Technological Solutions to Preservation Needs:

The access to and manipulation of information relating to
historic resources is fundamental to the shaping of successful
cultural resource management strategies.  The increasingly
complex issues that must be addressed in contemporary cultural
resource management efforts require a fresh perspective regarding
the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information.  Emerging
remote sensing and computer technologies can resolve the inherent
complexity of integrating and productively managing information
relevant to the significance, spatial qualities, and cultural
value of historic resources.

The methodologies explored over the course of this research
effort have the capacity to not only document historic resources,
but additionally to analyze, manipulate, and disseminate the
documentary material in support of a broad range of preservation
management issues.  Applications of emerging technologies for
resource documentation and design processes have only recently
begun to influence preservation.  Opportunities for further
exploration of the issues raised in this research are extensive,
and concerted efforts to transfer and adapt appropriate emerging
technologies to the activities of the preservation process can
have a significant impact on the preservation profession as a
whole.

<bfile31>   Technology Transfer
<bfile35>   Research Summary: Areas of Contribution
<bfile37>   Preservation Information Dissemination
<ffile26>   Computer Literacy