Dear list, We would like to invite people to submit abstracts for the AAA (Australian Archaeological Association) session this year on “Google Earth, Open Source and other Emerging Spatial Technologies: Innovation and Application in Archaeology”. The session is being convened by Illya Santos and Stafford Smith at the University of Western Australia. If you would like to present then please forward an Abstract to us by September the 30th.
If you would like more information about our session please contact us (details below) and please distribute this to any of your colleagues who you feel may be interested. For further information on the conference please visit http://www.flinders.edu.au/ehlt/conferences/archaeology/aaa2009/aaa2009_home.cfm * * *Google Earth, Open Source and 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? ____________________________________________ Illya Santos (Geospatial Technologies) *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] Stafford Smith Research Assistant Aerial Archaeology of Jordan Project School of Humanities University of Western Australia R: G30, Arts Building T: 08 64882188
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