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Patent Number: |
7474980 |
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Case ID: |
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Patent Title:
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Automated tool for monitoring archaeological sites (ATMAS.TM.)
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ACTIVE |
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Status Date: |
10/12/2009 7:21:00 AM |
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Issue Date:
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1/6/2009 |
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Filed Date:
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1/24/2006 |
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Serial #:
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1/340,819 |
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Assignee Name:
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The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Inventor(s):
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Hargrave, Michael L. , Meyer, William D. |
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BACKGROUND
Federal law requires that federal installations manage historic properties, including archaeological sites. The Guidelines for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended (36 CFR .sctn. 800) require federal
agencies to ensure that properties eligible for the National Register are not ". . . inadvertently . . . demolished, substantially altered, or allowed to deteriorate significantly." The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of
1990 requires consultation prior to intentional excavations and subsequent to inadvertent discoveries of human remains. Executive Order 13007 requires federal agencies to avoid adverse impacts to Native American sacred sites. The Archaeological
Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of 1979 imposes criminal and civil penalties for un-permitted excavation or damage to archaeological sites. Compliance with each of these laws and a proactive approach to resource management creates t . . . . More |
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An automation tool for resource managers to effectively schedule on-site
visits and manage information obtained thereby. An embodiment of the
present invention, the Automated Tool for Monitoring Archaeological Sites
(ATMAS.TM.), automates the process by which cultural resource (CR)
managers on various installations prioritize and schedule CR sites for
monitoring. Other applications for use by resource management include:
environmental, safety, security, military, educational, emergency
management, land use, fish and wildlife management, construction and
maintenance of highways and waterways, mining, exploration,
manufacturing, recreational management, urban restoration and the like.
Embodiments of the present invention increase efficiency and reduce cost,
while accurately and timely preserving and integrating information.
Embodiments of the present invention are useful for post-processing as
well as scheduling, analysis, . . . . More |
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We claim:
1. A method for prioritizing and scheduling monitoring visits to sites to obtain information, comprising: defining impact categories for said sites; defining measures of intensity for
each said impact category; establishing guidance for assigning said measures of intensity; defining priority levels for said visits; calculating estimates of risk for each said site, wherein at least one first said estimate of risk is established via
prediction and at least one second said estimate of risk is established via observation; assigning said estimates of risk to each said site; implementing a database in software to establish records and manipulate at least one of said impacts, measures,
and estimates to assign one said priority level to each said site, each site of a given priority assigned to a unique group; installing said database on at least one computer; scheduling a sampling from each said group for said visits over a
pre-specified interval, wherein said sampli . . . . More |
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