Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods

Two central problems related to the study of historical fortification systems are apparent. First, there are high labour costs for the excavation of defensive structures. Therefore, studying each line of defence along its entire length by traditional archaeological methods is practically impossible...

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Main Authors: Borys Chetverikov, Ihor Trevoho, Lyubov Babiy, Mariia Malanchuk
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Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://aviation.vgtu.lt/index.php/GAC/article/view/20320
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Ihor Trevoho
Lyubov Babiy
Mariia Malanchuk
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description Two central problems related to the study of historical fortification systems are apparent. First, there are high labour costs for the excavation of defensive structures. Therefore, studying each line of defence along its entire length by traditional archaeological methods is practically impossible. That’s probably why special studies of the fortification system are the exception rather than the rule, and information about defensive structures is given in single sections. The second problem is related to the fact that some lines of fortifications were destroyed in ancient times or were practically destroyed due to later economic activity. The specified circumstances determine the need to use photogrammetric and geophysical methods for the preliminary search of the infrastructure of defence structures. This work provides an example of deciding mass graves during the Second World War using the interpretative properties of German aerial photographs of 1944, archival cartographic data on the territory of the Lviv Citadel, where the Nazi concentration camp for prisoners of war Stalag-328 was located during the war. After predetermining the places of mass graves by photogrammetric methods, geophysical surveys were carried out with the help of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for the exact localisation of the graves. 13 locations of mass burials and mass executions and burning of bodies of prisoners of war were discovered.
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spelling doaj-art-9aeffd63022549d1b14264c0317feb402025-08-20T01:50:41ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityGeodesy and Cartography2029-69912029-70092025-03-0151110.3846/gac.2025.20320Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methodsBorys Chetverikov0Ihor Trevoho1Lyubov Babiy2Mariia Malanchuk3Department of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine Department of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, UkraineDepartment of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, UkraineDepartment of Cadastre of Territory, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine Two central problems related to the study of historical fortification systems are apparent. First, there are high labour costs for the excavation of defensive structures. Therefore, studying each line of defence along its entire length by traditional archaeological methods is practically impossible. That’s probably why special studies of the fortification system are the exception rather than the rule, and information about defensive structures is given in single sections. The second problem is related to the fact that some lines of fortifications were destroyed in ancient times or were practically destroyed due to later economic activity. The specified circumstances determine the need to use photogrammetric and geophysical methods for the preliminary search of the infrastructure of defence structures. This work provides an example of deciding mass graves during the Second World War using the interpretative properties of German aerial photographs of 1944, archival cartographic data on the territory of the Lviv Citadel, where the Nazi concentration camp for prisoners of war Stalag-328 was located during the war. After predetermining the places of mass graves by photogrammetric methods, geophysical surveys were carried out with the help of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for the exact localisation of the graves. 13 locations of mass burials and mass executions and burning of bodies of prisoners of war were discovered. https://aviation.vgtu.lt/index.php/GAC/article/view/20320historical and cultural heritagespace imagesarchival aerial photographsphotogrammetryGround Penetrating Radar survey
spellingShingle Borys Chetverikov
Ihor Trevoho
Lyubov Babiy
Mariia Malanchuk
Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
Geodesy and Cartography
historical and cultural heritage
space images
archival aerial photographs
photogrammetry
Ground Penetrating Radar survey
title Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
title_full Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
title_fullStr Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
title_full_unstemmed Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
title_short Determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
title_sort determination of location of historical and cultural heritage objects using photogrammetric and geophysical methods
topic historical and cultural heritage
space images
archival aerial photographs
photogrammetry
Ground Penetrating Radar survey
url https://aviation.vgtu.lt/index.php/GAC/article/view/20320
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