Abstract
Voyages of Exploration: Visualizing the Chesapeake Presettlement Landscape Track: Parks and Natural Reserves Author(s): John Wolf, Timothy Enderlein, Leah Wasser The year 2007 marks the 400th anniversary of Captain John Smith's founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. The anniversary of Smith's "Voyages of Exploration" presents a significant opportunity for the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Gateways Program to engage visitors in discovering Smith's travels and the Chesapeake of the early 17th century. A combination of readily available and custom GIS data is being used to depict Smith's voyages and the environment he encountered including the impact of Native American society on the tidewater landscape. The presettlement landscape is being modeled in 3D using ArcGIS and landscape visualization software. The passageway of Smith's voyages is being used as the path for 3D navigation and visualization applications in the Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries John Smith visited. This project is a cooperative effort of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network and the Penn State University Land Analysis Laboratory. John Wolf National Park Service - CBPO 410 Severn Ave., Suite 109 Annapolis , MD 21403 US Phone: 410-267-5739 E-mail: jwolf@chesapeakebay.net Timothy Enderlein Penn State Cooperative Extension Geospatial Technology Program 116 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building University Park , PA 16802 US Phone: 814-865-2307 E-mail: tre1@psu.edu Leah Wasser Penn State Cooperative Extension Geospatial Technology Program 116 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building University Park , PA 16802 US Phone: 814-865-2279 E-mail: lwasser@psu.edu |
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