GPS in DPP

["Patty Ralrick" <pattyralrick@hotmail.com>]

To T.A. Curtis and anyone else who is interested,

With regards to the question about remote sensing in Dinosaur Provincial 
Park (DPP), you may want to write to Darren Tanke of the Royal Tyrrell 
Museum as he and Dr. Phil Currie have been GPSing quarries there for the 
past few summers.

Darren has given several talks on this subject, mainly at the Alberta Paleo 
Society's annual meetings, as well as at the SVP conference in Denver.  The 
project has been quite successful in helping to identify lost or 'mystery' 
quarries from when the Sternbergs and Barnum Brown were excavating up there.

I don't believe that Canada has (or had) the same kind of program for remote 
sensing that we have here in the states.  And I totally agree that giving 
the general public GPS coordinates of sites would be disastrous.

Darren used to be a member of the mailing list, but it became so large that 
his email system began choking on it so he discontinued receiving it.  He 
has been having a lot of problems with his email account (the joys of living 
in small town Canada - even if you work for one of the world's greatest 
dinosaur museums), but you can write to him at his work address 
Darren.Tanke@gov.ab.ca.  I'm sure he'll be happy to discuss this project 
with you.

Have fun,

Patty
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When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail,
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
  Kipling, "The Female of the Species"

Patty Ralrick
2108 Power Dr.
Bellevue  NE  68005


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