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Journal article
The Application of Buffon’s Needle Problem to Remote Sensing: Lane Spacing and Probability Considerations
The Florida Anthropologist, Vol.71(3-4), pp.183-189
12/2019
Abstract
Three hundred and twenty-two sq km of cultural resource-rich water surround the city of Pensacola, Florida (Figure 1). To date, archaeologists have inventoried more than 50 submerged objects including shipwrecks, abandoned schooners and barges, ballast piles, wharfs and the remnants of a marine railway in this study area. The discovery techniques used to place these vessels in the inventory has varied--several of Pensacola’s abandoned vessels are visible at all times or during periods of low water, local informants have provided the location of a few submerged wrecks, a Norwegian ship lost in 1894 is clearly documented off Santa Rosa Island in the form of a historical photograph, and at least two other submerged shipwrecks are clearly visible in recent aerial photographs and Google Earth. Wrecks located in deep waters or buried in bottom sediments also have been located using traditional methods of remote sensing with side scan sonar and magnetometer. The latter instrument has proven to be the most effective survey tool and promises to be more useful if appropriate survey line spacing is considered in regard to Pensacola’s waters, sedimentation processes, and shipwreck history.
Details
- Title
- The Application of Buffon’s Needle Problem to Remote Sensing
- Publication Details
- The Florida Anthropologist, Vol.71(3-4), pp.183-189
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Florida Anthropological Society, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 99380559181706600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Archaeology Institute
- Language
- English