by aera | Sep 16, 2014 | Blog, Mit Rahina Field School
By Rebekah Miracle (AERA GIS specialist) As the geographic information specialist (GIS) at AERA, my job is to digitally archive, synthesize and present our excavation data in ways that make it more understandable and usable to other people – both to our own...
by aera | Apr 2, 2012 | 2012 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Rebekah Miracle Even though I’ve been back home from Giza for over a week now, my work with the AERA geographic information system (GIS) isn’t over– it has just shifted into a new phase. During the excavation season, my priority was the daily digitization of...
by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Farrah L. Brown (GIS Specialist) and Brian V. Hunt The size of AERA’s excavation at Giza’s ancient Egyptian settlement and the enormous quantity of data that it has produced could easily overwhelm. That’s why we’re employing an exciting tool—a Geographic...