part Introduction -- chapter Introduction The role of geoinformation technologies in geocultural landscape research / part Part I Primary data capturing -- chapter Using mobile GIS for Field Digital Data Acquisition (FDA) in archaeological fi eld survey / chapter The application of digital vertical aerial photogrammetry in the recording and analysis of archaeological landscapes / chapter The use of satellite remote sensing for the detection and analysis of geocultural heritages / chapter Shedding light on the past: Using airborne LIDAR to understand ancient landscapes / part Part II Data preparation for GIS analysis -- chapter Geometric data preparation for GIS applications / chapter The concept of a historic landscape analysis using GIS with focus on Central Europe / chapter Technologies for integration and use of historical maps into GIS Nordic examples / part Part III Data analysis and interpretation -- chapter The workfl ow of a historic landscape analysis using GIS with examples from Central Europe / chapter Spatial interpolation and terrain analysis / chapter Landscape metrics A toolbox for assessing past, present and future landscape structures / part Part IV Case studies -- chapter Geomorphological study of Thera and the Akrotiri archaeological site / chapter GIS landscape models for the study of preindustrial settlement patterns in Mediterranean areas / chapter Mapping and analysis of linear landscape features