From Tuesday, June 11 to Friday, June 28, the exhibition titled ” Il Grande Viaggio dell’Ingegner Albertini. La “Heimen Sucai” nei Mari Artici. Maggio-Settembre 1929″ will be held in the atrium of the European University of Rome.
On May 31, 2024, the “Guido Fanti” Multipurpose Hall of the Regione Emilia Romagna headquarters in Bologna will host the presentation of the “Dieci e Lode” project.
GREAL participated in a scientific workshop from May 6 to 9, 2024, at the University of Jaén, Spain. The event took place within the framework of the collaboration titled “Tools for researching and documenting historical landscapes: historical text mining, remote sensing, HGIS, and virtualization,” established between the LabE2 of the…
The Geographic Research and Application Laboratory (GREAL) of the European University of Rome is pleased to announce the public presentation of the PRIN 2022 project “Island 4 Future”, on February 7, 2024, starting at 11:00 AM, at the “Sala del Consiglio”, Università Roma Tre, Via Ostiense 234-236, Rome. The PRIN…
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)”.
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 a cura di Arturo Gallia, 2022 ISBN 978-88-946229-2-8 Nell’immaginario comune, isole e società insulari soffrono di una lettura stereotipata, in cui il turismo estivo fatto di sole, mare e divertimento predomina su ogni altro aspetto. Pur in presenza di una letteratura molto ampia, questa visione…
Yesterday morning, May 10th 2022, GREAL conducted its first UAS-based aerophotogrammetric test over the Roman Villa della Fontanaccia archaeological site, in the mountains near Tolfa. During two flights, for an overall duration of approximately fourty minutes, initial data were gathered and procedures were validated, towards a research and teaching protocol…
Paestum’s archaeological park, in Campania region, Italy, hosts the 2021 edition of the “Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico”, a major national event involving research, institutional participation and enterpreneurship in tourism initiatives for historical sites and cultural heritage. UER’s School of Tourism and GREAL participated to the activities on November 25th and…
A few areas of countryside in the Jaén’s region, Andalucia, Spain, are hosting a fieldwork phase in the context of an international research project. The activity is funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Inovación under the ID PID2019-110225GB-I00. Though national in origin, the program is developed by an…
Aug 16, 2021 The Polarquest2021 expedition has successfully completed its seafloor mapping programme today. The Polarquest2021 expedition has successfully completed its seafloor mapping program today, with its last sonar scanning station in Bockfjorden at 79°5N, 13°4E. The crew, directed by sonar specialist Domink Pałgan and assisted by scientific coordinator Gianluca…
After the last aerial survey over the Sallyhamna area in the afternoon of August 16th, Polarquest2021 UAV-based observation campaign has completed its activities. Preliminary data processing has started onboard S/Y Best Explorer as the boat is heading to its next leg at Ny-Ålesund scientific station. The drone mapping was specifically…
Yesterday UAV technical service provider FlyToDiscover delivered to GREAL, after the usual pre-departure preparations, the drone equipment that the laboratory will use during Polarquest2021, in the Arctic, these July and August. The cooperation between the Italian company, based in Rome and led by Sandro Russello, and GREAL, has a long…
Two years after its first operational participation to a research activity in the Svalbard islands, and with the data from a second expedition in Greenland still under analysis, GREAL will be back to the Arctic in a few weeks. In the new programme, GREAL will be involved in expedition Polarquest2021,…
On April 30th, a Webinar will focus on the technological aspects of airship NORGE’s transpolar flight. The event will take place in the framework of the Shadow of Norge project. Associazione Dirigibili Archimede, in cooperation with GREAL, explores the technical aspects of NORGE’s exploration, and reflects on present-day perspectives…
The Shadow of Norge project successfully continues its international meetings program. In the webinar “Technologies and Museums for story-telling of places and exploration” the focus is on the theme of technologies supporting the enhancement and spreading of knowledge about historical places, travel and exploration. Here is the…
The NORD University of Bodø (Norway) will host a scientific Webinar, open to the general public, on April 15th to remember the 95th anniversary of the expedition of airship NORGE. The event will be chaired by Prof. Steinar Aas, Associate Professor of Contemporary History, and will see the participation of Norwegian…
The first international Webinar of the “Shadow of Norge” initiative was held on April 8th, opening the commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight (1926). The event was institutionally hosted by the Museo Umberto Nobile of Lauro, hometown to the Italian explorer and was chaired by the…
Kick-off for the “Shadow Of Norge project“, born within the GREAL Laboratory: a series of International Webinars and Cultural Meetings that will celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile expedition (1926-2021) Researchers scholars and institutional representatives, coordinated by GREAL and other partner institutions, will present their contributions to offer…