[Arches] Multi-language (Internationalization) support for Arches

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hello Arches users.  We’ve heard from a few members of the community that 
they would like Arches to support multiple languages so that their users 
can interact with resource information in languages other than English.  

We are preparing to support the internationalization of Arches and would 
like to hear from users who require support for languages other than 
English.  If you are working with multiple languages we would like to hear 
your real-world requirements for how Arches should support your work.  
We're are particularly interested in your internationalization requirements 
for user interfaces, data modeling, bulk data import/export, and any other 
feature that you think would help support additional languages.

Thanks in advance for sharing your use cases.

Cheers,

Dennis

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[Arches] Re: v5.1 Manage Permissions - how to hide resource from predictive hit list?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Jude,

Thanks for the additional detail on your search/permissions question.  Your 
problem sounds like a bug, as Arches is designed so that search matches 
only appear in the dropdown (e.g.: your "predictive list") if the user's 
permission level allows.

It would be great if you could submit a ticket to the Arches repository 
(https://github.com/archesproject/arches) describing the problem and your 
specific Arches configuration (e.g.: server operating system, Arches 
version, browser used for testing).  

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:54:47 AM UTC-7 manxnation...@gmail.com 
wrote:

> Hey Lindsey,
>
> Thanks for getting in touch.  I've attached 3 screengrabs of an example to 
> illustrate.  Problem is (using this example):
>
> Ballanorris Keeill is set for 'No Access' for anonymous user.  Okay.
>
> Anonymous user searches 'Ballanorris' and the resource 'Ballanorris 
> Keeill' appears in predicative list.  User therefore assumes that the 
> resource is available to click and view.
>
> Anonymous user clicks 'Ballanorris Keeill' from the predictive list and 
> (disappointingly, confusingly for the user) the result says '0'.
>
> Question - can I prevent those resources which are 'No Access' for 
> anonymous user from appearing in the predictive list for anonymous user?  
> When the resource is hidden from an an anonymous user we don't want it to 
> appear in the predictive search list.
>
> ...attachment function not working for me...I'll attach 3 screengrabs in 
> new post...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jude.
>
> On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 8:22:29 PM UTC+1 Lindsey Gant wrote:
>
>> Hi Jude,
>>
>> Thanks for your message! Would you mind offering a bit of clarification 
>> for the problem you are having?  As I understand it, you would like there 
>> to be an indication that resources exist to the public user even though 
>> that resource is hidden, is that correct?
>>
>> With your clarification, I can help guide someone to assist.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Lindsey
>> Getty Conservation Institute, Arches
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7:46:08 AM UTC-7 manxnation...@gmail.com 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello - we really like the Manage Permissions function in Arches v5.1, 
>>> but we have a user query, i.e. those resources where Manage Permission is 
>>> applied and the resource is ‘hidden’ from anonymous public user.  Can we 
>>> also ‘hide’ the resource from the predictive hit list?  
>>>
>>> E.g. I search ‘burial’, I click on a resource in the predictive dropdown 
>>> hit list and – because the resource is ‘hidden’ – it comes up ‘0’ results.  
>>> Just a bit misleading to the user, is there a tweak we can apply to the 
>>> resources?
>>>
>>> Thanks as ever for any feedback on this,
>>>
>>> Jude.
>>>
>>> (Manx National Heritage, Isle of Man HER)
>>>
>>

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[Arches] Re: Arches 5.1 – ESRI ArcGIS data and DISCO

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi David,

There are several ways that you can register GIS data (including 
shapefiles) as a map overlay in Arches.  Note that this is different than 
importing the data into Arches.

You'll need to set up a way to serve your shapefile data to Arches via a 
service.  Luckily, there are several options including using GeoServer, 
ArcGIS Online, and others.  If you want to serve your shapefile data as 
vector tiles, I would suggest the following approach:

1. Load your shapefile into PostGIS (there are lots of tutorials on this on 
the web).
2. Use pg_tileserv (https://github.com/CrunchyData/pg_tileserv) as your 
vector tile server.
3. Define the styling of your shapefile content using the Mapbox 
specification.  Lots of ways to do this, but one great tool is Maputnik 
(https://github.com/maputnik/editor)
4. Register your map source and layer with Arches 

As for DISCO, we're currently working on the package and its not quite done 
yet.  You can follow along with our progress 
at https://github.com/archesproject/arches-for-science-prj. 

Hope this is helpful

Dennis

On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 7:05:47 AM UTC-7 David Osborne wrote:

> I have been away from the Arches arena for almost a year, after finishing 
> the implementation for Jersey Heritage, while I concentrated on my research.
>
> I'm now looking at using Arches for my research data, so I was wondering 
> what the current state of play is for using ArcGIS info. I have some 
> geochemistry data I would like to install as a map overlay (the file 
> extensions are .cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp, .shp.xml and .shx). Is 
> there a how-to anywhere to describe how to import this?
>
> I will also be generating some scientific analysis data I would like to 
> incorporate and the DISCO package might be a good way to do that – is it 
> available to use yet?
>
> I've just set up Arches 5.1 in an Ubuntu 18.04 VM.
>
> Thanks for any words of wisdom!
> David
>
> *David Osborne *BA MSc
> AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD researcher
> Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Nottingham
> https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/student_profile/david-osborne/
>

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[Arches] Re: register and present resource information in multiple languages

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Anjo,

Great questions concerning proposing new features for Arches.  At the 
moment, there aren't any formal procedures for voting on features, and 
funding/crowdsourcing is done in an informal way.  But, we are working on a 
process for making it easier for members of the community to participate in 
setting the roadmap for Arches features.  

As for recommendations for modeling, we don't have any yet.  But it would 
be great to hear use cases for multiple language support from the community 
so that we can start thinking about modeling implications.

Cheers,

Dennis
On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10:38:37 AM UTC-7 anjo.we...@gmail.com 
wrote:

> Hi Dennis,
>
> Many thanks for your reply and many thanks for all the great work.
> Apart from representing the search results names, multi-language seems to 
> work very nicely with everything that can fit into thesauri of the 
> Reference Data Manager. But of course, that is not applicable for all 
> attributes.
>
> In the regions where I am active, multi-language support is a requirement, 
> and many projects cannot be implemented without that feature. I understand 
> funding such requests is important. Are there procedures for voting on 
> feature requests, getting feedback on the financial needs, and 
> crowdsourcing funding and other means of contributions?
>
> With regards to multi-language support being implemented in the future: 
> What are the recommendations for building resource models to increase the 
> chance of feature-compatibility.
>
> Many thanks,
> Anjo
>
> PS: Although I am not a developer, I would like to contribute to the 
> project regularly in the future. I would appreciate any advice from you and 
> the community in that direction.
>
> On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 11:03:58 PM UTC+1 Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>
>> Hi Anjo,
>>
>> With 5.1, search does not automatically use the "location" language to 
>> return results.   We are currently thinking about extending multi-language 
>> support to search (and to string nodes) to better match your expected 
>> result.  There is a growing desire among Arches users to fully support 
>> multiple languages, and if this effort is funded we hope that users like 
>> you will share their use cases for working with multi-lingual data.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 1:50:11 AM UTC-7 anjo.we...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to register and present resource information in multiple 
>>> languages using CIDOC-CRM and the improved support for localization 
>>> starting with Arches 5.1
>>>
>>> I built the model with the following structure:
>>>
>>> Resource Model (E18 Physical thing)
>>> |__ Resource Name (E41 Appellation)
>>>   |__ Language (E33 Linguistic Object)
>>>  |__Language Type (E56 Language)
>>>
>>> "Resource Name" has the data type "string". For the "Language Type" I 
>>> assign the data type "concept" and select the "language" collection from 
>>> the *"*Reference Data Manager".
>>>
>>> Procedure:
>>> Resource Model is added with names in corresponding languages.
>>>
>>> Expected output:
>>> Searching for resource name defined in language A while having selected 
>>> the locale A gives back the name in language A.
>>>
>>> Real output:
>>> Searching for resource name defined in language A while having selected 
>>> the locale A gives back the name in the language it was first created in.
>>>
>>> Does my approach make sense? What am I missing? Is there a better 
>>> solution to achieve the described goal?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help,
>>> Anjo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

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[Arches] Re: register and present resource information in multiple languages

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Anjo,

With 5.1, search does not automatically use the "location" language to 
return results.   We are currently thinking about extending multi-language 
support to search (and to string nodes) to better match your expected 
result.  There is a growing desire among Arches users to fully support 
multiple languages, and if this effort is funded we hope that users like 
you will share their use cases for working with multi-lingual data.

