Notes on Artificial Intelligence and Big Earth Observation Data for the Study of the Human Past

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AbstractIn the recent decades, the availability of Earth Observation technologies (from satellite, aerial and ground) for the study and preservation of the human past is stepping into a golden age. The currently available data, tools and services (including open cloud resources to process big satellite data) opened up a new frontier of possibilities and applications which at the same time also pose several challenges to be faced. All of the diverse aspects ranging from the research and innovation to the application issues, namely from the science to services, must to be tackled by the scientific community in conjunction with the “end uses needs” to ensure an effective and reliable applicability. The use of space technologies, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) for the study of the human past highlights the multi-trans and inter-disciplinary scientific and technical aspects not only for the novel concepts and approaches proposed, but also for the development between and across diverse disciplines In this paper, the state of the art in the field of EO Big data and artificial intelligence for the study of human past is brief summarized.KeywordsCultural heritageArchaeology from spaceCopernicus big dataSentinel dataOptical imagesRadar dataEnvironmental riskDiscoveringArtificial intelligence