Walking with dinosaurs in the Kimberley: mapping the Cretaceous landscapes of the Dampier Peninsula

西澳大利亚丹皮尔半岛的海岸线保存着可以说是世界上最大和最重要的恐龙足迹之一。尽管最近被列入国家遗产名录，但这些轨道遗址中的大多数都没有记录在案，因此人们对它们的全部科学意义知之甚少。该项目的目的是对丹皮尔半岛的恐龙足迹进行数字测绘，利用载人和无人驾驶飞机的高分辨率航空摄影、机载和手持激光雷达成像以及数字摄影测量。这一结果将使我们能够构建高分辨率的、露出地面的三维数字模型，并使1.3亿年前的风景重现生机。

The coastline of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, preserves what is arguably one the largest and most significant stretches of dinosaur track-sites in the world. Despite recent National Heritage listing, the majority of these tracksites are largely undocumented, such that their full scientific significance is poorly understood. The aim of this project is to digitally map the dinosaur tracksites of the Dampier Peninsula, utilising high-resolution aerial photography with both manned and unmanned aircraft, airborne and hand-held LiDAR imaging, and digital photogrammetry. The results will allow us to construct high-resolution, three-dimensional digital outcrop models of the tracksites, and bring the 130 million-year-old landscapes back to life.