Google Earth, Satellite Maps Boost Armchair Archaeology
Brian Handwerk
November 7, 2006
Satellite images are giving archaeologists a bird's-eye view of our past—by helping them quickly identify ancient sites from space.
Scott Madry, an archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been pinpointing possible archaeological sites in France with the popular desktop program Google Earth.
The freely available software is a virtual globe created with a collection of mixed-resolution images from both government and private satellite sources.
"Frankly I was floored," Madry said. "I was just shocked at the results that I was able to get."
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