Applications
- 9.9.1 UNESCO Site Monitoring — Continuous satellite surveillance of World Heritage Sites to detect encroachment, vegetation change, flood inundation and structural degradation before damage becomes irreversible.
- 9.9.2 Looting & Trafficking Detection — Using repeat-pass satellite optical and SAR imagery to detect unauthorised excavation pits, ground disturbance and access tracks at archaeological sites before looted artefacts enter the black market.
- 9.9.3 Conflict-Zone Heritage Protection — Using satellite optical, SAR and multispectral imagery to detect, document and monitor damage to cultural heritage sites in active conflict zones before ground access is possible.
- 9.9.4 Archaeological Prospection — Using multispectral, hyperspectral and SAR satellite data to detect subsurface and surface archaeological features before excavation or development destroys them.
- 9.9.5 Heritage-at-Climate-Risk Mapping — Systematic satellite monitoring of cultural heritage sites threatened by coastal erosion, flooding, desertification, permafrost thaw and extreme weather, to prioritise conservation and emergency response.