Training of Crisis Mappers and Map Production from Multi-sensor Data: Vernazza Case Study (Cinque Terre National Park, Italy)
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Abstract
This aim of paper is to presents the development of a multidisciplinary project carried
out by the cooperation between Politecnico di Torino and ITHACA (Information
Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action). The
goal of the project was the training in geospatial data acquiring and processing for
students attending Architecture and Engineering Courses, in order to start up a
team of “volunteer mappers”. Indeed, the project is aimed to document the environmental
and built heritage subject to disaster; the purpose is to improve the capabilities
of the actors involved in the activities connected in geospatial data collection,
integration and sharing. The proposed area for testing the training
activities is the Cinque Terre National Park, registered in the World Heritage List since 1997. The area was affected by flood on the 25th of October 2011. According
to other international experiences, the group is expected to be active after
emergencies in order to upgrade maps, using data acquired by typical geomatic
methods and techniques such as terrestrial and aerial Lidar, close-range and aerial
photogrammetry, topographic and GNSS instruments etc.; or by non conventional
systems and instruments such us UAV, mobile mapping etc. The ultimate goal is
to implement a WebGIS platform to share all the data collected with local authorities
and the Civil Protection