WorkShop 2025

2nd International Workshop on the Documentation & Promotion of Stone Bridges in Greece

📍 Location: Municipality of Pogoni, Ioannina 🗓 Dates: 13–20 July 2025

🗓 Organized by:

• Geodesy–Surveying & GNSS Research Unit, University of West Attica
• In collaboration with the Municipality of Pogoni

🤝 Participating Universities:

• Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Geodesy Laboratory of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering – Geoinformatics Engineers at the National Technical University of Athens
• Politecnico di Milano (UNESCO Research Lab)
• Museology Laboratory of the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology at the Ionian University
• University of Priština – Faculty of Technical Sciences – Lab for Sustainability and Resilience of the Built Environment
• University of Banja Luka – Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
• Ministry of Culture – Service of Modern Monuments (Epirus, N. Ionian, W. Macedonia)

🔍 Phase 1: Research & Preparation

• Bibliographic research to collect relevant historical and cultural data
• Selection of stone bridges and cultural landmarks in the Pogoni region
• Data collection, preprocessing, and initial validation

📍 Phase 2: Geospatial Documentation

• Coordinate acquisition using GNSS (satellite-based positioning)
• Terrestrial 3D scanning of stone bridges for accurate modeling
• Aerial photogrammetry using UAVs (drones) for inaccessible areas
• Mapping with reference data: road networks, settlements, spatial features
• Creation of maps visualizing locations of interest

🌐 Phase 3: Dissemination

• Integration of results into the project’s website:
  modulationonline.org
• Development and update of the associated web application
• Promotion and public access to documented heritage data