Cheers,
Dennis

On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 1:50:11 AM UTC-7 anjo.we...@gmail.com wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to register and present resource information in multiple 
> languages using CIDOC-CRM and the improved support for localization 
> starting with Arches 5.1
>
> I built the model with the following structure:
>
> Resource Model (E18 Physical thing)
> |__ Resource Name (E41 Appellation)
>   |__ Language (E33 Linguistic Object)
>  |__Language Type (E56 Language)
>
> "Resource Name" has the data type "string". For the "Language Type" I 
> assign the data type "concept" and select the "language" collection from 
> the *"*Reference Data Manager".
>
> Procedure:
> Resource Model is added with names in corresponding languages.
>
> Expected output:
> Searching for resource name defined in language A while having selected 
> the locale A gives back the name in language A.
>
> Real output:
> Searching for resource name defined in language A while having selected 
> the locale A gives back the name in the language it was first created in.
>
> Does my approach make sense? What am I missing? Is there a better solution 
> to achieve the described goal?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
> Anjo
>
>
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Details vs Report

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Jelena,

This behavior is by design.  The idea is that the details page can be used 
to customize how model instance information is presented to your users.  By 
default, the details page just shows the first card in the model report.  
But you can write a template that can show exactly the information that you 
wish in whatever layout that you like.  You can see an example of at simple 
template 
at: 
https://github.com/archesproject/arches-for-science-prj/tree/master/afs/templates/views/components/reports

Hope this helps,

Dennis

On Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 1:50:58 AM UTC-8 jelena...@gmail.com wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> So this will be an easy question I guess, since also is visible on the 
> demo site. 
> When I click the resource name I get proper report for the resource as 
> below
> [image: S2.PNG]
> But if I click on Details on the same resourse I get only the first filed 
> of the report as below:
> [image: S1.PNG]
> Can someone help me by explaining if this is bug or is intentional, and 
> also what type of report template does details use?
>
> Thank you in Advance,
> Jelena
>

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[Arches] Re: Implementing "Workflows" featrure

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Yuval,

Workflows are an Arches feature that software developers can use to create 
multi-step, custom data editing (or analysis, or visualization) user 
interfaces.  Arches provides developers with core workflow management tools 
(e.g.: workflow steps, UI templates, data management tools, and "clean up" 
utilities).  There is no "Workflow creation user interface", if that's what 
you are looking for.

Hope this helps.

Dennis

On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 8:03:29 AM UTC-8 telem...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello All,
> The roadmap page  mentions a new 
> "Workflows" feature,
> but I can't find it  neither  in my v5.1 web inteface nor in the 5.1 
> Documentaton.
> (I do see a "Workflows" components in the arches/app directories ).
>  how do I implement this feature?
> Thanks
> Yuval
>

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Re: [Arches] Kubernetes Support

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Phil,

We'd be happy to have a discussion (perhaps in the developer channel) on 
your design/deployment considerations.  Maybe the way to start a thread on 
architecture and deployment would be for you to post your ideas (and 
concerns, if any)?

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 4:50:39 PM UTC-7 phil...@flaxandteal.co.uk 
wrote:

> Great! Thanks, Dennis (apologies, missed Reply All). Will do a bit more 
> tidying up then, and, yes, testing it out would be very helpful please.
>
> Also, there are considerations around architecture design/deployment that 
> would be good to get input on, to decide the most appropriate Kubernetes 
> approaches before going too far - but for the moment, I'd be keen to get a 
> bare-bones testable version up and take it from there.
>
> With best wishes
> Phil
>
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020, 23:24 Dennis Wuthrich,  wrote:
>
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> We're very interested in your work with Kubernetes/Helm and Arches.  We 
>> don't have tons of experience with Kubernetes yet, so not sure how directly 
>> we can contribute.  Perhaps testing?  Please let us know if you have any 
>> specific ideas about how we may be helpful.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 2:57:20 AM UTC-7 phil...@flaxandteal.co.uk 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alina,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 2:20 AM Alina Myklebust  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Phil, 
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Nice to hear from you here!  In case this post was missed by others, 
>>>> hopefully someone here with Kubernetes experience will chime in.  
>>>> Cross-posting this to the arches-dev group is also a good idea.  
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you and thanks for highlighting this! Yes - that'd be great - keen 
>>> to make sure we don't duplicate any efforts.
>>>
>>> In any case, we are still working away here, so will feed back progress 
>>> and repositories as we test!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Phil
>>>
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Re: [Arches] Kubernetes Support

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Phil,

We're very interested in your work with Kubernetes/Helm and Arches.  We 
don't have tons of experience with Kubernetes yet, so not sure how directly 
we can contribute.  Perhaps testing?  Please let us know if you have any 
specific ideas about how we may be helpful.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 2:57:20 AM UTC-7 phil...@flaxandteal.co.uk 
wrote:

> Hi Alina,
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 2:20 AM Alina Myklebust  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Phil, 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Nice to hear from you here!  In case this post was missed by others, 
>> hopefully someone here with Kubernetes experience will chime in.  
>> Cross-posting this to the arches-dev group is also a good idea.  
>>
>
>
> Thank you and thanks for highlighting this! Yes - that'd be great - keen 
> to make sure we don't duplicate any efforts.
>
> In any case, we are still working away here, so will feed back progress 
> and repositories as we test!
>
> All the best,
> Phil
>

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[Arches] Re: bidirectional text

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Elishai,

Good question concerning bi-directional text in Arches.  This is just one 
of several things needed to support multi-lingual and multi-script support 
in the Arches user interface.  You might be aware that Arches v5 creates a 
good portion of its UI dynamically.  For example, the graph models and data 
entry forms in v5 are created dynamically by Arches, and this code would 
need to be updated to support bi-directional (and multi-lingual) support. 
And then there's the question of supporting multiple languages and scripts 
in the actual data that is managed by Arches

As Alina mentioned in her post, we are thinking about the best way to 
address all the factors needed to support localization of the UI.  At the 
moment, you can't just "flip a switch" in Arches and have it support 
bi-directional text or alternate languages.

Best,

Dennis 

On Friday, June 26, 2020 at 1:11:19 AM UTC-7 elisha...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can i change the bidirectional text in Arches from Left to right to right 
> to left?
> if so, where should i change it?
>
> Thanks,
> Elishai
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Create a Customized Front-end on top of the Arches 5.0

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Piyush,

Yes, it should be possible to develop a customized front-end on v5.  Arches 
v5 supports plugins, which would allow you to create custom UI within the 
Arches framework.  V5 also provides an API that could support a custom 
front-end as you describe.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, July 3, 2020 at 1:52:49 AM UTC-7 piyus...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to know can we develop a customized front-end on Arches 5.0 for 
> visualizing the different components in a simpler way to the end-user. An 
> Arches provides any such API or facility we can fetch the data from the 
> database and display in a customized way in HTML, CSS website.
>
> For example, can I develop such a front-end over the Arches deployment? 
> https://www.craftscotland.org/craft-directory.
>
> Thank you in advance for helping me.
>
> Regards,
> Piyush
>

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[Arches] Re: add_tileserver_layer is not available in Arches v5

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Harri,

You should confirm that you are referencing your geoserver layer properly.  
Check to confirm that you have a map layer definition that looks something 
like so:

[{"id": "test-raster", "type": "raster", "source": "test-raster"}]

where test-raster is the name you gave your map source.  Assuming you've 
done this, you should confirm that you've set your CORS policy properly.  I 
get the following error when trying to access your Geoserver layer in Arches

Access to fetch at 
'http://vps815520.ovh.net:8080/geoserver/hk/wms?service=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap=1565430.3392804079,5948635.289265558,1878516.4071364924,6261721.357121639=image/png=EPSG%3A3857=256=256=hk:ostia'
 
from origin 'http://localhost:8000' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 
'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. 
If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 
'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.



