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From L to R: Adam Barnes conducts HDS at Tiwanaku, DEM generated from photogrammetrically derived orthophoto, digital photogrammetry processing, Christopher Goodmaster conducts 3d laser scanning at Ostia Antica

 

As we note elsewhere on this site, we have selected the term geomatics to encompass research efforts often categorized under such terms as 'GIS,' 'GI Science,' 'geospatial technologies,' 'surveying,' 'geodesy,' 'remote sensing,' 'photogrammetry,' etc.  A major area of effort at the Center is the application of this body of method and theory to archaeological problems and there are many collaborative research projects of this nature.  The linkage of these two areas is a "natural" as essentially all archaeological data is located and measured using techniques originally developed in the fields that make up geomatics.

Examples include the development of methods to acquire and integrate 3D point cloud data for the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku, to develop software that accepts raw data from multiple geophysical instruments and processes and fuse it into a single analytical data set, or to provide the archaeological community with CORONA imagery-based achaeological atlas of the Near East, North Africa, and parts of central Asia. See the Computer Modeling of Archaeological Ruins page for information on how CAST uses Geomatics in Field Programs. 

 

From L to R: Aaron Fogel conducts ERT survey, Christopher Goodmaster conducts survey at Ft. Frederica (GA) using the Optech ILRIS 3d laser scanner, Eileen Ernenwein conducts magnetometer (magnetic gradiometry) survey at Tiwanaku, Adam Barnes surveys Iglesia de Tiahuanaco in Bolivia