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Here is the map I made for my Sanatorium Hill video. The map shows where I was filming from and the alignment of the Alexandra Volcanic Group. Click here for a larger version.
Using Remote Sensing to Locate Shell Middens in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Completed as a requirement for GHY412 Remote Sensing II and presented on May 2, 2018. This project sought to determine if LIDAR can be used to locate Indian middens in a salt marsh. Native Americans inhabited the study area for approximately 12,000 years harvesting shellfish such are clams and oysters. The shell piles, or middens, left behind by the previous inhabitants lie hidden beneath a cover of tall marsh grass. The strategy was to take raw LiDar data to locate manmade features in a salt marsh... Read