GREAL has recently completed a digital 3D model of Zannone Island, located in the Ponziano Archipelago north of Ponza Island, and administratively part of the municipality of Ponza (LT), in the Lazio region of Italy. Zannone covers approximately 1 km² (103 hectares) and is completely uninhabited. Since 1979, the island…
Between November 9th and 11th, an international workshop took place at the Universidad de Jaén (UJA), Spain. The title of the initiative was “ Multidisciplinary Actions to Add Value to the project ‘Archaeological and Environmental Risk Chart and Digital Actions for Smart Tourism of tumbledown Historica-Cultural Heritage in Natural Landscapes of the province of Jaén (DIGITALESCAPE)”.
On Friday, October 27, 2023, at 10:00 AM, the Aula Magna of the European University of Rome will host the presentation of the book “80th Parallel. An Adventure Through Science and Ice” by Paola Catapano, project manager of the PolarQuest2018 expedition and science communicator at CERN in Geneva. The book…
A study was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology entitled “Different types of virtual natural environments enhance subjective vitality through restorativeness”. by an interdisciplinary team consisting of Annalisa Theodorou, Luciano Romano, Gregory N. Bratman, Giuseppe A. Carbone, Roberta Rodelli, Gianluca Casagrande and Angelo Panno. The study investigated…
Within the framework of the LabGeoNet collaboration network among Italy’s scientific geographic laboratories, GREAL has released its free geoservice system for GIS data processing. The system was developed by the IT office of the European University of Rome under Eng. Marco Spanu: testing was completed on January 23rd and normal operation…
InsuLab – Prospettive insulari. Questioni storico-geografiche [in Italian]Edited by Arturo Gallia, 2022ISBN 978-88-946229-2-8 In the collective imagination, islands and insular societies are often subject to stereotypical interpretations, where summer tourism – centered on sun, sea, and leisure – overshadows all other dimensions. Despite a vast body of literature, this…