Digital storage and the data collection for the seismic prevention. A comparison from the Italian recent experiences.

Concerning the care of our Built Heritage, one of the most important problem that was observed after an earthquake is the speed in the reaction, aiming to minimize the damages provoked by the shakes. As a matter of fact, the necessary time for the reaction of the rescue teams should be not too long, in order to avoid further damages provoked by the future shakes. Nowadays, starting from the experience of L’Aquila, teams composed by functionaries of the Ministry of Culture, engineers from different universities and special members of the Fire Brigade have developed and improved various models for the management of the emergency phases. Using the modern geomatics tools (i.e. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)), it’s possible to achieve the digital acquisition of many building’s data and characteristics (i.e. through the 3D Object recognition and reconstruction, the point cloud analysis, etc.). This article examines some of the most interesting solutions that were adopted after the recent Italian earthquakes (L’Aquila 2009, Emilia-Lombardia 2012, Centre of Italy 2016) by some of the major public Entities (Superintendences, Italian Fire Brigade).