{"id":6884,"date":"2018-05-02T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=6884"},"modified":"2018-05-02T20:15:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T03:15:35","slug":"preserving-cultural-heritage-via-ai-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/02\/preserving-cultural-heritage-via-ai-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving cultural heritage via AI &#038; drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t always praise Microsoft, but when I do, it\u2019s for rad imaging + culture efforts\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/transform\/heritage-activists-preserve-global-landmarks-ruined-in-war-threatened-by-time\/\">these efforts<\/a>\u00a0done in collaboration with globetrotting preservationists at <a href=\"http:\/\/iconem.tumblr.com\/\">Iconem<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDZjaIhzMSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Team members took 50,000 photos of Palmyra with drones that allowed them to avoid landmines. In western Syria, they took 150,000 photos of Crac des Chevaliers, one of the world\u2019s most famous Crusader castles now damaged by fighting, as part of a project for UNESCO. And they surveyed Aleppo\u2019s Old City, the devastated historic quarter known for its 13th century citadel, ancient mosque and vibrant souk, or bazaar \u2013 all now in ruins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewImage-1.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewImage-2.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"598\" height=\"335\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZDZjaIhzMSM\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t always praise Microsoft, but when I do, it\u2019s for rad imaging + culture efforts\u2026\u201d Check out these efforts\u00a0done in collaboration with globetrotting preservationists at Iconem:\u00a0 Team members took 50,000 photos of Palmyra with drones that allowed them to avoid landmines. In western Syria, they took 150,000 photos of Crac des Chevaliers, one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6896,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884\/revisions\/6896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}