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世界上最大、最重要的恐龙足迹遗址之一。尽管最近被列入了国家遗产名录，但这些足迹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。该项目的目的是利用高分辨率航空摄影，包括有人驾驶和无人驾驶飞机，机载和手持激光雷达成像，以及数字摄影测量，对丹皮尔半岛的恐龙足迹地点进行数字地图绘制。这些结果将使我们能够构建高分辨率的三维数字轨道露头模型，并使1.3亿年前的景观重现生机。

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.