| Summary/Abstract |
A major challenge in understanding the past is that it is not available for exploration
at present. The sections of history that deal with geographical associates of human
endeavours also pose a challenge to the readers and learners about the scale and
experience of a past landscape. Despite the cognitive and reasoning capabilities of
individuals, views of an entire landscape cannot be achieved by normal eye view.
Geospatial technologies provide immense potential for accessing historical landscape
and past realities. The tools are helpful in twin ways. Firstly, they enable learners to
understand the existing information about landscape by providing synoptic and 3D
views through interactive visualisation tools. Secondly, they enable researchers to look
for clues to the past settlements in a landscape in ways that are not otherwise possible,
i.e. “see” through infrared lens and integrate evidence gained from observations made
across different times. The present paper discusses some of these advantages that we
gain by applying gospatial technologies to normal human perceptions.
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