Numerous satellite Earth observation missions have been undertaken since the first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972. Each one of these has built on the previous mission, with the radiometric, spatial and temporal capabilities of the systems being continually improved. We are currently in a period of unprecedented growth in the number of active missions, … Continue reading A temporal data source
Month: March 2016
Open elevation data & archaeology: Part 1
Over the last year Geoger has been working with researchers at Wytham Woods (the Oxford University research wood, to the west of the city) to investigate the utility of LiDAR data for uncovering archaeological features - specifically, the remains of a network of World War 1 training trenches. The work started with the use of … Continue reading Open elevation data & archaeology: Part 1