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USING SATELLITE IMAGES FOR DOCUMENTATION OF DAMAGES IN ALEPPO HISTORICAL CENTRE DURING CIVIL WAR

Karel Pavelka

First published: 2018-06-20https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2018/2.3/s10.035View metrics

Abstract

Syria is enormously rich in historical objects related to many cultures. The most wellknown monuments in Aleppo are the Citadel, which is on tell in the city center, the Great Omayyad Mosque, and the historical souk Al-Madina not far from the Citadel. The Omayyad mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Aleppo, located in the district of al-Jalloum in the local Old Town, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986 and included into the list of the world monuments of UNESCO. Large areas of Aleppo?s valuable historical center were destroyed by the Civil War mainly between 2013 - 2015. We collected a set of satellite images which documented the destruction of this historical city. Our contribution is focused on the processing of satellite images, which can document very well the huge damage to historical city centre. All satellite images were processed by raster arithmetic, using classification (supervised and unsupervised ? in this case by Isoclus) and like photos by classical interpretation methods.

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Title
USING SATELLITE IMAGES FOR DOCUMENTATION OF DAMAGES IN ALEPPO HISTORICAL CENTRE DURING CIVIL WAR
Authors
Karel Pavelka
Proceedings
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings; 18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2018, Informatics, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2018
Pages
273-280
SWS Citekey
Pavelka201810273280
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
978-619-7408-41-6
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
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