archaeological surveying in the middle east

SURVEYING FOR EXCAVATIONS AT MUDABI:LOOKING AHEAD TO 2011

Now where’d we leave that darn rebar?...

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IF YOU LIKE DIRT, YOU’LL LOVE THE DESERT

What we’ll cover…

1) Summary ‘09 Season

2) Equipment

3) Software / Mapping

4) Techy Specs

5) Tips

6) Future Possibilities

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EXISTING MAPS

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ON SITE ’09 – CONTROL NETWORK

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CONTROL POINTS

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ONSITE ‘09 - EXCAVATION GRIDS

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ON SITE ’09 - TOPOGRAPHY

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ON SITE ‘09 – SHADED RELIEF

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ON SITE ‘09 – FORTRESS CROSS SECTIONS

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EQUIPMENT

5” Leica Total Station

CE Data collector

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EQUIPMENT

Automatic Level

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SOFTWARE

AutoCAD 2007 – electronic

drawings, drafting

Carlson SurvCE – electronic data

collection, cogo and processing point codes

ESRI ArcGIS – research, compile regional

maps, generate tins, georeference photos

Google Earth – aerial photography

(attempted kite – didn’t fly)

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TECHY SPECS

Units – metric

Site coordinates – Palestine Grid/geodetic

azimuth

Geodetic Control – British Ordnance Survey

Point #98, elevation = 989.782m

Translation to UTM/GPS is possible

Absolute accuracy estimated at 1m, relative

accuracy estimated at 5cm

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TIPS

Drink lots of water; flavor/vita packs nice

Wear rugged, long sleeved, loose fitting clothes

Temps ranged from mid 60s to 100s (°F)

Dust/sand/wind – protect face, optics, electronics

Travel adapter AND converter essential; rechargeable AA batteries are nice; ditto thermometer.

*Handheld GPS and 2-way radios nice if you can get them in-country*

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FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

Photo Modeling

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Images courtesy

of:

photomodeler.com

FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

Point cloud modeling

Active laser scanning

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Images courtesy of: http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/book

THE FUTURE IS CLOSE…

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PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS:

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