Deidre McCarthy
National Park Service
Washington,
DC
USA
Biographical Sketch: Deidre McCarthy holds a B.A. from Mary Washington College in Historic Preservation and an M.A from the University of Delaware in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, with a
specialization in Historic Preservation. She works at the Cultural Resources GIS Facility
of the National Park Service, in Washington, D.C. She focuses primarily on helping State/Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and National Park units to integrate both GIS and GPS into their traditional preservation activities. For the past eighteen years, she has helped preservationists identify applications for these technologies in daily activities through a variety of projects across the country and within National Park units, as well as providing GIS/GPS training and other guidance. Currently, she is working to develop Federal standards for cultural resource spatial data.
Papers:
272
Using GIS as a Tool to Incorporate Cultural Resources into Large Landscape Conservation