17 de Octubre 2006 Armchair Archeology with Google Earth More
work is being done with Google Earth to make archeological
discoveries. About a year ago an Italian systems analyst used
aerial photography from Google Earth to make a discovery of the
remains of a Roman villa. Now, it turns out a friend of mine by
the name of Scott Madry has made the news with some
archeological discoveries in France. He appears in the Raleigh
News & Observer. For many years, Scott has analyzed aerial and
satellite photos for his work. One area of his research has been
how a Celtic people called the Aedui lived in France for about
three centuries starting about 300 B.C. Scott had read about the
Italian's discovery and decided to see what Google Earth could
do for him. He was amazed by the quality of the data available
for free in GE, and he was quick to find new sites. Scott says:
"I found more in the first five, six, seven hours than I've
found in years of traditional field surveys and aerial
archaeology." He ended up discovering