(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- At archaeological sites, drawing of contexts, sections, and site plans can easily consume a huge part of the total excavation time. For particularly complicated and detailed sites, this can even rise to as much as half of the total project time. To increase the productivity of these dedicated activities, Nikon Metrology presents the archaeological variant of its iSpace large-scale metrology system. Trials at Mont Beuvray, France, have shown that the Archaeology iSpace solution records data 50-percent to 90-percent faster compared to traditional drawing methods. The archaeologists on-site were impressed with the new system, which only requires them to pick up the probe, press the button, and start tracing. The iSpace for Archaeology system is being presented at the CAA 2011 in Beijing, the 39th Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (April 12–16, 2011).

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