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Articles | Volume XLVIII-3-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-3-2024-77-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-3-2024-77-2024
07 Nov 2024
 | 07 Nov 2024

Wide area maps of building differential deformations

Michele Crosetto, Saeedeh Shahbazi, and Anna Barra

Keywords: European Ground Motion Service, differential deformation, building damage

Abstract. The European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) uses Sentinel-1 data to monitor and measure land displacement across Europe, delivering information on ground motion phenomena. The EGMS service includes three types of products, enabling the analysis of annually updated ground motion data. The authors are working on a project aimed at computing the spatial gradient of land deformation and generating wide-area differential deformation maps. This type of maps can help identifying potentially vulnerable buildings and urban structures. The project involves developing a software pipeline to compute and convert original deformation data and creating a customized web viewer to display the results. Given the large volume of the processed datasets, with several millions of measurement points an accurate algorithm implementation is needed. The resulting information will aid in monitoring anthropogenic phenomena and their impact on building and infrastructures. This will be essential for urban management and risk mitigation planning.