Hope this points you in the proper direction.

-Dennis





On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 8:31:59 AM UTC-7, Harri Kiiskinen wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> (if it would be better to start a new subject for this, let me know)
>
> I've been trying to get the following layer visible in Arches:
>
>
> http://vps815520.ovh.net:8080/geoserver/hk/wms?service=WMS=1.1.0=GetMap=hk%3Aostia=1367121.2720044549%2C5123218.583961782%2C1369226.8194238057%2C5125090.037473778=768=682=EPSG%3A3857=application/openlayers
>
> The map source definition is like this:
>
> {"type": "raster", "tiles": ["
> http://vps815520.ovh.net:8080/geoserver/hk/wms?service=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap={bbox-epsg-3857}=image/png=EPSG%3A3857=256=256=hk:ostia
>  
> <http://vps815520.ovh.net:8080/geoserver/hk/wms?service=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap=%7Bbbox-epsg-3857%7D=image/png=EPSG%3A3857=256=256=hk:ostia>"],
>  
> "tileSize": 256}
>
> which to me looks very much like it should be according to the examples in 
> this thread. Also
> - the map is visible as overlay
> - the geoserver log files actually show the requests coming to the server 
> from arches, and there are no error messages
> - the bbox in the request covers the bbox of the map in the geoserver 
> layer definitions.
>
> And I still cannot see anything in Arches.
>
> Any suggestions on where to look? My installation is very recent, like 
> this week monday, and "pip list" shows arches version 5.0.
>
> Otherwise things seem to work as they should.
>
> Best,
>
> Harri Kiiskinen
>
>
> torstai 16. huhtikuuta 2020 21.57.53 UTC+3 Dennis Wuthrich kirjoitti:
>>
>> Hi Robin,
>>
>> You should check your geoserver configuration to see why the tiff 
>> disappears at certain zoom levels.
>>
>> As to your second question: Arches automatically zooms reports to the 
>> instance geometry (if it exists).  If your instance is represented by a 
>> point geometry, then the map does get zoomed in pretty close.  You could 
>> write an ticket requesting an enhancement to Arches at the github 
>> repository that summarizes this issue.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:53:27 AM UTC-7, Robin Rönnlund wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Dennis,
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for this! Yes, it did work (almost), and I am very 
>>> much relieved!
>>>
>>> What is still weird, though, is that at certain zoom levels, the map 
>>> partially or wholly disappears:
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-28.png]
>>>
>>> Here it is visible.
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-33.png]
>>> But at a closer level, the middle disappears.
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-39.png]
>>> Even closer, more disappears...
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there something I should do?
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, additional question! :) Is there a way of setting the default zoom 
>>> level for individual resource models? Right now, the default is that you 
>>> start on a ridiculously close level:
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-48.png]
>>> ...and nothing can be seen...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All my very best from Athens, Greece
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>> Den onsdag 15 april 2020 kl. 01:08:12 UTC+3 skrev Dennis Wuthrich:
>>>>
>>>> Robin,
>>>>
>>>> Set the map source name to "kalaureia-plan" (this is what you reference 
>>>> in the map layers json).  Also, you may

Re: [Arches] v5 documentation

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Adam,

Thanks for suggesting a sprint to improve documentation for v5.  Great idea!

I’m happy to participate as well.

-Dennis

Dennis Wuthrich
CEO Farallon Geographics  |  www.fargeo.com
601 Montgomery St, Suite 1095 | San Francisco, CA  94111
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> On May 13, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Angela Labrador  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I would be happy to pitch in on a documentation sprint! Count me in. :-)  
> 
> Angela
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 1:52 PM Adam Cox  <mailto:mr.adam...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Lily and Mahmoud, really, you're both right. A little of the structural 
> work to set the documentation version to 5 has been done (as Mahmoud pointed 
> out), however, to my knowledge there has been no concerted effort since the 
> release of v5 to actually update the documentation in a holistic manner--just 
> bits and pieces like software requirements, etc. I think a few days of a 
> coordinated "documentation sprint" would go a really long way toward fixing 
> that. I would be happy to play some sort of role in such an effort, because 
> it would benefit the community hugely (obviously), but can't commit at this 
> time to fully coordinating it... perhaps co-coordinating.
> 
> If others are interested in contributing their time or resources, I think we 
> should use this thread to begin planning. I will also note that the 
> documentation repo (https://github.com/archesproject/arches-docs 
> <https://github.com/archesproject/arches-docs>) has its own issue ticketing 
> system, so collecting to-do task in there is always good (they are plenty of 
> them already!).
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 2:31 PM Lily Pregill  <mailto:lpreg...@getty.edu>> wrote:
> Thanks Mahmoud! I was looking at: 
> https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/overview/ 
> <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/overview/> and the version says 
> 4.4.1.
> 
> On the v5 version, the page title of the Overview page reads "Overview 4.4.1" 
> so something to fix.
> 
> best,
> Lily
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: archesproject@googlegroups.com <mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com> 
> mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com>> on 
> behalf of Mahmoud Abdelrazek mailto:raze...@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 12:11 PM
> To: Arches Project  <mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com>>
> Subject: [Arches] Re: v5 documentation
>  
> Hi Lily, 
> 
> I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here is a link to v5 
> documentation https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/5.0.0/ 
> <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/5.0.0/>
> 
> Best regards,
> Mahmoud 
> 
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 8:55:21 PM UTC+2, Lily Pregill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know if the current documentation has been updated for v5? The 
> version history does not reflect v5:
> 
> v4.4 February, 2019: Release of Arches Collector 
> <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/using-arches-collector/> mobile data 
> collection app
> 
> v4.0 July, 2017: Significant site redesign, addition of graph creation UI, 
> system settings UI, internal tileserver (TileStache), updated dependencies 
> (MapBox GL, ElasticSearch 5.2, Yarn)
> 
> v3.0 April, 2015: Updated architecture, inclusion of the Reference Data 
> Manager, updated dependencies (ElasticSearch, OpenLayers, Knockout)
> 
> v2.0 March, 2014: Improved upload of digital files, assorted bug fixes
> 
> v1.0 October, 2013: Initial Release
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lily
> 
> 
> 
> Lily Pregill, Systems Architect | The J. Paul Getty Trust | (310) 440 6394  | 
>  getty.edu <http://www.getty.edu/>
> 
> 
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Re: [Arches] Hiding certain resources

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Mike,

I'm not sure if this answers your question, but we're implementing instance 
permissions in v5.1.  

Instance permissions allow you to define access (No Access, Read, Create, 
Update, Delete) on model instances for groups or individual accounts.  For 
example: imagine setting "No Access" to an instance (say for the Historic 
Buildings model)  for the guest user group.   This would mean that members 
of the guest group could access all instances of the Historic Buildings 
model with their default privileges, except for the specific instance that 
you configured with No Access.

