Watch: How to Become a Space Archaeologist
New online tool enables anyone with Internet access to search satellite images for ancient ruins.
Space Archaeology 101: The Next Frontier of Exploration
Archaeologist Sarah Parcak uses satellite images to identify buried sites. Now anyone with access to the Internet can do the same through Parcak’s new crowdsourcing platform called GlobalXplorer°.
By Tom Clynes
PUBLISHED January 30, 2017
She’s been described as a hybrid of Indiana Jones and Google Earth. Now archaeologist Sarah Parcak—who pioneered the use of satellite imagery to discover lost cities and buried ruins—has an ambitious plan to use technology and crowdsourcing to protect remnants of the ancient world.
Today Parcak launches GlobalXplorer°, an online tool that’s part of a coordinated global effort to use technology to spur discovery and outpace destruction.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/archaeologists-parcak-globalxplorer-looting-ted-prize/
