HeMOC: a Project for integrated Monitoring of Cultural Heritage in Como Town, Italy

In the second half of 1900 the city of Como has been intensely affected by land subsidence, especially in the “Convalle” historical area near the lake. Its effects may cause concerns to the conservation and safety of cultural heritage (CH) buildings located in the city centre. Supported by funding from the NextGenEU program, the HEMOC ("HEritage MOnitoring in Como") project has main objective to design and implement a network of seven new permanent GNSS stations. These stations are based on low-cost GNSS technology, which allows continuous 3D observation for monitoring CH sites in town. GNSS-based observations are integrated with in-situ monitoring data and will be used to calibrate ground-deformation maps obtained from Advanced DInSAR processing of high-resolution CosmoSkyMed data. The results of the monitoring sensors are implemented in a digital platform for data storage and visualization.