Abstract Site surveys are foundational to the design of landscapes. Rapid technological innovations have caused the range of phenomena that can be surveyed and the forms that landscape surveys can assume to radically expand. This article presents findings from two long-term site surveying experiments using drones, real-time kinematic surveying equipment, photogrammetry, GIS and 3D modelling software. Rather than focusing on drones as objects, attention is placed on the aesthetic and techno-experiential interpretation of sites through a media ecology approach, examining the co-constructive, qualitative relationships among technology, humans and landscapes. Research results describe the unique capacities drone technologies can provide, emphasizing the modelling of site-specific, spatiotemporal landscape change over time, and expanded techno-aesthetic capacities for fieldwork and sensing of place. These results are compared with other modes of site modelling to discuss differences. Conclusions posit that a media ecology approach can provide effective tools to critically assess modes of landscape interpretation at a time when technical means to encounter landscapes continue to diversify.

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制作地形：测量、无人机和媒体生态

摘要 场地调查是景观设计的基础。快速的技术创新导致可以调查的现象范围和景观调查可以采取的形式从根本上扩大。本文介绍了使用无人机、实时运动学测量设备、摄影测量、GIS 和 3D 建模软件进行的两次长期现场勘测实验的结果。不是将无人机作为物体，而是通过媒体生态学方法关注场地的美学和技术体验解释，检查技术、人类和景观之间的共建、定性关系。研究结果描述了无人机技术可以提供的独特能力，强调对特定地点、时空景观随时间变化的建模，并扩展了实地工作和感知地方的技术美学能力。将这些结果与其他场地建模模式进行比较以讨论差异。结论认为，在遇到景观的技术手段继续多样化的时候，媒体生态学方法可以提供有效的工具来批判性地评估景观解释模式。