Microclimatic and geophysical surveys on cultural heritage ( “Basilica di Santa Croce”- Lecce, Italy ). Data integration and visualisation (GIS)

The purpose of this work is to propose a model of integration between features of geophysical, physical, and chemical variables, obtained using multiple and different techniques, in the field of safeguard of works of art. Such type of integration has never been applied in this field, and the results of this application appear to be very powerful, in order to assess the reasons of previous or potential damages of the artistic monuments, due to physical and chemical conditions. Furthermore advanced tools for analysis, query, selection, and display have been used to seek patterns on a large number of data, that may not be visible without using them. The results of the different surveys are displayed at the URL http://gis.unile.it/santacroce/radar, showing a method useful to explore relationships between different variables, during the local and the network analysis of the database.