Lines of research developed during last three years by research teams of ITABC
 

• Project ARCHEOVR: cognitive and visual interaction models for the three-dimensional reconstruction of the archaeological landscape (micro and macro scale). The research activity was focused on GIS and remote sensing applications to archaeology (from satellites and aerial photos) and on virtual reconstructions of archaeological landscapes based on space and remotely sensed data. In addition to multispectral remote sensing, microtopographic processing of spatial data was applied to the creation of archaeological DTM using total laser stations.

•  Projects IT environments for the acquisition, synthesis and transfer or knowledge for the conservation of historical buildings. The idea was to converge on the fundamental theme of the preparation of instruments for a knowledge and evaluation of the state of conservation of the building heritage. The general aim consisted in defining an overall framework for the organization of historical buildings for the purpose of conservation and management through multiscale approaches.

• Project Integrated systems for the analysis, documentation and enhancing of the building heritage. The objective of project was to develop methods and integrated procedures for the historical and physical documentation of historical buildings and of anthropogeographic landscapes as a basis for conservation and enhancement projects. The activity carried out was focused on the development of the themes of the ARAMIS European project, aimed at the study and enhancement of water mills and canalizations systems spread by the Arabs through the Mediterranean. The activity was divided into three main parts:
  Cataloguing and systematic surveying of the mills by means of metric and photogrammetric survey;
  Conservation and museal action on three ancient mills (Spain, Crete, Malta);
  Construction of the Water and Water Mill Museum in the Arab Norman castle of Castellammare del Golfo.

• Project Advanced technology for the Study, conservation and enjoyment of archaeological sites and monuments. An application of the research theme was the Project for the restoration of the monumental complex of Khor Fhori, Oman Sultanate. During 2000 the new archaeological investigations took in three different areas of the monumental complex of Khor Rhori. Furthermore, work was started on the geometric measurement of all the archaeological structures in the future park.