Rapid on-site topographic mapping with a handheld laser range finder for a geoarchaeological survey in Syria

Geographical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Hayakawa, Yuichi S ^a   Oguchi, Takashi ^a   Komatsubara, Junko ^b   Ito, Kaori ^c   Hori, Kazuaki ^d   Nishiaki, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Field survey; GIS; Kriging; Landforms; Laser measurement system

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LAND SURFACE; LANDFORM; LASER METHOD; SOFTWARE; SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 33846828665     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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