Detecting and Monitoring Change to an Arctic Heritage Site Using UAV Photogrammetry: A Case Study From Qikiqtaruk / Herschel Island, YT ...

Arctic heritage sites are increasingly at risk due to modern climate change. Traditional documentation and monitoring of valuable heritage resources are time-consuming. In recent years, UAV (drone) photogrammetry has become a powerful tool for visualizing heritage sites. This research goes beyond vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Keefe, Katelyn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Arts 2022
Subjects:
Aerial Photogrammetry
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV
Heritage-At-Risk
Heritage Monitoring
Heritage Management
Inuvialuit
Climate Change
Data Sharing
Change Detection Analysis
Arctic Archaeology
Yukon
Archaeology
Arctic
Herschel Island
Arctic Island
Climate change
Herschel
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/39739
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/114619
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Summary:Arctic heritage sites are increasingly at risk due to modern climate change. Traditional documentation and monitoring of valuable heritage resources are time-consuming. In recent years, UAV (drone) photogrammetry has become a powerful tool for visualizing heritage sites. This research goes beyond visualization by evaluating the suitability of UAV data, acquired for documenting heritage resources, and for other reasons, to perform change detection analysis on Arctic cultural landscapes. The procedures developed throughout this research can also be used to create a heritage monitoring strategy. The case study used in this research is Simpson Point on Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island), the most western Canadian Arctic island and the only island on the Yukon coast. Within Herschel Island – Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, the heritage resources represent 800 years of continuous occupation by Inuvialuit, their ancestors, the Thule, and Euro-North Americans. UAV imagery of Simpson Point from July 2017 and 2019 was ...

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