I am pleased to announce the publication of
*Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge using Google Earth - a
Tool for Public Engagement and the Dissemination of Archaeological Data*
by Kate Welham, Lawrence Shaw, Mark Dover, Harry Manley, Mike Parker
Pearson, Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Julian Thomas and Chris Tilley
in issue 40 of Internet Archaeology. http://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.40.5
<http://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.40.5>
[image: Screenshot of Durrington Walls in Seeing Beneath Stonehenge layer
in Google Earth]
This article focuses on the use of Google Earth as a tool to facilitate
public engagement and dissemination of data. It examines a case study based
around one of the largest archaeological investigations of the Stonehenge
landscape, the Stonehenge Riverside Project. A bespoke layer for Google
Earth was developed to communicate the discoveries of the research by
creating an engaging, interactive and informative multimedia application
that could be viewed by users across the world. The article describes the
creation of the layer: Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge,
and the public uptake and response to this. The project was supported by a
Google Research Award, and working alongside Google enabled a 'free to
download' platform for users to view the data within in the form of Google
Earth, as well as the integration of a variety of applications including:
Google SketchUp, YouTube, and Flickr. In addition, the integration of
specialist software, such as Esri ArcGIS, was fundamental to the
integration of the spatial data gathered by the project. Methodologies used
to create the application are documented here, including how different
outputs were integrated such as geophysical survey, 3D reconstructions and
landscape tours. The future possibilities for utilising Google Earth for
public engagement and understanding in the discipline are examined.
regards
Judith
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Judith Winters
Editor, Internet Archaeology
http://intarch.ac.uk
@IntarchEditor
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Department of Archaeology, University of York YO1 7EP
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