Track: Ecology, Conservation, and Archaeology
Discovering an Archaeological Landscape from Space by Construction of a GIS Through Coregistration of SIR-C/X-SAR Radar Scenes with Other Aerial Imagery
Douglas ComerRelationships among archaeological sites and landscape features in the region of the ancient Nabataean trading city of Petra, in Jordan, are being clarified by the construction of a GIS for the area. Russian and American satellite photos originally used for intelligence purposes, LANDSAT and SPOT multispectral imagery, and low-altitude photos taken from aircraft and tethered balloons have been included. These images have also been used to inform and enhance images of Petra created from SIR-C/X-SAR radar data recorded by the space shuttle Endeavor in 1994, which has proven to be especially useful.
Douglas Comer
National Park Service
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