Hope that helps,

Dennis

On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 2:38:19 AM UTC-7, Mike Arrowsmith wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I appreciate this thread is quite old now and relates to a previous 
> version of Arches but I'd be interested to know whether anyone managed to 
> implement this.
>
> Our dataset also has a number of resources that are not intended for 
> public view - this is controlled by a boolean node.
>
> It was also touched upon in this thread where it seemed possible to do 
> this with custom search filters in Arches 5:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/archesproject/Y1j3tph91-I
>
> Has this feature been documented yet, or is there anything else in the 
> roadmap that might allow for this in future?
>
> Mike
>
> On Monday, 6 November 2017 18:31:19 UTC, Alexei Peters wrote:
>>
>> Hi Darcy,
>> If I was to develop this for inclusion in the Arches core, I wouldn't 
>> rely on keywords to filter out resource instances.  Instead, we currently 
>> manage permissions on specific node groups (ie: branches) by using the 
>> Django-Guardian module.  I suspect that you could use that same module for 
>> managing resource instance permissions.
>> This would allow you to apply fine-grained permissions on resource 
>> instances.  For example, some users could be given read-only permissions, 
>> others full access, and still others no access at all.  This would be a 
>> fair amount of work.  The integration points would be very similar to what 
>> we had to do to accomplish node group level permissions.
>> If you do a quick search for the term "*has_perm*" within the codebase, 
>> you'll get a general sense of all the areas we had to touch to get node 
>> group permissions to work.
>>
>> Here's a quick listing of those files:
>>
>>>
>>> *arches/app/models/card.py*
>>> *arches/app/models/tile.py*
>>> *arches/app/utils/permission_backend.py*
>>> *arches/app/views/base.py*
>>> *arches/app/views/resource.py*
>>> *arches/app/views/search.py**arches/app/views/tileserver.py*
>>
>>
>> Hopefully that helps.
>> Cheers,
>> Alexei
>>
>>
>> Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Adam Cox  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Phil and Darcy,
>>>
>>> First, Phil, I had the exact same thought as you regarding the 
>>> Permissions Manager, however, it does not work like that, as I detailed in 
>>> this github issue a little while ago: #2465 
>>> . I later closed 
>>> that ticket in favor of two more specific ones #2491 
>>>  and #2492 
>>> , but all of the 
>>> content of my original issue and ensuing discussion still describe the 
>>> state of the software, as far as I am aware.
>>>
>>> Darcy, in short, v4 allows you to restrict access to certain nodes for 
>>> certain user groups (please see the caveat I recorded in #2492 
>>>  though), but not 
>>> entire resource models to certain user groups (e.g. hide all Archaeological 
>>> Sites from the public), nor specific resource instances. So there is no way 
>>> to do exactly what you are looking for at this time, and you would need 
>>> more than a new function to allow for it. My first thought would be to look 
>>> at the Search view, 
>>> https://github.com/archesproject/arches/blob/master/arches/app/views/search.py,
>>>  
>>> and see if I could add some custom filters... That's just a start though, 
>>> you should note that there are more than one way that the data is pulled 
>>> from the db to the interface, and you will have to filter each one.
>>>
>>> I personally am stuck with a need to fix some very similar permissions 
>>> needs for my current project for the Florida Public Archaeology Network, 
>>> but have been stalled on data migration for a while now too... I will be 
>>> sure to let you know when I am able to make some progress.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 5:58 AM, Darcy Christ  
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hi Phil,

 I think you are misunderstanding what I am saying. Arches is a database 
 that allows people to collect heritage information to share with the 
 public. It is completely reasonable to enter data and not immediately make 
 it public. Especially while developing, collaborating and 

[Arches] Re: add_tileserver_layer is not available in Arches v5

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Robin,

You should check your geoserver configuration to see why the tiff 
disappears at certain zoom levels.

As to your second question: Arches automatically zooms reports to the 
instance geometry (if it exists).  If your instance is represented by a 
point geometry, then the map does get zoomed in pretty close.  You could 
write an ticket requesting an enhancement to Arches at the github 
repository that summarizes this issue.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:53:27 AM UTC-7, Robin Rönnlund wrote:
>
> Dear Dennis,
>
> Thank you so much for this! Yes, it did work (almost), and I am very much 
> relieved!
>
> What is still weird, though, is that at certain zoom levels, the map 
> partially or wholly disappears:
>
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-28.png]
>
> Here it is visible.
>
>
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-33.png]
> But at a closer level, the middle disappears.
>
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-39.png]
> Even closer, more disappears...
>
>
> Is there something I should do?
>
>
> Also, additional question! :) Is there a way of setting the default zoom 
> level for individual resource models? Right now, the default is that you 
> start on a ridiculously close level:
>
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-04-15 12-46-48.png]
> ...and nothing can be seen...
>
>
>
> All my very best from Athens, Greece
> Robin
>
>
> Den onsdag 15 april 2020 kl. 01:08:12 UTC+3 skrev Dennis Wuthrich:
>>
>> Robin,
>>
>> Set the map source name to "kalaureia-plan" (this is what you reference 
>> in the map layers json).  Also, you may want to add =true to 
>> the URL in the map source (this will make your overlay transparent in areas 
>> outside of the tif).  I made these small changes and can view your 
>> geoserver service in Arches:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 1:34:34 AM UTC-7, Robin Rönnlund wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Dennis and Adam,
>>>
>>> I followed these instructions to the letter, all very nice, thank you! I 
>>> did everything, there were no protests from geoserver, nor when I added the 
>>> layers etc. The map layer turned up in Arches, I could modify it as I 
>>> liked, but... The map does not actually turn up. What do I do wrong?
>>>
>>> My geotiff is in EPSG:3857 and I did the following:
>>>
>>> 1. Uploaded the tiff to the geoserver directory.
>>> 2. Added the tiff through Add stores/GeoTiff
>>> 3. Went to /admin/ and added the tiff through "Map sources"
>>>
>>> {"type": "raster", "tiles": ["
>>> https://pragmata2.sia.uu.se/geoserver/Pragmata/wms?bbox={bbox-epsg-3857}=image/png=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap=EPSG:3857=256=256=Pragmata:kalaureia-plan;],
>>>  
>>> "tileSize": 256}
>>>
>>> Saved etc.
>>>
>>> 4. Added it as a map layer
>>>
>>> [{"id": "kalaureia-plan", "type": "raster", "source": "kalaureia-plan"}]
>>>
>>> 5. Went to Arches and it is there among the overlays, and I activated it.
>>>
>>> Still no show.
>>>
>>> Hope you can help me!
>>>
>>> Robin
>>>
>>> Den onsdag 1 april 2020 kl. 01:41:06 UTC+3 skrev Dennis Wuthrich:
>>>>
>>>> Adam,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for providing a summary of using Geoserver to serve Geotiffs, 
>>>> particularly the details of creating a layer group, supporting 
>>>> transparency, and the extra explanation of how to structure the URL 
>>>> properly.  Very nice!  I also really like the django fixture; it's a nice 
>>>> way to avoid the button clicks that my approach summarized.
>>>>
>>>> I very much appreciate the time you took to write this up and share it 
>>>> with the community!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:25:29 PM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dennis, thanks for this detailed guide. I was just able to add a 
>>>>> layer from my existing Geoserver installation and it worked fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> One detail I wanted to mention: 3.2 - Instead of the "Geoserver store" 
>>>>> in the url, it's actually the name of the *workspace*.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I thought I would write up my working example in case it's helpful 
>>>>> fo

[Arches] Re: Unable to see basemap

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Mike,

It sounds like you've done everything properly.  Can you please open the 
console in your browser (in Chrome you can do this by clicking View > 
Developer > Inspect Elements) and see if you are getting any errors when 
loading the page (make sure you're looking at the "console" tab when you 
have the developer tools open).

Cheers,

Dennis 

On Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 8:43:01 AM UTC-7, Mike Arrowsmith wrote:
>
> I'm totally new to Arches but have seemingly managed to successfully 
> install Arches 5 (Ubuntu 18.04.4 on Amazon EC2).
>
> I got a Mapbox API key, put it into Arches, but can't see any basemap 
> (images attached).
>
> I'm sure I'm doing something fundamentally stupid or misunderstanding 
> something here but I can't work out what it is!
>

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[Arches] Re: Hide Time search?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

David,

Sorry, I somehow missed that you're on v4.4.2.

There's no equivalent way to disable the time search in v4 (e.g: no 
search_components table, as you've discovered).  An ugly hack would be to 
simply set the style on the time filter button to display: none;  This 
will, of course, simply hide the button in the browser.

-Dennis

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 9:52:53 AM UTC-7, David Osborne wrote:
>
> Thanks, Dennis, but we're on Arches 4.4.2 as I mentioned and there's no 
> search_component table in our database. Does that mean it's not possible in 
> Arches 4.x?
>
> David
>
> On Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:14:27 UTC+1, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>
>> In Arches v5 search filters are modular, so yes you can remove the time 
>> filter.
>>
>> The easiest way to do this is to remove the record for the time filter 
>> from the search_component table in your Arches postrgres database.  The SQL 
>> is simple: DELETE FROM search_component WHERE name = 'Time Filter'.
>>
>> Note that you can always add it back later if you change your mind!
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 5:24:09 AM UTC-7, David Osborne wrote:
>>>
>>> We're not planning to use the time filter or time wheel facility in our 
>>> project: is it possible to disable or hide it?
>>> (Arches 4.4.2)
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>

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[Arches] Re: Hide Time search?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

David,

In Arches v5 search filters are modular, so yes you can remove the time 
filter.

