Compiled Remote Sensing Resources

This section contains the links to remote sensing resources arranged by topic. Many of these resources are discussed in other sections, but have been compiled here for easy access.

Introductory GPR Resources
  •  A series of videos covering a range of topics relating to unmarked graves investigations from start to finish that accompanies their , intended for non-specialists.
  • . Webinar in partnership with Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc, the Canadian Archaeological Association and the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology.
  • Webinar hosted by Access Accountability.
  • Webinar of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials.
  •  Webinar of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials.  
  •  A Q and A created to provide some answers to frequently asked questions about remote sensing surveys.
  • What is Ground Penetrating Radar? A Q and A created as an aid for project leads/decision-makers to communicate with their communities about what GPR is and what it can do, as well as answering some frequently asked questions.
  •  (Eric Simons, UBC) Illustrations demonstrating how ground-penetrating radar is used. More illustrations are added regularly. This collection is freely available for use by anyone involved in this work.
Survey Planning Resources

Survey Preparation

  • . (National Advisory Committee on Residential School Missing Children and Unmarked Burials)
  •  (IPIA)
  •  (First Nations Heath Authority).
  •  (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Consultants and Team Building

  •  (IPIA)
  •  (IPIA)

Remote Sensing Technologies

Aerial Photos and Land Use History

Training and Learning Resources

Guides and Videos

. Youtube video playlist presented by the Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Burials. Accompanies their .

. UBC's GPR Partnership with Musqueam has identified a series of Sensors & Softwares online videos that focus on relevant introductory and foundational GPR issues particular to locating unmarked graves. 

  •  Webinar by Sensors & Software Inc.
  • . Webinar by Sensors & Software Inc.
  •  Webinar by Sensors & Software Inc.
  •  Webinar by Sensors & Software Inc.

. A series of free training videos on Ground Penetrating Radar to help utility locators, civil engineers, and archaeologists upgrade their skills. Covers quickstart guides for certain GPR units, as well as GPR data processing tips and tricks.

Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves. 2023. 

Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves. 2023. 

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 UBC's GPR Partnership with Musqueam. Has really wonderful instructional videos, guides, lectures, and data recording forms that support their GPR Course for Indigenous Communities, specifically around GPR survey design. They upload these resources for all to use, beyond those who are registered in the course.

Textbook or Article Readings:

Schmidt, Armin. (2004). "Remote Sensing and Geophysical Prospection", Internet Archaeology, 15. DOI: 

GeoSci Developers. (2017). Geophysics for Practicing Geoscientists. 

Tiberius, Christian, Hans van der Marel, René Reudink, and Freek van Leijen. (2022). Surveying and Mapping. TU Delft Open Textbook; Delft University of Technology. DOI: 

Daniel, S. E. (2015). Ground penetrating radar applied: A model for quantifying interpretation of human burials in historical contexts. M.A. Thesis. University of British Columbia. DOI:  

Martin, J. M., & Everett, M. E. (2023). A methodology for the self-training and self-assessing of new GPR practitioners: Measuring diagnostic proficiency illustrated by a case study of a historic African-American cemetery for unmarked graves. Archaeological Prospection, 30, 10–15. DOI: 

Martindale, Andrew, William TD Wadsworth, Eric Simons, Brian Whiting, and Colin Grier. "The challenges of signal interpretation of burials in ground‐penetrating radar." Archaeological Prospection (2023). DOI: 

Wadsworth, William TD, Kisha Supernant, Ave Dersch, and the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation. “Integrating Remote Sensing and Indigenous Archaeology to Locate Unmarked Graves: A Case Study from Northern Alberta, Canada”. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 2021;9(3):202-214. DOI: