Abstract
As a typology of cultural heritage, a wide range of singularities must to be taken into account when analysing industrial heritage assets. Graphical resources have been usually employed in heritage assets research. Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer the possibility to obtain images of complex and difficult access areas that cannot be observed on the ground. Furthermore, aerial images allow to analyse heritage assets as a whole. Therefore, in this work, different photographs and videos has been carried out in the San Joaquin sugar cane factory and in the Aguila aqueduct, located in Nerja (Spain). These images have been used to analyse both assets as a set. Different indirect measurements on the factory chimney and irrigation water pond were taken. A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) about the use of UAV graphic applications in heritage assets was developed. Finally, the possibilities of conventional photograph technologies and UAV application were compared. Using UAVs allows more image acquisition possibilities than conventional systems. However, both technologies can be complemented and applied together when analysing heritage assets.
Highlights
Interest in historical and cultural heritage has evolved over time
SWOT analysis is an efficient management tool to evaluate the strategic positioning of an organization, and it has been widely used in different context and industries [37,38,39]
A SWOT matrix was developed to analyse the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) application. This analysis is focused on the use of UAV in historical and cultural heritage assets, including industrial heritage typology
Summary
It was related to the economic value associated to some movable and immovable assets. This value was the result of the materials employed, the materialization quality and the social meaning that owning these goods had, since these possessions were a sign of wealth and high social status [1]. The development of museums represented the initiation of cultural heritage democratization. This fact suggests that society, regardless of economic status, will be interested in historical and cultural heritage and it could be a knowledge transmission way for society [3]. 1) graphically summarizes evolution of Incarried this sense, studies on cultural and historical assets the are described being carried out [4,5,6].
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