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Exploring how digital technology can be used to preserve, protect, and mobilize knowledge about Alberta’s diverse heritage sites.

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@Tonyoconnor52 This may be the funniest thing I’ve seen! Awesome job with the colourized pics of Alison and Kate’s relatives by the way!

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Congratulations to our students who presented at the Plains Anthropology Conference last week: Mavis Chan, Erica Van Vugt, and Zoe Cascadden-Jassal! Mavis and Erica were the recipients of two conference awards! #pac2024

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We are so excited to be able to announce that our project PI Dr. Peter Dawson is a recipient of a 2024 Provincial Award for Heritage Conservation!

redit to the Alberta Government for the first two photos. You can read more about these awards at https://t.co/tDTk1ddh3G

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A few weeks ago we worked with the Alberta Government to capture the Burmis Tree. This limber pine was already more than 700 years old when it died in 1970, and it has become an iconic heritage site for SW Alberta!

#albertahistory #digitalheritage #laserscanning

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Working with Dr. Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer, we returned this week to do a second scan of the Leavings site with our Z+F 5010X. Featured in the photos are Matthew Lucy and Erica Van Vugt, two of our research groups' MA students!

#digitalheritage #laserscanning #history #alberta

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If you've been following our documentation of the Kootenai Brown Cabin then we have exciting news for you- all of the data is officially up! Go to https://t.co/j5yx67YDwH , scroll down to "Data Files" and you can download all of the scanning data captured for this project!

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Exciting news- the page for Kootenai Brown's Cabin is now live on our archive! Check it out online at https://t.co/j5yx67YDwH or visit in person at the @kootenaibrown Pioneer Village year-round!

#digitalheritage #alberta #travelab #heritage #history #realitycaptute #uav #tls

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We have now published all of the data from the Raymond Stampede! Follow the link and check it out under the "Data Files" tab at https://t.co/1qzfWlHcLB

Data we collect is published on our archive means you can freely use it as long as you don't profit and we get credited!

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Our PI Dr. Peter Dawson was invited by the Canadian Cartographic Association to give the keynote address at their 2023 annual meetings in Calgary today.

Amazing job Pete! Your students are super proud of our fearless mapping leader!

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Just over a month ago we had the pleasure of being invited by the Raymond Pioneer Museum & Historical Society to document the Raymond Stampede Grounds. You can now view the site on our archive at https://t.co/1qzfWlHcLB !

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Collected by SAIT and MiraCAD, we've now uploaded all Turner Valley Gas Plant #TLS and #photogrammetry data to our archive where it is freely downloadable for non-for-profit use! Check it out at https://t.co/EeGWsUBzw9

#digitalheritage #openaccess

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A big congratulations to research group member Christina Robinson for presenting two papers at The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada 48th Annual Conference in Calgary this week. Chris presented on her dissertation research at the Brooks Aqueduct!

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@northernpapa @UCalgary Thank you!!!

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And congratulations to Kelsey and Madisen for their successful presentations this afternoon at the #CAA2023Ams ! Amazing representation of Canadian research at two international conferences this last week!

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As the 88th Annual SAAs wrap up in Portland today, we'd like to congratulate research group members Kelsey Pennanen and Madisen Hvidberg for their successful presentations this week!

Safe travels as they continue on to Amsterdam where they will both presenting at the CAA-Intl

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We have a new site released on our Alberta heritage archive- https://t.co/KaDAQXHqCZ! The Moose Hill Ranch residence was a dovetailed log cabin constructed in 1885 by Edward Henry Osbourne Vaudin. The was digitally captured before being demolished for the Springbank Reservoir.

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We are excited to announce the archive page for the Ogilvie Grain Elevator is now posted to the #digitalheritage #archive!
https://t.co/5MaFAgaiwh
Visit to virtually tour this site constructed in 1925 and download the #OpenAccess scanning data of this at the bottom of the page.

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Did your great grandparents work at the Cochrane Ranche? 🐎

If you or your family have a story or memory about any of our sites, please share them to our archive at https://t.co/VqSf52XugC… !

Our memories define these places, and we want to hear and share your stories.

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Did you grow up playing in grain elevators? 🌾

If you or your family have a story or memory about any of our sites, please share them to our archive at https://t.co/0y5qMIpVip !

Our memories define these places, and we want to hear and share your stories.