 Dynamics and Processes of Rural Mountain Landscapes 2 A Transdisciplinary Methodology: Regressive Spatial Analysis 2.1 Data Sampling 2.2 Construction of the Database 3 Results 3.1 Five Main Landscape Trends 3.2 Leading to Three Main Landscape Transformations 4 Conclusion References From Remote Sensing to Decision Support System for Industrial Quarry Basins 1 Introduction 2 Study Area 3 Materials and Methods 3.1 Datasets 3.2 Land Cover Changes 3.3 Volume Changes 4 Results 4.1 Land Cover Changes 4.2 Volume Changes and Waste Management Indicators 4.3 Marble Cutting Waste (‘marmettola’) 4.4 In-Situ Marble Quarry Waste (MQW) Disposals 4.5 MQW Disposals in Active Quarries 4.6 Data Integration and Proposed Indicators 5 Discussion 6 Conclusions References Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing Data Integration for 3D Monitoring of Complex Quarry Environments 1 Introduction 2 Available Data 2.1 LiDAR DSM and Control Point Dataset 2.2 Pléiades Archived Images 2.3 Pléiades Tri-stereo New Acquisition 2.4 Test Sites 3 Methods and Tools 4 Results 4.1 Terrain Models’ Coverage 4.2 Elevation Accuracy 4.3 Surface and Volume Changes Evaluation 5 Discussion 6 Conclusions References Author Index