Helikite aerial photography - A versatile means of unmanned, radio controlled, low-altitude aerial archaeology

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Verhoeven, Geert J J ^a   Loenders, Jo ^a   Vermeulen, Frank ^a   Docter, Roald ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerial archaeology; Helikite; Helikite aerial photography; Low level aerial photography; Mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651087271     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.353     Document Type: Article

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