Research Report: Remote sensing of heritage resources for research and management
Sullivan AP, Magee KS, Mink PB, Forste KM. 2012. Research Report: Remote sensing of heritage resources for research and management. Park Science. 28(3):93–98
Resource managers are responsible for anticipating the likely locations and characteristics of heritage properties in order to plan effectively for ground-disturbing projects. In many cases selection of the most appropriate remedies or treatments for affected cultural resources must be made with either little advance notice or incomplete information. This research report describes how the application of remote sensing may be effectively integrated with wilderness research and management planning. For instance, magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar can rapidly acquire information (without excavation) about the size, depth, and distribution of anthropogenic features. Similarly, at the regional level, satellite images can be analyzed to achieve high rates of accuracy in the direct prediction of heritage resources in unsurveyed terrain. The decision-making implications of these applied remote-sensing studies are discussed with respect to allocating heritage-management funds for programmatic planning and cost-effectively acquiring cultural resource data from remote or inaccessible reaches of wilderness.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Sullivan, Alan; Magee, Kevin; Mink, Philip; Forste, Kathleen
- Units
- GRCA , NRSS
- Keywords
- Grand Canyon NP, heritage resources, predictive models, terrestrial and satellite remote sensing