Daniele Treccani is a researcher in Geomatics at the Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering, and Built Environment at the Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on the surveying and three-dimensional modeling of cultural heritage, buildings, and historic urban contexts, using a combination of photogrammetry, laser scanning, mobile mapping systems, and geospatial data analysis. He is affiliated with the UNESCO Research Lab of the Mantua Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, where he focuses on urban accessibility, GIS, HBIM, and artificial intelligence applications to survey data. He has participated in research and survey projects on sites of international importance and is involved in the teaching activities of the AUIC school at the Politecnico di Milano.

Career

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Brescia.

Master's Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Brescia.

PhD in Architecture, Construction Engineering, and the Built Environment from the Polytechnic University of Milan.

Assistant Professor in Geomatics at the Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering, and the Built Environment, Polytechnic University of Milan.

Research

Research activities focus on the geometric survey and three-dimensional modeling of cultural heritage, buildings, and historic urban contexts. Scientific interest focuses on the integration of advanced data acquisition techniques (terrestrial and UAV photogrammetry, static and mobile laser scanning, and other SLAM systems) with geospatial data analysis and management methodologies. Research includes GIS and BIM/HBIM applications, the development of procedures for the automatic analysis of point clouds, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. Particular attention is paid to the issues of urban accessibility and the inclusive use of historic centers.

Selected Publications

Treccani, D., Getachew, A., Marconcini, S., Adami, A.: Digitizing Physical Accessibility in Urban Scenes: From Point Cloud Processing to GIS-Based Analysis, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-M-9-2025, 1525–1530, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-M-9-2025-1525-2025 , 2025.

Adami, A., Cardinali, M., Croveri, P., Della Torre, S., Fregonese, L., Helder, J.M., Moioli, R., Rosignoli, O., Taffurelli, L., Treccani D.: Approccio informativo per il restauro del pavimento della Basilica del Santo Sepolcro a Gerusalemme, Intrecci, Volume 5, pp. 5-23, https://doi.org/10.57639/SIRA.INTR0501 , 2024.

Treccani, D., Adami, A., Fregonese, L.: Drones and Real-Time Kinematic Base Station Integration for Documenting Inaccessible Ruins: A Case Study Approach, Drones, 8(6), 268, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060268 , 2024.

Treccani, D., Fernández, A., Díaz-Vilariño, L., Adami, A.: Automating the inventory of the navigable space for pedestrians on historical sites: Towards accurate path planning, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103400 , 2023.

Grants, awards and Honours

SIFET Young Authors Award 2025, 3rd place ex aequo – Research category.

Community Service

Member of the following international and national scientific and professional associations: ISPRS, SIFET, AUTEC, CIPA, CIPA Emerging Professionals.