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Kite Aerial Photos of Scotland

Simon Harbord Aberdeenshire

© Simon Harbord

James Gentles (1 2) Lothian

James Gentles © 2003

(1) Orkney

© Craig Taylor

Jeff Worrall Isle of Bute (former KAPer)

© Jeff Worrall

Robert Insall Strathblane

© Robert Insall

Elaine & Grant Golding  (Bill Fernie Caithness) 

© Elaine & Grant Golding

Hamish Fenton Oxfordshire

© 2009 Hamish Fenton

njhlianag.co.uk

Pullyhour, Caithness

© Nigel Healey  

Kenny Muir Dumfries and Galloway

© Kenny Muir

Rosie and John West Lothian

www.kiteaerialphotography.org.uk

John Wombell Strathpeffer, Ross-shire

Demonstrating KAP to members of two Young Archaeologists Clubs © John Wombell.

Michael Smith Angus

 © Michael Smith

Scott Haefner  USA

© Scott Haefner

any others? e-mail Rosie Pierre Lesage (1 2 3) Tahiti

© Pierre Lesage

flickr: Scotland from the air

 

KAPers With an Interest in the Archaeology of England, Ireland or Wales
Hamish Fenton (2) Oxfordshire Thorsten Kahlert  Sligo, Ireland Martin Roe (2) Yorkshire
     
  e-mail Rosie to be posted  

 

For the rest of the world see David Hunt's List of KAPers and flickr KAP

 

 

Archaeological and Other Uses of Kites

Incorporating much of the original list kindly provided to us by Peter Bults (2)

See also Wikipedia - Kites

Castro de Viladonga an Iron Age hillfort in Lugo (Galicia, Spain).

Kite aerial photograph. Canon A570IS, home-made rig, Sutton FF16 kite. 

© Vicente Piorno

An Archaeologist Uses Kite Aerial Photography

Detail from the montage of Pillistay in the Camaná valley of the far south coast of Peru, which gives an idea of the high resolution possible. This quality of stone-by-stone recording of a large archaeological site would be
difficult and expensive to achieve without KAP.

© 2006, Bruce Owen

Miron Bogacki KAP
Du Ciel: Thomas Sagory
Archeokap
La Photographie Sous Cerf-Volant
Kite Aerial Photography in Poland
Flickr (Forts)
Autumn Colors of Estonian Peat Bogs
KAP in Denmark
KAP of Easter Island Archaeological Sites
Remote sensing techniques to study ahu (monumental ceremonial platforms) on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
The Campanile Movie image-based modeling and rendering techniques (1997)    See also here
Exploitation of Small Format KAP for Geospatial Data Acquisition
Infra-red and ultra-violet KAP

St. Ninian's Chapel  Isle of Bute

Ross Natural History Reservation: Six decades of changing land cover and management documented by aerial photography (pdf)
Kite Photography along the Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF)
Professional Applications Kite Aerial Photography

Unmanned Small-Format Aerial Photography from Kites for Acquiring.... (pdf)

Cholame earthquake geology along the San Andreas fault (pop-up)
San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek
Crop Scouting
Development of Techniques for Quantification of Cattail Coverage of Wetland Pools at Cheyenne Bottoms Using Kite Aerial Photography (2)
Geological Applications of Kite Aerial Photography
Flickr (Aerial Archaeology)

Roman Furnace - Archaeological Excavations Directed by Università di Siena (2 3)

 and Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali  © Opaxir

Small Format Aerial Photography: Goemmer Butte, Colorado

Hambukol/Letti Basin: Daily life in a medieval Nubian town and cultural ecology of the surrounding area

High-Flying Science, with Strings Attached - research with kites
Kansas NASA EPSCoR Rural Resources Cluster
Forest Cover at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1996-2001
High resolution aerial and field mapping of thermal features in Ragged Hills, Yellowstone National Park (pdf)

The use of kites to investigate boundary layer meteorology

Kites in Meteorology
Weather kite over the side of the Scotia, 1902-04
Weather Kites

Near Aerial Photography 

North Kharga Oasis Survey Project
High-resolution spatial analysis of mountain landscapes using a low-altitude remote sensing approach
L'utilisation scientifique (Historical)
Emporia and Lake Kahola, Lyon and Chase Counties
Intelligent Kite Aerial Photography Platform
Prairie Burning

© J.S. and S.W. Aber (2001)

Southwind Country Club, Garden City, Kansas (evaluation of turf )

KAP:  Agricultural Applications

Gathering atmospheric dynamics data using KITES
Atmospheric Research Using Kites: Here We Go Again! (pdf)
A low level wind measurement technique for wind turbine generator siting (2)
Antenna-lifting kites
Fishing with Kites
Kite Training of Falcons
Overview of Accidents and Emergency Exercises

©2008 Harald Prinzler

 

 

Digital Camera Reviews  (1) (2) (3) Printer Ink Permanence  etc

 

Others (1 2 See also David Hunt's List)

 

All images on this page are reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright holders

 

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