Archaeological field methods

Workshop 2012 (Spring) - Mapping from Total Station data in Arcmap 10

nico — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:13:05 +0000

This workshop walks through the process of generating maps from Total Station data in Arcmap. It is developed on ArcGIS 10.0 (sp4) and therefore tools and procedures may be different in other versions. The basic procedure involves saving the SDR file generated by SokkiaLink into a Point shapefile, then using the Points to Line and the Feature to Polygon tools in ArcToolbox Data Management Tools to convert these points into polygons. Finally we generate a map using these data.

2012 Research Plans

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:09:35 +0000

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iTrek Z1 GPS datalogger precision test

nico — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:58:49 +0000

The iTrek Z1 datalogger GPS with a solar panel is based on the MTK chipset produced beginning in Q1 2007. I brought this GPS data logger, along with three other GPS units, on an ethnoarchaeological research project in Peru in 2007 where we travelled with a traditional salt-bearing caravan for 14 days, and I gathered 9 days of data logging with the iTrek Z1. I conducted this test to evaluate the precision of the GPS in the southern hemiphere where there is no WAAS.

Video Credits

nico — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:13:06 +0000

"Llama Purichiq" -

Llama caravan driving in southern Peru

Thank you to our friends and informants

Fidel Cruz Anco
Tadeo Ancco Cabana
Virginia Gutiérrez
Rómulo Cruz
Raúl Ancco
Others in Huarhua, Pampamarca, and Calcauso

Garmin Edge GPS + Heart rate monitor in fieldwork

nico — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:35:13 +0000

Anthropological fieldwork with a Garmin Edge 305 with Heart Rate monitor