Cultural Heritage analysis practices conducted through the use of drones: towards a renewed dimension of research

Considering Heritage documentation, drones are just representing a further instrument to acquire extremely advantageous information in a very short time. Due to the undeniable advantage that can be gained from their use, drones immediately found a great diffusion and a multitude of uses, which in turn have produced technical specializations and the development of additional equipment, instruments, and consequent survey methods. This set of tools and experiences effectively expresses a wide range of working possibilities as a basis to define action plans and active programs concerning a hypothetical research project. This renewed form of storing information, which then resides in the construction of digital spaces, generates an additional level of complexity which is, however, at the same time an opportunity for the use of information and updating about the possibilities of a digital projection of Cultural Heritage. The paper discusses different methodologies, tools and post-production approaches of today's documentation activities.