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PAST SCAPES
LANDSCAPE HISTORY PRESENTATIONS
AND GUIDED TOURS OF NORWICH
How GIS has changed the interpretation of prehistoric sites
With the advent of electronic computer technology in the mid 20th century, hand-drafted map data began to be converted into digital format. Now, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow archaeologists to store, manage and manipulate many sets of data in a series of map layers, to reveal secrets of landscapes which were previously masked and undecipherable.
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