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Archaeologists in Peru are getting ready to fly an unmanned craft that could radically speed up data gathering at historical sites.
Usually, "mapping" is an extremely time consuming process and can take several years to complete.
New technology developed by archaeologists and engineers from Vanderbilt University, in the US, should accelerate this process.
The device will be tested later this month at the Mawchu Llacta site.
By including cameras, Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies and programming specific flight algorithms to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Aurora Flight Sciences, Professors Julie Adams and Steven Wernke hope to three-dimensionally map the archaeological site.
Mapping areas is often labour intensive and the site where the system will be tested would usually take about six months over several years to document.
The new UAV should enable the team to map the area in minutes, once the system is perfected."
BBC News - High flying technology to map Peru ruins
Usually, "mapping" is an extremely time consuming process and can take several years to complete.
New technology developed by archaeologists and engineers from Vanderbilt University, in the US, should accelerate this process.
The device will be tested later this month at the Mawchu Llacta site.
By including cameras, Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies and programming specific flight algorithms to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Aurora Flight Sciences, Professors Julie Adams and Steven Wernke hope to three-dimensionally map the archaeological site.
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Prof Steven WernkeVanderbilt University
"To say anything about past societies—past social dynamics—we need to be able to place the material traces of past peoples in their fullest context possible. Mapping is therefore at the core of archaeological research," Prof Wernke told BBC News.“Start Quote
Mapping is at the core of archaeological research”
Mapping areas is often labour intensive and the site where the system will be tested would usually take about six months over several years to document.
The new UAV should enable the team to map the area in minutes, once the system is perfected."
BBC News - High flying technology to map Peru ruins
