ISSN:
1573-7500
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Information Science and Librarianship
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Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
Notes:
Abstract Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a rapidly developing suite of computer based technologies that allow the storage, manipulation, display and integration of a wide range of spatially based data. This chapter reviews some of the more significant applications of these technologies in archaeology and historic preservation and suggests future trends. It is arguably the case that space and time are the two central dimensions of our record of the past. Science has fundamentally influenced our understanding of this record through the development and improvement of ways to measure and understand time. GIS and related methodologies present methodologies that are improving our abilities to measure and understand space.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1012472528263
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