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Posts about technology and archaeology, how we use it, how it works and the results it provides us with.

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‘I see your true colours . . ‘ creating a composite ‘true colour’ Landsat-8 satellite image of Gebel Asyut el-Gharbi

On February 22, 2023December 5, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Asyut Region Project, GIS, Satellite remote sensingLeave a comment

How to create a natural 'true colour' image from single Landsat-8 satellite image bands.

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Five years on: Reflections on mobile GIS survey at Hatnub Quarry P in 2017

On September 28, 2022September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS, Hatnub2 Comments

Results of the mobile GIS survey in 2017 at the Hatnub quarries and links to the published papers.

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Fuel shortages, Google Maps and adapting your tools

On October 27, 2021September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS, Satellite remote sensingLeave a comment

How do we answer questions when the data exists but there's no direct access? A real-world solution to a fuel shortage problem encapsulates the answer.

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Free high-resolution satellite imagery and how to find it.

On June 30, 2021July 8, 2021 By hannahpethenIn Satellite remote sensing3 Comments

Where can you find free high resolution satellite imagery for your project, which is the best imagery and what are the issues with it?

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Finishing the map, georeferencing the pyramid of Djedefre

On May 26, 2021September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS, Satellite remote sensingLeave a comment

Georeferencing a map of the pyramid complex of Djedefre, wrestling with inaccuracies, residuals and RMSE.

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Errors, inaccuracies, resolution and RMSE: Georeferencing a difficult map of Abu Rawash’s pyramid and cemeteries

On April 28, 2021September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS, Satellite remote sensing1 Comment

What makes georeferencing historic maps difficult and how does the process work? Here I georeference a problematic map of Abu Rawash, pyramid and cemeteries, Egypt.

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Wonky Giza pyramids: Oblique satellite imagery and georeferencing

On March 31, 2021February 9, 2021 By hannahpethenIn GIS1 Comment

Satellite imagery is very precise but can still exhibit parallax. This is a particular issue for georeferencing historic maps, demonstrated here with reference to the Giza Pyramids.

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Shifting mastabas: Georeferencing a plan of a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian mastaba cemetery, at Abu Rawash.

On February 24, 2021September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS3 Comments

How do archaeologists relate historic maps and plans to modern satellite imagery and maps? This post and video shows how a historic map of mastaba cemetery F at Abu Rawash, Egypt was georeferenced with ArcGIS.

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Kinky Temples: Satellite imagery ‘fails’!

On January 27, 2021January 5, 2021 By hannahpethenIn Blog, Satellite remote sensing1 Comment

What happens when satellite imagery contains errors? Warping of the satellite imagery has left us with kinky temples at Deir el-Bahri.

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Ditch that total station and grab your tablet? ArcGIS Collector and QGIS QField mobile-GIS survey apps reviewed.

On August 10, 2017September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn GIS4 Comments

How do the latest mobile-GIS apps measure up in the field? I review two new approaches to archaeological survey.

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