Submerged Cultural Resource Surveying Using a GPS-Based Data Acquisition Platform

Steven M. Shope, Larry Murphy

Abstract:	A GPS-based data acquisition platform has recently been developed for the National Park Service’s Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU). SRCU has the mission of developing a model for surveying, inventorying, and evaluating underwater archeological sites within the National Park System as part of the National Archeological Survey Initiative (NASI). The current focus of SCRU field operations is on maritime casualty sites, mostly shipwrecks. Survey for submerged historical sites primarily relies on vessel- towed magnetometer augmented with variable support instrumentation.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 6th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1993) September 22 - 24, 1993 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	97 - 98
Cite this article:	Shope, Steven M., Murphy, Larry, "Submerged Cultural Resource Surveying Using a GPS-Based Data Acquisition Platform," Proceedings of the 6th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1993), Salt Lake City, UT, September 1993, pp. 97-98.
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