Title :
Understanding historic landscapes in Britain and Europe: an aerial perspective
Author_Institution :
English Heritage, Swindon, UK
Abstract :
Aerial survey has developed its approaches and techniques over the past one hundred years so that it now integrates the results of reconnaissance with interpretative, analytical and extensive surveys. This short paper introduces the background to English Heritage´s aerial reconnaissance surveys and National Mapping Programme (NMP) and explores the current expansion of aerial survey in Europe
Keywords :
archaeology; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; terrain mapping; England; English Heritage; Europe; Great Britain; National Mapping Programme; UK; United Kingdom; aerial photography; aerial reconnaissance survey; aerial survey; archaeology; archeology; geophysical measurement technique; historic landscape; history; land surface; remote sensing; terrain mapping; Acceleration; Cities and towns; Data mining; Europe; Large-scale systems; Minerals; Photography; Reconnaissance; Rivers;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976056
