Comments on: Archaeological treasures found on Google Earth

Archaeological treasures found on Google Earth

stbalbach — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:07:56 -0800

Archaeological treasures found on Google Earth. In 25 years on the ground, "I've found a handful of archaeological sites. I found more in the first five, six, seven hours [on Google Earth] than I've found in years of traditional field surveys and aerial archaeology,"

By: Malor

Malor — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:18:47 -0800

I wonder if it would also apply to mineral prospecting?

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:48:48 -0800

Nifty.

By: phylum sinter

phylum sinter — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:53:22 -0800

ok, anyone happen to have any corresponding Google Earth .kmz/.kml files to make this really FPP worthy?

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:13:25 -0800

Info on Luca Mori's find here, including Google Earth satellite image.

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:26:04 -0800

I looked at the image, but my eye is obviously untrained. Still, it sure sounds like great news for archaeologists.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:46:16 -0800

I love the headline: FREE ONLINE TOOL HAS SCIENTISTS EXCITED

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:50:27 -0800

The anomaly is in the center of this Google Earth image. The almost-square medium green field has dark markings in the lower right-hand corner just above the darker rectangular field. More info here --the pic is of a different villa, but the article indicates that the curved shadow that first caught Mori's eye is the ancient river bed.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:12:26 -0800

I thought I saw the anomaly but it was just the Google watermark.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:02:26 -0800

I don't suppose I'm allowed to rant about how when it was Keyhole they had my locale in high res, but when Google bought them, I'm now in low-res. No? I won't, then. Pretty cool, none-the-less.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:23:47 -0800

I can't wait for Google Sidescan Sonar Phased-Array Radar X-ray Backscatter Real-Time Earth. "I found more lost civilizations in the first five, six, seven hours [on Google Sidescan Sonar Phased-Array Radar Real-Time Earth]... and there are my car keys! I've been looking all morning for them!"

By: Eirixon

Eirixon — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:11:59 -0800

Aerial archeology is actually an old technique, but Google Earth is of course an interesting improvement.

By: hoverboards don't work on water

hoverboards don't work on water — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:52:58 -0800

A few more years development and we won't even have to dig anymore.

By: magullo

magullo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:09:48 -0800

Other easier to spot places from weapons-grade pandemonium's link. Also, I am surprised this story hadn't made it to the blue earlier.

By: kcds

kcds — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:05:32 -0800

I found Osama bin Laden using Google Earth one time, but I forgot to bookmark him, so he got away. Never found any WMDs in Iraq, though.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:08:23 -0800

That's pretty cool.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:44:27 -0800

I think this is really cool, but it makes me wonder -- had they not thought to look at satellite photography before? Or aerial photography? Or is it just that Google is finally funding high-quality aerial photography of everything and finally has the money to actually get it done? I suppose the latter makes sense. Anyway, cool.

By: frykitty

frykitty — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:58:13 -0800

I love this, and it's one of the first things I thought of when I subscribed to Keyhole so many moons ago. Sure, there have been satellite images before, but never put together in a way that encourages exploration like Google Earth. Data collation and presentation is huge. I hope I forget about this by the time I get home, or I'll lose another evening roaming around the planet.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:28:16 -0800

Google Earth used to find marijuana patches

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:34:32 -0800

had they not thought to look at satellite photography before? Google maps are free, and even Google Earth Pro is only about a dollar a day for all of this:

* Fastest Google Earth performance * Export compressed movies of zooms and tours, sample movie (13M) * Import GIS data (parcel, demographic, 3D building data) in file formats such as .shp, .tab * Improved printing and saving capabilities (4800 pixels), and print high-resolution images up to 11" x 17"sample print (890k) * Additional annotation tools (draw polygons with height) * Additional measurement tools (square feet, miles, acreage, radius, etc.) * Spreadsheet import - ingest up to 2,500 locations by address or lat/lon * Technical Support assistance (email and chat) during business hours (PST)

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:08:55 -0800

Additional annotation tools (draw polygons with height) I'd just like to quickly point out that this feature is now available for free using Sketch-Up (links goes to some 3D model examples that integrate with Google Earth).