Thanks for the article link! I didn't know that that the war in Iraq was the origin for Arches' development.
On Monday, 10 March 2014 12:22:35 UTC-4, Edmund Lee wrote: > > Hi Daphne, welcome to the Arches project group! Thanks for sharing this > information about your interests in Arches and in heritage documentation. > Do feel free to use the other threads on this discussion group to ask > questions, and contribute to finding answers for other members of this > growing online community. You’ll find a mix of computer and programming > specialists along with those who work in organisations that manage heritage > inventories, such as me. > > > > You’ll maybe have seen from the project website the articles by the > project team that development of Arches sprang from concern for the fate > of archaeological sites in Iraq following the 2003 invasion. > > > > > http://archesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Arches_GCINewsletter_Fall2013.pdf > > > > War and heritage inventories have a much longer history than that, > however. In the U.K. where I work, the earliest consistent records of > archaeological sites were made by the Ordnance Survey, which, as the name > suggests, were maps made during the Napoleonic war with France in the early > 19th century to plan movement of troops and heavy artillery in areas > likely to be invaded. Many of the historic buildings in England were first > systematically photographed when under threat from bombing during the > Second World War. Both of these records eventually ended up forming the > core of the datasets managed by English Heritage available via PastScape > http://www.pastscape.org.uk/ > > > > I’m sorry to hear you haven’t got a view to report! Hope that improves, > > > > All good wishes > > Ed > > > > English Heritage > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Daphne Ippolito > *Sent:* 09 March 2014 20:05 > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [Arches] Re: Signing in > > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > I'm Daphne, and I'm currently a student at the University of Toronto in > Canada. I started off as an archaeological science and computer science > double major, but have since leaned more towards the computer science side. > I was really excited to discover Arches on the GSoC site because it helps > to solve a problem I've personally encountered. In my cartography class > last year, I wanted to do a research project on the proximity of violence > during the War in Afghanistan to the country's archaeological sites. I > found the website of a phd student who had mapped many of the heritage > sites in Afghanistan, but unfortunately he had only released this data as a > jpg, and the image was too small-scale to be of use to me. Despite my best > efforts, I couldn't get into contact with the guy to ask him for his data. > > > > This is a huge problem in archaeology. In the excavations I've been on, > records were still in large part done by hand, and even when they are > digitized, there isn't always a straightforward path available for > researchers to make this data publicly accessible. Arches looks like it's > taking a big step toward addressing this, and I hope to have some time in > the next few days to start familiarizing myself with its implementation. > > > > Unfortunately right now I am working in a windowless computer lab on > campus :( but I look forward to finally having some sunny days that aren't > freezing later this week. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 06:29:01 UTC-4, Edmund Lee wrote: > > Hello all, ... and welcome in particular to those who have joined the > Arches Discussion Forum recently. > > This online group was initially set up for the project team, and has just > recently been opened up as the public, so some of us haven't met before. > How about we all share a bit of background, just like we would if we were > meeting in the real world? If that sounds good to you, reply to this thread > and share with the group some or all of the following: > > - what is your interest in Arches? > > > - where in the world are you working? > > and, just to make it a bit more fun, > > - what can you see out of the window? Is there any heritage in your > view? > > I look forward to getting to know everyone a bit better! > > > > Ed > > -- > -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. 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