Hello Wankers, This might not be relevant all of you on this list, but please, pass it on to anyone you think might be interested! We would love to hear from you!
Also please note this abstract/session is not only aimed at the hardcore but also people with little or no knowledge of geospatial technologies. Just because FOSS4G is in Sydney this year, I thought it might be fun to have a session at the National Archaeology conference(AAA) in a similar vein. For Full details of the conference please see: http://www.flinders.edu.au/ehlt/conferences/archaeology/aaa2009/ The Deadline for Abstracts has been extended to the 12th of October! Google Earth, Open Source & other Emerging Spatial Technologies: Innovation and Application in Archaeology In this session we would like to examine the ways in which emerging spatial technologies are being used in the study and practice of archaeology in Australia and abroad. Archaeologists have been using aerial photographs for over 70 years to study the ground and provide targets for excavation and survey. Since the 70s, often in tandem with aerial surveys, archaeologists have been using GIS programs to map and analyze sites. Recently however, there has been a proliferation of spatial technologies, from recording devices, to economically viable satellite imagery, to open source software. Google Earth is probably the best known of these emerging spatial technologies. In addition to its repository of satellite imagery, it also offers an easily accessible platform to distribute spatial data, through Keyhole Markup Language. A number of open source geospatial technologies are also emerging as real alternatives to traditionally expensive options with everything from operating systems specific to archaeology to fully customizable GIS programs. These tools are being used in creative ways for viewing, displaying, analyzing and storing information by research, commercial and education organizations all over the world. How is this reflected in archaeology currently? What are Australian archaeologists doing with these technologies now and what would we like to do in the future? Thanks for your time ____________________________________________ Illya Santos * Consultant Archaeologist * *eureka* archaeological research and consulting UWA Archaeology M405 University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley 6009 p: (08) 6488 3948 f: (08) 6488 1023 e: [email protected] [email protected]
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