New Approaches to the Use and Integration of MultiSensor Remote Sensing for Historic Resource Identi

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New Approaches to the Use and Integration of
Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Historic Resource
Identification and Evaluation Project Number
CS-1263 W. Fredrick Limp Center for Advanced
Spatial Technologies University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville In Progress Review Meeting April
2004
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Technical Objective

• Exploration and assessments of the application of
  innovative fusion methods to a suite of ground,
  aerial and space-based sensor data for the
• detection and identification of surface and
  subsurface archeological features
• identification of best modality and modality
  mixes
• development of COTS based multi-instrument
  fusion software capabilities

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Technical Approach
Project Initiation
Analysis Assessment Software Enhancement
Assessment matrix Instrument/condition Instrument
combo Modality worth Software Publications

Aerial Satellite Data Acquisition
Archeological Field Testing
Initiate Preliminary Analysis Using Existing Datas
ets
Limited additional geophysical acquisition
Field Work - Geophysical Data Acquisition
Data Analysis Fusion Software Development
Raw Data Pre-processing
Design and Populate GIS Databases
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Data Acquisition at Project Initiation
(geophysical, thermal, optical)
Technical Approach
A Acquire, E Existing NA Conditions not
appropriate All proposed efforts have been
coordinated w/ installations by Hargrave at
USACE/CERL
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Technical Approach
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Technical Approach
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Accomplishments

• From our QPR
• T1. Installation Coordination
• T2. Acquire aerial, thermal and satellite data
• Acquire thermal data at Ft Benning
• Acquire thermal data at Savannah River
• T3. Geophysical fieldwork
• Ft. Bliss completed
• T4. Preprocess data sets
• Satellite imagery
• Ft. Bliss geophysical data
• Ft. Bliss ATLAS
• Ft. Benning geophysical
• Savannah River geophysical
• Ft. Riley thermal

Processing of initial thermal data has yielded
substantial problems with data quality including
low dynamic range and jitter in frame grabber.
Development of new processing approaches and
acquisition of new recording device are
anticipated to correct problems and acquisition
is to be repeated (at no cost to project). A
second attempt to acquire imagery on 3/27/2004
was unsuccessful due to aircraft platform
instability from high winds. The sensor
properties require a very slow flight speed. A
third no-cost re-flight is planned.
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Accomplishments (2)

• T5. Establish GIS databases
• Ft. Riley, Ft. Benning, Savannah River, Ft. Bliss
• T6 Data Analysis and Fusion
• Multivariate/statistical fusion
• Ft. Benning
• Savannah River
• Ft. Riley
• Image segmentation and object classification
• Whistling Elk
• First milestones scheduled for completion later
  in 2004

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Accomplishments (3)
T7. Technology Transfer/Publications Scheduled as
a Year 3 task To date presentations at Society
for Historic Archaeology, Plains Conference,
Society for American Archaeology, Arkansas
Academy of Sciences T8. Archeological
Investigation Year 3 Task/milestones
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Accomplishments (4)
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Ft. Riley Army City

• Resistivity
• Magnetic Susceptibility
• Magnetic Gradiometry
• GPR Radar
• Then Now
• Preliminary Data Fusion with Principle
  Components Analysis
• RGB Composite of PCAs

WW I
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Kasita Town Resistivity

• Kasita Magnetometry
• Kasita Radar

Very preliminary data processing
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Silver Bluff Resistivity

• Silver Bluff Magnetometry
• Silver Bluff GPR

Very preliminary data processing
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ACTION ITEMS
NONE
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FY 05 Program Plan
In FY 04 - Combines elements of original Year
2 Year 3 Task 3. Geophysical Fieldwork
29k Task 6 . Data Analysis and Fusion
127k Fusion Analysis/Modality Worth
86k Task 7. Technology Transfer 14k Task
8. Archeological Investigations 138k Task 9 .
Conyers Consulting 1.2k Task 10.
Technical reports/conference
16k Total 412K
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Program Plan
Year 3
Task
Year 1
Year 2
Installation coordination Acquire aerial
satellite data Geophysical fieldwork
Preprocess data sets Establish GIS
databases Data analysis fusion Develop
field testing program Archeology field testing
/ validation Project analysis, evaluation,
reporting Conferences and reporting
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Program Plan Detail Year 3
Calendar 2004
Calendar 2005
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Program Funding
UA CERL NASA K K K FY03 Installation
coordination 6.1 Geophysical fieldwork 6
(Geoscan sub) Thermal data acquisition
4.5 6.1 Preprocessing of data sets 17.7 6
(Geoscan sub) Data analysis fusion
40.8 Conyers consulting 3 Conference
attendance, rpt prep. 16.3 Total
102 FY04 Archeological fieldwork
138.4 Geophysical fieldwork 29.3 Data
analysis fusion 73.3 53.6
(SRI sub) Conyers consulting
1.2 Fusion analysis, modality worth 49.2 36.9 Te
chnology transfer 14 Conference
attendance, rpt prep. 16.4 Total
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Obligations/Expenditures
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Transition Plan

• Installation specialists through the USACE-CERL
  report series and individual efforts of Dr.
  Hargrave
• Traditional scholarly publication and meeting
  presentations
• UA SERDP New Approaches Website
• http//www.cast.uark.edu/cast/serdp
• North American Database of Archeological
  Geophysics (NADAG) http//www.cast.uark.edu/nadag/
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• On-line system supported by the National Center
  for Preservation Technology and Training
• Central source of surface remote sensing data in
  the U.S.
• Commercial partners
• Geoscan
• SRI
• Use of COTS solutions
• Definiens Imaging
• ESRI

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Technical Backup
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