Old high resolution satellite images for landscape archaeology: Case studies from Turkey and Iraq

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7110, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Scardozzi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; High resolution; Iraq; Landscape Archaeology; Monitoring; Space photography; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRAQ; LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY; SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY; TURKEY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 62549128676     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.799997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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