Title :
Wearable computing for field archaeology
Author :
Baber, Chris ; Cross, James ; Woolley, Sandra I. ; Gaffney, Vince L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
Wearable computers offer many potential uses in field archaeology. Our paper presents the uses identified in a Field Archaeology Wearable Computing Workshop held at The University of Birmingham, UK, and describes the challenges and outcomes of a prototype system trialed with ´The Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit´ at the Forum Novum archaeological site, Italy
Keywords :
archaeology; portable computers; Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit; Forum Novum archaeological site; Italy; wearable computing; Application software; Databases; Global Positioning System; Handheld computers; History; Physics computing; Portable computers; Prototypes; Satellites; Wearable computers;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 2001. Proceedings. Fifth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1318-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.2001.962127
