This case study is being carried out in conjunction with Lödöse Museum and will be used in the museum's display about the Göta Älv valley, which is now open. Utilising existing GIS and remotely sensed data from various local, regional, and government agencies, the Göta Älv Valley case study seeks to reconstruct the valley landscape throughout prehistory, and to present that information in a GIS-based interactive model to be displayed on the project website as well as at Lödöse Museum.

The Göta Älv river and surrounding valley area have played a pivotal role in the cultural development of the region, therefore a model such as this will help to present a visual understanding of the importance of the area through time,and how societies have shaped and been shaped by their surroundings. The overall goal of this case study is to assess the viability of using extant GIS data in regional landscape reconstruction and, based on that, to recommend useful methods for collection and storage of data of this type.

The first version of this model, a looping animation of the sea level change and land uplift from 12500 BP to today, is now on display at Lödöse Museum as a part of the Bilder Av Våra Förfäder exhibit. A low resolution version of the animation as well as images of the informational posters describing the exhibit can be found on the following pages. Future plans for the model include adding reconstructions of the cultural and natural landscape through time, as well as building interactive 3-D models of sections of the valley for museum and website visitors to interact with. Click on the tabs for more information.