The easiest way to do this is to remove the record for the time filter from 
the search_component table in your Arches postrgres database.  The SQL is 
simple: DELETE FROM search_component WHERE name = 'Time Filter'.

Note that you can always add it back later if you change your mind!

Good Luck,

Dennis

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 5:24:09 AM UTC-7, David Osborne wrote:
>
> We're not planning to use the time filter or time wheel facility in our 
> project: is it possible to disable or hide it?
> (Arches 4.4.2)
>
> David
>
>

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[Arches] Re: add_tileserver_layer is not available in Arches v5

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Adam,

Thanks for providing a summary of using Geoserver to serve Geotiffs, 
particularly the details of creating a layer group, supporting 
transparency, and the extra explanation of how to structure the URL 
properly.  Very nice!  I also really like the django fixture; it's a nice 
way to avoid the button clicks that my approach summarized.

I very much appreciate the time you took to write this up and share it with 
the community!

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:25:29 PM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis, thanks for this detailed guide. I was just able to add a layer 
> from my existing Geoserver installation and it worked fine.
>
> One detail I wanted to mention: 3.2 - Instead of the "Geoserver store" in 
> the url, it's actually the name of the *workspace*.
>
> So I thought I would write up my working example in case it's helpful for 
> others. My geoserver instance is https://db.legiongis.com/geoserver. In 
> Dennis' example, he has it running locally on the default tomcat port: 
> http://localhost:8080/geoserver.
>
> My layer in Geoserver looks like this:
>
>   Note the name of the workspace is *fpan *and the id of the layer itself 
> is *1919-coastal-map*, hence *fpan:**1919-coastal-map*. The layer name 
> "1919 Coastal Map" is not used at all in this process. (This is a "group 
> layer" in Geoserver, combining multiple map sheets, each one being its own 
> geotiff.)
>
> In Arches, my new Map Source looks like this:
>
> For copy/paste purposes:
> {
>  "type": "raster",
>  "tiles": ["
> https://db.legiongis.com/geoserver/fpan/wms?bbox={bbox-epsg-3857}=image/png=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap=EPSG:3857=256=256=fpan:1919-coastal-map=true
> "],
>  "tileSize": 256
> }
>
> I gave the Map Source a new name, and in the source configuration I did 
> the following: 1. swapped out my Geoserver location in the beginning of the 
> url 2. immediately following that, changed the workspace name and 3. 
> changed the layers= value to *fpan:1919-coastal-map *(: name>), just as the layer is shown in Geoserver above. Finally, because my 
> layer (as with many historic map scans) has a transparent border, I added 
> transparent=true to the end of the url as well. Without that directive, 
> Geoserver served the transparent pixels in my raster as white instead of 
> transparent.
>
> My new Map Layer Looks like this:
>
>
> I've set the name to something nice and readable; this is what will show 
> in the Arches map interface. In the layer definition, I set both *id *and 
> *source 
> *to match the name of my Map Source defined above. Setting the *source *like 
> this is *imperative*--it's what connects the Map Layer to the Map Source. 
> Setting the *id* with the same value is a *best practice*: layer 
> definition ids must be unique across all map layers and are used elsewhere 
> in the app.
>
> Finally, I didn't want an icon, so I just put in "noicon". This field must 
> be filled, but if its value is not "fa fa-" matching the Font 
> Awesome icon set , then no 
> icon will appear.
>
> Once the Map Source and Map Layer have been saved, the layer shows up 
> perfectly well in Arches.
>
>
> Hope that helps anyone else working on this. I have also created a django 
> fixture  which 
> I will attach to this post that you can load if you want to create the Map 
> Source and Map Layer shown above. You can load fixtures (which are json 
> representations of an ORM object) with the following command. Please note 
> this is a Django database format and a core django management command, i.e. 
> not part of Arches proper:
>
> python manage.py loaddata 1919-coastal-map.json
>
> Adam
>
> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 11:24:15 AM UTC-5, Leonidas wrote:
>>
>> I need to add a geotiff Overlay as Tileserver Layer  using (instructions 
>> for v4 ):
>>
>> python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m "hillshade.xml" -n 
>> "hillshade"
>>
>> but *add_tileserver_layer *is not an available option anymore (manage.py 
>> packages: error: argument -o/--operation: invalid choice: 
>> 'add_tileserver_layer')
>>
>> Is there any equivalent option for Arches v5?
>> Is there an updated Documentation for version 5? 
>>
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[Arches] Re: problem adding geojson feature collection

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Eleni,

Have you confirmed that the overlay you created is valid?  Your screen shot 
only appears to show the default Arches basemap.  Can you please confirm 
that the overlays you created are valid?  One way to confirm that your 
overlays are working is to open the developer tools pane in your browser.  
If you use Chrome, open the "inspect elements" panel, click on console, and 
then load the page that you expect to see your map and overlays.  If 
everything is working, you shouldn't see any errors.

-Dennis

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:11:30 AM UTC-7, Ελένη Γκαδόλου wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> thanks for your reply. Yes, I have created a mapbox api key and added to 
> arches settings. I can see the base map as well an overlay I have also 
> added in Map Layer Manager (screenshot basemap.jpg). Then, I have created a 
> recourse model (graph.jpg) with the properties seen in the screenshot and a 
> card also seen in the screenshot attached. But I cannot see the base map as 
> well the tools for adding geometry (point, line or polygon). 
>
> What might have been wrong?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> [image: basemap.jpg]
>
> [image: card_map.jpg]
>
> [image: graph.jpg]
> Eleni
>
> Τη Τρίτη, 31 Μαρτίου 2020 - 11:31:09 π.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης Andrew Jones 
> έγραψε:
>>
>> Have you created a Mapbox API Key and added it to the Arches Map settings?
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Monday, March 30, 2020 at 4:20:34 PM UTC+1, Ελένη Γκαδόλου wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have installed the Arches v5 and I have created several resources 
>>> models and I have also add some overlays besides the main basemap. 
>>> Nevertheless. whenever I try to add geojson feature collection in the cards 
>>> of the model that are related to spatial location:
>>>
>>> 1. the base map and/or overlays are not loaded
>>>
>>> 2. there is no tool for adding a point/line/polygon activated so I 
>>> cannot enter any geometry information
>>>
>>> Could you please help me solving this issue?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Eleni
>>>
>>

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[Arches] Re: add_tileserver_layer is not available in Arches v5

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Leonidas,

Tileserver is deprecated in Arches v5.  To add a geotiff overlay, you can 
do the following>

1. Use Geoserver (http://geoserver.org/) or other raster tiling server of 
your choice to create a service for your geotiff.  One reason to consider 
Geoserver: it has very good documentation for setting up a WMS service for 
your geotiff, and in my experience configuring a geotiff service can be 
done in just a few minutes.

2. Make sure that your service is configured to support EPSG:3857 (the web 
mercator projection)

3. Register your service with Arches.  An easy way to do this is:
   - log on to /admin
   - scroll down the page and click on "Map sources"
   - click the "Add Map Source" button on the top right of the page
   - give your map source a name
   - If you use Geoserver as your geotiff service, paste in the following 
JSON into the source field:

{
   "type": "raster",
   "tiles": 
["http://localhost:8080/geoserver/arches/wms?bbox={bbox-epsg-3857}=image/png=WMS=1.1.1=GetMap=EPSG:3857=256=256=arches:topo_example;],
  "tileSize": 256
   }

  NOTE: 
  1. your URL will have a different slug (the 
"http://localhost:8080/geoserver/arches; part will be different.  Just look 
at the url your geoserver instance is using to find the proper endpoint
  2. layers-:arches:topo_example  is the name of the geotiff you want 
to access via the service.  It takes the form "Geoserver store":"name of 
the the geotiff" that you defined when you created the service.


