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Jan 23, 2004

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN THAILAND

Vendredi 23 janvier 2004 / January, Friday 23rd, 2004 You are cordially invited to attend the following informal presentation: REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN THAILAND : Case Studies of Royal Road from Angkor to Phimai, the Study at Sukhothai World Heritage Site, and Ayuttaya?s Multi-temporal GIS database Surat Lertlum Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Remote sensing and GIS can be used as tools for archaeological analysis. There are various cases around the world that remote sensing and GIS were used to assist archaeologists to pin point and help to identify archaeological sites. Especially, the applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) demonstrated the applications that never been imagined before how the technology can help the conventional way that conducted by archaeologists. In this presentation, there are three case studies. The first case, application of remote sensing and GIS for the identification of the royal road from Angkor to Phimai is presented. The usage of satellite remote sensing including AirSAR, and other sources such as digital elevation model (DEM), old maps, aerial photos and ground survey is demonstrated. The second case, the application of remote sensing and GIS at Sukhothai world heritage site in the lower part of the northern region of Thailand is demonstrated. This case study will demonstrate on how integrated technologies can be used as tools for world heritage management and study of lives during Sukhothai period. In the third case study, the information extracted from ancient maps of Ayuttaya period is compared with the current information extracted from satellite data, topographic map, and other related information. The result from this study can be used by archaeologists, for example, to identify the locations that were mentioned in the royal chronicles or other documents in existing that describe the live and locations during that period. La présentation se tiendra à 18 h 30, Vendredi 23 janvier 2004 au centre de l'EFEO. The presentation will take place on January, Friday 23rd, at 6:30 pm at the EFEO center. Presentation will be in English Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem Reap Phum Beng Don Pa, Khum Slâ Kram, Siem Reap, Cambodge Tel: (885) (16) 635 037 / (63) 964 630 / 760 525 Tel/Fax: (855) (63) 964 226 Email: efeo.angkor@camintel.com / efeo.rep.bib@camintel.com / www.efeo.fr __________________________________________________ save up to 70% on calls, get voicemail & send SMS ekno - more than a phonecard http://www.ekno.lonelyplanet.com

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