L'Archive / archival capability
Provenance From On High
Aerial observation as archival methodology. Context recovered from altitude.
Capability class
D'en haut, les choses se souviennent les unes des autres.
- Status
- Archival Capability
- Classification
- L'ARCHIVE Shelf
- Dossier Number
- None
- Function
- Aerial and geospatial contextual documentation
Aerial systems extend the archive's field of view. They document site context, access conditions, object location, spatial relationships, and observations that cannot be made safely or honestly from ground level.
The aircraft, camera, flight conditions, operator decisions, failures, and recovery limits all belong to the chain of provenance. Aerial imagery is evidence only when its context remains attached.
Retrieve aerial records from L'Index / Read instrument provenance