4. Register the Map Layer with Arches:
- On the admin page, click on "Map Layers"
- click on the "Add map layer" button in the upper right of the form
- Give your map layer a name.  IT SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THE MAP SOURCE 
you created in the last step
- Paste in the JSON for the layer definition.  The JSON will look like:

 [
   {
  "id": "topo_example",
  "type": "raster",
  "source": "geoserver_example"
   }
]

NOTE: 
   1. the "id" field should match the layer name in your service URL
   2. Be sure to click the Isoverlay checkbox to configure this service 
as an Arches overlay
   3. Be sure to define an icon for the Arches service.  Something like 
"fa fa-binoculars"


Assuming your geotiff service is running properly, that should be all you 
need to register your service.

Also: your question about updated documentation for Arches v5 is a good 
one.  Good documentation is essential and it's a big job to keep the 
documentation up-to-date as Arches continues to grow.  This seems like a 
good time to remind community members that we're happy to accept any help 
with improving the documentation that you might be able to provide!

Cheers,

Dennis






On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:24:15 AM UTC-7, Leonidas wrote:
>
> I need to add a geotiff Overlay as Tileserver Layer  using (instructions 
> for v4 ):
>
> python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m "hillshade.xml" -n 
> "hillshade"
>
> but *add_tileserver_layer *is not an available option anymore (manage.py 
> packages: error: argument -o/--operation: invalid choice: 
> 'add_tileserver_layer')
>
> Is there any equivalent option for Arches v5?
> Is there an updated Documentation for version 5? 
>

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[Arches] Re: QA/Type & Resource Approval: How to?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Angela,

>From your screen shot, it looks like Arches is working as designed.  Here's 
what's happening:

In your example, it looks like the provisional edit shown in your screen 
capture is in fact the very first time the Name card for the resource 
instance was edited.  If you look at the message in the pink banner it says 
"This is a new contribution by a provisional editor".  In plainer language, 
what Arches is trying to say is "this is the first edit of this card, and 
its been submitted by a provisional editor".  Because this is the first and 
ONLY edit for this card, Arches doesn't need to show the information your 
are expecting on the right-hand side of the form.

Think of it this way: when a provisional editor submits a new tile, there's 
no way for any one else to see the tile until its been approved.  So there 
will never be multiple edits to a brand-new tile from a provisional editor.

You SHOULD see provisional editors listed on the right side of a card when 
provisional editors alter an existing approved tile.

Hope this helps,

Dennis

On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Angela Labrador wrote:
>
> Hi Brendon and Dennis,
>
> We're having a similar issue on a site running version 4.4.1. The 
> provisional QA Type search works perfectly. When we click Edit for a 
> resource with provisional edits, the provisional edit card icons are 
> showing up as gold on the left, and we are getting the pink banner at the 
> top of the form. However, we are never shown the information to the right 
> of the data entry card that was described above (what looks like what 
> should be provided by the provisional-tile-manager template?).
>
> Any ideas? Are we missing something obvious here? Permissions seem in 
> order -- creating the resource as a resource editor and reviewing as a 
> Resource Reviewer.
>
> Did you ever solve it on your end Brendon?
>
> Thanks,
> Angela
>
>
>
> [image: Capture.PNG]
>  
>
> On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 4:32:30 PM UTC-6, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>
>> Brendon,
>>
>> Which version of Arches are you using?  This may be a case where the 
>> documentation is out of synch with the latest version of Arches.  In any 
>> case, the latest Arches provisional editing review highlights cards that 
>> require review.  For each card, all users who have edited the card (and who 
>> do not belong to the Resource Reviewer group) are listed on the right side 
>> of the data entry card.  Just click on each account to review and 
>> approve/discard their edits.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 3:13:26 PM UTC-8, Brendon Bangert 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Arches Users,
>>>
>>> Our current dev team is experiencing issues establishing how to properly 
>>> work the QA approval process. We currently have managed to get the QA type 
>>> filter to appear on our framework however, we cannot get either of these 
>>> shown options to appear anywhere (The photo attached). Bear in mind this 
>>> image was taken from the development documents, however, there is no 
>>> present procedure for how to go about making both option 3, and 
>>> subsequentially option 4 to appear. 
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Brendon R. Bangert
>>>
>>> [image: Capture.PNG]
>>>
>>

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Re: [Arches] Arches 5.0 Docker setup problems

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi David,

In Arches 5.0, ontologies are loaded as part of a package.  See 
https://github.com/archesproject/arches-her/tree/master/arches_her/pkg for 
an example of how ontologies are defined.  These are automatically loaded 
as part of the package load command.

Hope this helps.

-Dennis

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 3:13:44 PM UTC-8, David Osborne wrote:
>
> Hi Ben
>
> Thanks, that was it: starting the elasticsearch and db containers first 
> was the solution.
>
> My docker-compose file asked for the default resource models and concepts. 
> Although the concepts loaded ok, the branches and models didn't, with a 
> missing ontology, although I can't see how to enable whatever's missing:
>
> arches   | Running: python manage.py packages -o import_graphs
> arches   | operation: import_graphs
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Information 
> Resource Copyright.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Event Phase 
> Type.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | 
> /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Description.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Place 1.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Resource 
> Type Classification.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Publication 
> Event.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/External 
> Identifier.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Heritage 
> Resource Group Phase Type.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | 
> /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Appellation.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Modification 
> Event.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Heritage 
> Resource Phase Type.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | 
> /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Component.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Settings 
> System Defaults.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | 
> /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Evaluation.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Activity 
> Phase.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Place 3.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Resource 
> Update Event.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Keyword.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Beginning of 
> Existence.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Settings 
> Map.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Actor 
> Phase.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Right.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Title.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Information 
> Carrier.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Information 
> Resource Creation Event.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Settings 
> Saved Searches.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Settings 
> Time Search.json
> arches   | Ontology matching query does not exist.
> arches   | /web_root/arches/arches/db/graphs/branches/Language.json
> arches   | Ontology 

[Arches] Re: Map overlay

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Robin,

Yes, you can add a geoTIFF as either an overlay or basemap to Arches.  The 
steps are:

1. Set up a service for your geoTIFF.  There are lots of ways to do this (a 
little googling will reveal plenty of options).  One choice is to use 
GeoServer (http://geoserver.org/), an Open Source geospatial server for 
both raster and vector data.  GeoServer has excellent documentation, and 
there is a very good step-by-step summary of configuring a service for 
geotiffs.  

2. Once you've set up your service, you'll need to register it with 
Arches.  Here's an example of how to define a raster service (in this case, 
served from esri):

{
"name": "ESRI World Topo",
"sources": {
"ESRI World Topo": {
"type": "raster",
"tiles": 
["https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer/WMTS/tile/1.0.0/World_Topo_Map/default/default028mm/{z}/{y}/{x}.png;],
"tileSize": 256
}
},
"layers": [
{
"source": "ESRI World Topo",
"type": "raster",
"id": "agoltopo"
}
]
}

The key for you will be to replace the "tiles" URL with the proper URL for 
your service.  

