Monitoring cultural heritage environments in Svalbard: Smeerenburg, a whaling station on Amsterdam island. ...

Cultural environments are not static and unchanging, they are subject to a number of site transformation processes. Environmental hazards and human activity are among the primary degradation parameters for cultural heritage in Svalbard. The objective of this contribution is to demonstrate the potent...

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Main Authors: Thuestad, Alma Elizabeth, Tommervik, Hans, Solbo, Stian Andre, Barlindhaug, Stine, Flyen, Anne Cathrine, Myrvoll, Elin Rose, Johansen, Bernt
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: EARSeL eProceedings 2015
Subjects:
Svalbard
Smeerenburg
monitoring methodology
vegetation
UAS
Arctic
Amsterdam Island
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.12760/01-2015-1-04
http://eproceedings.org/vol14_1/14_1_thuestad1.html
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Summary:Cultural environments are not static and unchanging, they are subject to a number of site transformation processes. Environmental hazards and human activity are among the primary degradation parameters for cultural heritage in Svalbard. The objective of this contribution is to demonstrate the potential advantages of utilising remote sensing for mapping and monitoring cultural heritage in a high arctic environment such as Svalbard. Our data illustrate how various factors associated to an underlying site transformation impact a cultural environment in Svalbard. Furthermore, our findings are a basis for some clues regarding the use of vegetation as a potentially suitable indicator for cultural heritage monitoring. We utilised digital aerial photographs (NIR-R-G) and scanner data including the Vexcel Ultracam sensor (RGB-NIR), WorldView-2 satellite imagery, RGB data from an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Ground-based surveys included vegetation cover and species composition analysis. There were differences ...

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