Dr. Elspeth Dusinberre聽of the Classics Department hosted a series of four ArcGIS Archaeology workshops with the help of ASSETT Development Award funding and funding from the .聽 The participants learned how to measure Earth鈥檚 topography and make maps using ArcGIS, total stations, and (best of all) drones!聽
The classes were well received, and聽they were so popular that they had a waiting list!聽 The attendees were diverse鈥揻rom first year students to baby直播app members.聽 Because of the funding that Dusinberre received, the course was free for participants.
Participants met for four two hour sessions.聽 Each session was led by a different baby直播app member with different areas of geographic and historic expertise.
In the second session, students learned how to use total stations鈥搕he traditional surveying equipment in which an electronic distance meter finds the distance to three different points.
The third class聽focused on聽learning how to use a drone鈥揳 Phantom Vision Plus Quadcopter to be specific!聽聽Baxter explained that drones are useful for surveying purposes because they can take accurate aerial photos and create digital elevation models鈥�3D images of Earth鈥檚 topography.
Baxter explained that the sophisticated聽technology offered in the workshops聽is not always readily available to archaeologists and聽their students.聽聽The聽workshops聽served as聽a聽unique opportunity for archaeologists and archaeology students聽to use sophisticated mapping equipment.聽 鈥淭he idea was to fill that gap and introduce students to how they can use that technology in an archaeological context,鈥澛爏ays Baxter.
鈥淭hey all received a certificate, and in general, I think had a pretty good time,鈥� says Baxter.