Once you've defined your service, you can register it with Arches using the 
"add_mapbox_layer" which will look something like this:

python manage.py packages -o add_mapbox_layer -j *path to 
file*/Sausalito.json -n "Sausalito Zoning"


- Dennis








On Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 11:40:30 AM UTC-8, Robin Rönnlund wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have been informed by several people that it is possible to add a 
> rectified geoTIFF as a map overlay in Arches, but I have failed to find how 
> to do this. Is there a guide that I haven't found, or is this a more 
> esoteric issue?
>
> I have a site-plan (georeffed in WGS84) of a particular archaeological 
> site, and we would need it as the local basemap showing where specific 
> archaeological finds have been found.
>
> Robin
>

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[Arches] Re: QA/Type & Resource Approval: How to?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Brendon,

Which version of Arches are you using?  This may be a case where the 
documentation is out of synch with the latest version of Arches.  In any 
case, the latest Arches provisional editing review highlights cards that 
require review.  For each card, all users who have edited the card (and who 
do not belong to the Resource Reviewer group) are listed on the right side 
of the data entry card.  Just click on each account to review and 
approve/discard their edits.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 3:13:26 PM UTC-8, Brendon Bangert wrote:
>
> Dear Arches Users,
>
> Our current dev team is experiencing issues establishing how to properly 
> work the QA approval process. We currently have managed to get the QA type 
> filter to appear on our framework however, we cannot get either of these 
> shown options to appear anywhere (The photo attached). Bear in mind this 
> image was taken from the development documents, however, there is no 
> present procedure for how to go about making both option 3, and 
> subsequentially option 4 to appear. 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brendon R. Bangert
>
> [image: Capture.PNG]
>

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[Arches] Re: Map Legends

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Martha,

What version of Arches are you running?  Legends should be implemented as 
of v4.4.x: https://recordit.co/1K03M02Jy6

Cheers,

-Dennis

On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 4:11:51 PM UTC-8, Martha S wrote:
>
> Hi, All,
>
> I'm not seeing anything in the forum, documentation, Arches Designer 
> Resource Models, or Map Layer Manager about adding legends for the resource 
> layers we display on the search map. How would I do this, please?
>
> Thanks,
> Martha
>

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[Arches] Re: Map Legends

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Martha,

You can define a legend for each model (technically, for each geometry node 
in a model) and overlay in the Map Layer Manger.  Open the Map Layer 
Manager, click on a resource or overlay, and scroll down the form to fine 
the Legend Content widget.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 4:11:51 PM UTC-8, Martha S wrote:
>
> Hi, All,
>
> I'm not seeing anything in the forum, documentation, Arches Designer 
> Resource Models, or Map Layer Manager about adding legends for the resource 
> layers we display on the search map. How would I do this, please?
>
> Thanks,
> Martha
>

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[Arches] Re: Search results missing from map in Arches 4.4.2

[Dennis Wuthrich]

David,

Have you confirmed that you have an overlay for search results?

Go to the Map Layer Manager, click on the overlays tab, and confirm that 
you have an entry for a layer called "Map Markers".  If not, refer to the 
fix 
here: 
https://www.archesproject.org/forum/?place=msg%2Farchesproject%2FwVDsegBGF88%2FC2rwMzUBBwAJ

Cheers,

Dennis

On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 5:06:57 AM UTC-7, David Osborne wrote:
>
> I have updated a clone of our Arches 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 16.04) AWS server to 
> Arches 4.4.2 and Ubuntu 18.04, using Arches 4.4.1 as an intermediate step, 
> as recommended.
>
> Everything worked correctly in the 4.4.1 version before upgrading to 
> 4.4.2, as it does on the 4.3.3 original. However, after upgrading, the 
> search results icons and their clusters are missing from the default map. 
> The search markers for the sites listed in the sidebar are displayed, 
> however. I have checked that the search results overlay and the map layers 
> for the individual resources are enabled and that the transparency sliders 
> are fully to the right. The map for a resource record report does show the 
> correct marker for the resource, it's just that the location icons for the 
> resources are not appearing on the overview map.
>
> I'd welcome any suggestions for what I've missed or how to restore the 
> search results.
>
> Many thanks
> David
>

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[Arches] Re: Falling at first hurdle, then the next, then the next.

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hello Researcher.

I'm sorry that you're having such a difficult time installing Arches.  And 
I get that it's very frustrating when you keep seeing errors at each step.  
However, please keep a few things in mind:

1. The Arches development team is not trying to make it hard for you to use 
the software.  However, it is sophisticated technology and we assume that 
people installing Arches have appropriate IT experience
2. There are many reasons your specific computer might not have installed 
the software properly.  That is, the problem might be your machine 
configuration, not necessarily Arches
3. Arches has been installed successfully many times by many people all 
over the world.  It can be done!

I've heard from several members of the Arches community, and there is a 
concern that the tone in your posts requesting help is a bit off-putting 
and not in line with the Arches community's guidelines.  Please have a look 
at https://www.archesproject.org/code-of-conduct/ to review our code of 
conduct.  Many of the people trying to help you have invested a lot of 
effort in building the software, and many volunteer their time to help 
community members like you who ask for assistance.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 8:13:54 AM UTC-7, Researcher wrote:
>
> Latest update:
> I've been messing around again and managed to get back to the 'Arches 
> installed stage' and even created a project (step 5), and lo and behold 
> step 6 has also thrown up an issue.
> Firstly, I don't understand what *any* of this means:
> "Before you continue, you may need to open 
> my_project\my_project\settings_local.py and change some 
> environment-specific settings. 
>
>- 
>
>Depending on your Postgres/PostGIS installation, you may need to 
>uncomment the DATABASES section and change the username and password, as 
>well as the name of your PostGIS template database. If you will have 
>multiple Arches projects using the same Postgres server, make sure to 
>change the database name here as well."
>
>BUT I've tried the second part of step 6 and come up with this now too:
>
> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT>GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = "C:\OSGeo4W64\bin\gdal204.dll"
> 'GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> Any more thoughts from anyone on this one, so I can get to stage 7 and see 
> what new problems that has?
> (in simple/step-by-step terms, ideally)
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 4:01:54 PM UTC-3, Researcher wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I've been struggling through trying to install Arches all day today 
>> (historian background, not IT professional!) and I thought I was getting 
>> somewhere reaching the point where it told me Arches had been installed (in 
>> Windows command prompt) but even our IT support are unable to get very far 
>> beyond that. Anyone got any advice? Is there a simpler way? I just wanted 
>> to try out the software, not get a degree in coding before I had even seen 
>> what it looked like.
>> I tried to run step 7 on the install guide: 
>> https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/
>> but it says you need elasticsearch running. I tried to install 
>> elasticsearch from the "easiest way" (dread to think what the hard way 
>> looks like) as per below:
>>
>> The easiest way to install Elasticsearch is to use a command that comes 
>> with Arches. Once you have installed Arches (either with pip or from the 
>> Arches 
>> repo ), activate your virtual 
>> environment, enter your app/project root directory (the one that contains 
>> manage.py), run
>>
>> python manage.py es install
>>
>> Elasticsearch will be installed in the root folder. You can specify an 
>> alternate destination for the installation by using the -d argument. For 
>> example
>>
>> python manage.py es install -d C:\Projects
>>
>> will result in a new directory C:\Projects\elasticsearch-5.2.1 from 
>> which you’ll be able to run Elasticsearch.
>>
>> I tried this and got the following:
>> (ENV) C:\Users\FIMNT\my_project>python manage.py es install
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "manage.py", line 27, in 
>> from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
>> ImportError: No module named django.core.management
>>
>> Obviously I or the software have done something wrong but I've spent the 
>> entire day working like this with every single step having some kind of 
>> problem and our IT support service is also struggling to see why it's 
>> having so many issues. 
>> Anyone able to guide us through in a simpler way, enlighten me past this 
>> step and onto the next error or should I give up on Arches now seeing as 
>> it's taken me a day and I can't even install it, yet alone set it up or 
>> operate it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>

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[Arches] Re: Arches 4.3.3: Search Overlay

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Johannes,

Arches does not load search overlays by default.  However, packages often 
include the configuration files for search marker and heat map overlays.  

You can define search result overlays just like any other Arches overlay 
(e.g.; by defining sources and styling).  Here's a link to a .sql file that 
shows an example of configuring search related 
markers: 
https://github.com/archesproject/lincoln_release/blob/master/preliminary_sql/search_overlays.sql

If you run the sql file, you should see overlays for search markers and a 
heat map in your instance of Arches.

-Dennis

On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 8:57:56 AM UTC-8, Johannes Ebster wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I created a new project that is missing the Search Results and Search 
> Markers Overlays, even though they should be there by default,
> according to the documentation (
> https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/managing-map-layers/). How can I 
> get these default layers?
>
> Best,
> Johannes
>
> [image: Screenshot from 2019-02-24 17-56-33.png]
>

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[Arches] Re: adding ESRI basemap or wms layer

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Ablajan,

You can add an ESRI map service to Arches as a basemap as follows:

1. Set up a mapbox-spec basemap json file that specifies the ESRI map 
service you want to use.  Here is an example for an ESRI rest service 
(raster map):

{
"name": "ESRI World Topo",
"sources": {
"ESRI World Topo": {
"type": "raster",
"tiles": 
["https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer/WMTS/tile/1.0.0/World_Topo_Map/default/default028mm/{z}/{y}/{x}.png;],
"tileSize": 256
}
},
"layers": [
{
"source": "ESRI World Topo",
"type": "raster",
"id": "agoltopo"
}
]
}

Name this file something like esri_world_topo.json


2. Register this map with Arches using the add_mapbox_layer command from 
your terminal.  The command will look something like so:

python manage.py packages -o add_mapbox_layer -j "Path to folder containing 
your json file"/esri_world_topo.json  -n "ESRI World Topography" -b


That's it.  You should see the ESRI map listed among the basemaps in your 
Arches map widgets.

