{"id":12214,"date":"2016-02-17T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12214"},"modified":"2016-02-17T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:13:01","slug":"sarah-parcak-wins-1m-ted-prize-to-combine-archaeology-space-imagery-and-citizen-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12214","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Parcak wins $1M TED prize to combine archaeology, space imagery, and citizen science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeologist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahparcak.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Sarah Parcak<\/a>\u00a0uses satellite\u00a0imagery to find previously undiscovered\u00a0sites of ancient human activities. She also uses such images\u00a0to detect looting of known sites. She describes her techniques in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/sarah_parcak\" target=\"_d\">TED talk video below<\/a>. See also the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/gallery-archaeological-mysteries-hidden-in-satellite-images\/\" target=\"_d\">Gallery: Archaeological mysteries hidden in satellite images<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parcak won the million dollar\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/participate\/ted-prize\" target=\"_d\">TED Prize<\/a>\u00a0for 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/participate\/ted-prize\/prize-winning-wishes\/sarah-parcak\" target=\"_d\">2016 TED Prize winner | Prize-winning wishes | TED Prize | Participate | TED<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35591727\">TED 2016: Space archaeologist wins $1m to find hidden sites &#8211; BBC News<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/announcing-our-2016-ted-prize-winner-satellite-archaeologist-sarah-parcak\/\" target=\"_d\">The 2016 TED Prize winner: Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak &#8211;\u00a0TED Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She will use the prize to develop the\u00a0online Global Xplorer site to involve citizen scientists in using satellite imagery to find new archaeological sites and to protect known ones:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I wish for us to discover the millions of unknown archaeological sites across the globe. By building an online citizen science platform and training a 21st century army of global explorers, we&#8217;ll find and protect the world&#8217;s hidden heritage, which contains clues to humankind&#8217;s collective resilience and creativity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YFC5CwZVCEw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeologist\u00a0Sarah Parcak\u00a0uses satellite\u00a0imagery to find previously undiscovered\u00a0sites of ancient human activities. She also uses such images\u00a0to detect looting of known sites. She describes her techniques in the\u00a0TED talk video below. See also the\u00a0Gallery: Archaeological mysteries hidden in satellite images. Parcak won the million dollar\u00a0TED Prize\u00a0for 2016: 2016 TED Prize winner | Prize-winning wishes | TED &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sarah Parcak wins $1M TED prize to combine archaeology, space imagery, and citizen science<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3b0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3704,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3704","url_meta":{"origin":12214,"position":0},"title":"Space Elevator Conference in August + CLIMB Vol. 2 now available","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Registration is open for the ISEC Space Elevator Conference, August 23-25, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. === The second issue of the CLIMB - The Space Elevator Journal is now on sale : Volume 2 of CLIMB now available! - The Space Elevator Blog CLIMB - Vol.2\/Num.1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Future space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Future space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=82"},"img":{"alt_text":"tx_CLIMB_Vol2No1_Cover[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tx_CLIMB_Vol2No1_Cover1.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7014,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7014","url_meta":{"origin":12214,"position":1},"title":"Video: Chris Hadfield&#8217;s TED talk","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian astronaut and space singing star Chris Hadfield talks about living in space in this TED talk:\u00a0Chris Hadfield: What I learned from going blind in space - Talk Video - TED\u00a0-","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living in Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5583,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5583","url_meta":{"origin":12214,"position":2},"title":"Video of X-37B passes + Tracking secret spacecraft","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The reusable\u00a0X-37B\u00a0military spaceplane still in orbit after a year was spotted recently by an amateur spacecraft tracker \u00a0(via\u00a0Spaceports blog): On Nov 24th and 28th, 2013, Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Ontario captured imagery of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane in the night sky. 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