Cheers,

Dennis



On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 12:01:09 PM UTC-8, Ablajan wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have just started testing Arches on Windows and Linux machines. 
> Everything works with Arches installation (version 4.3.3 at 
> https://github.com/archesproject/arches/tree/master/arches).
> I read through all the related messages about adding base maps and GIS 
> data. I tested some examples at 
> https://github.com/legiongis/arches4-geo-examples. WMS examples did not 
> work.
> It  works well with Open layers, shapefiles  and MapBox layers. I tested 
> to add some Esri base maps  through command python manage.py packages -o 
> add_tileserver_layer . ( 
> http://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=30de8da907d240a0bccd5ad3ff25ef4a=1=list=asc=title=maps#content
> .)
> So far it is not successful. It is added as map layer but with empty view. 
>
> I would like to know if there is any example of adding ESRI base-map or 
> ESRI wms vector  layer to Arches.
> All advice appreciated !
>
>
> Ablajan
>
>
>

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[Arches] Re: How to start QA in arches 4.3.1?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Marlene,

Arches automatically starts the QA process based on user permissions.  The 
QA process is automatically started when a user who is NOT a member of the 
"Resource Reviewer" makes an edit.  To confirm this, log on with an account 
that has edit privileges for a model, but does not belong to the Resource 
Reviewer group.  Edit an existing resource instance (or create a new 
instance) and you'll see that edits are marked as provisional.

Note that you can define groups with edit capabilities in the 
settings_local.py file.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:48:51 AM UTC-8, Marlene Gilles wrote:
>
> [image: provisional_edit_review.png]
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install and configure arches with no previous knowledge in 
> database, web design, server... I installed arches 2 months ago and step by 
> step I am finally close to have arches usable by the team.
> A remaining question is about the review of provisional edits. I don't 
> find were to start QA. 
> I had a look at the demo v4 and found it easily in the edit form. 
> Therefore I looked deeper in the source code of my arches edit page and 
> found that the ep-edit-panel was not display. Since I did not found where 
> to click to display it, I did it manually by setting style="display: true;" 
> and changing panels ratio.
>
> Now, My Edit History panel displays but it seems that no item are found 
> with provisionalHistoryList, whereas I have recent edits (provisional and 
> not) as it is written in the pink zone (see image). 
>
> Am I in the good direction? Is start QA behind this? How can I see the 
> edit history? 
> Is my problem from my arches installation, a misuse of arches, a missing 
> or wrong link, or any other configuration problem of my arches?
>
> Marlene
>

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Re: [Arches] heritage resource markers not showing on the search screen

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Hi Mei Nee,You should make sure that you’ve defined an overlay for markers.  Here’s the sql that defines a marker layer and a heat map layer for Arches.  This is standard SQL that will update Arches’ PostGIS database to display markers.



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Cheers,Dennis


On Nov 7, 2018, at 1:38 PM, meinee@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz wrote:Hi there,I am using Arches 4.3.3 with the default models. I have created some heritage resources and marked them on the map. However, the markers are not showing on the map on the search screen. Is there a configuration change I have to make?Any guidance much appreciated.regardsMei Nee

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[Arches] Re: representing geometries of resources in different colors depending on their attributes

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Anjo,

Great to hear that your view is working.  To get the overlay to work, try 
replacing the "source" and "source-layer" values with the name of your 
view.  So, changing "grade_i_buildings" to "condition"

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:34:50 AM UTC-7, Anjo Weichbrodt wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> Thank you so much for your answer I really appreciate it.
> I managed to create a view which actually finds my resource labeled with 
> good. I called the view *condition*:
>
>
> -- object: public.condition | type: VIEW --
> -- DROP VIEW IF EXISTS public.condition CASCADE;
> CREATE VIEW public.condition
> AS 
> SELECT row_number() OVER () AS gid,
> mv.tileid,
> mv.resourceinstanceid,
> mv.nodeid,
> mv.geom,
> (name_tile.tiledata ->> '663c3a7c-44d2-11e8-b144-028e6def3b89'::text) 
> AS name,
> 'National Monument' AS protection
>FROM ((mv_geojson_geoms mv
>  LEFT JOIN tiles type_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = type_tile.
> resourceinstanceid)))
>  LEFT JOIN tiles name_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = name_tile.
> resourceinstanceid)))
>   WHERE (((type_tile.tiledata ->> '663c3aab-44d2-11e8-b144-028e6def3b89'::
> text) = '5c459cec-0e3f-4f5f-99e5-e4608530508b'::text) AND 
> ((name_tile.tiledata 
> ->> '663c3a7c-44d2-11e8-b144-028e6def3b89'::text) IS NOT NULL));
> -- ddl-end --
> ALTER VIEW public.condition OWNER TO postgres;
> -- ddl-end --
>
> but then I have trouble creating an overlay which actually represents the 
> queried polygons (step 3).
>
> Should I just replace "grade_i_buildings" with national_monument?
> How does this relates to the view created in step 2.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Anjo
>
> On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 9:00:06 PM UTC-4, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anjo,
>>
>> Yes, you can style resources based on concept values.  Here are the steps:
>>
>> 1. Using a PostgreSQL tool (like PGAdmin, Navicat, or the command line) 
>> confirm that Arches has loaded a materialized view called 
>> mv_geojson_geoms.  This view collects all the geometries for all resource 
>> model in Arches.  It includes the instance id, geometry, and node id for 
>> every resource instance for every model in Arches.  If your version of 
>> Arches doesn't have it, it looks like this:
>>
>> SELECT t.tileid,
>> t.resourceinstanceid,
>> n.nodeid,
>> 
>> (st_transform(st_setsrid(st_geomfromgeojson(((json_array_elementst.tiledata)::json
>>  
>> -> (n.nodeid)::text) -> 'features'::text)) -> 'geometry'::text))::text), 
>> 4326), 900913))::geometry(Geometry,900913) AS geom
>>FROM (tiles t
>>  LEFT JOIN nodes n ON ((t.nodegroupid = n.nodegroupid)))
>>   WHERE ((( SELECT count(*) AS count
>>FROM jsonb_object_keys(t.tiledata) 
>> jsonb_object_keys(jsonb_object_keys)
>>   WHERE (jsonb_object_keys.jsonb_object_keys IN ( SELECT 
>> (n_1.nodeid)::text AS nodeid
>>FROM nodes n_1
>>   WHERE (n_1.datatype = 
>> 'geojson-feature-collection'::text > 0) AND (n.datatype = 
>> 'geojson-feature-collection'::text))
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. You will write a view that references mv_geojson_geoms to identify (in 
>> your case) all instances where the condition type is not null.  Here is an 
>> example of a view that finds all buildings with "Grade I" protection type:
>>
>> SELECT row_number() OVER () AS gid,
>> mv.tileid,
>> mv.resourceinstanceid,
>> mv.nodeid,
>> mv.geom,
>> (name_tile.tiledata ->> '677f303d-09cc-11e7-9aa6-6c4008b05c4c'::text) 
>> AS name,
>> 'Grade I Listed Building' AS protection
>>FROM ((mv_geojson_geoms mv
>>  LEFT JOIN tiles type_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = 
>> type_tile.resourceinstanceid)))
>>  LEFT JOIN tiles name_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = 
>> name_tile.resourceinstanceid)))
>>   WHERE (((type_tile.tiledata ->> 
>> '4ca32698-fa12-11e6-9e3e-026d961c88e6'::text) = 
>> 'bc908dbc-45ff-426c-8713-f622907730ab'::text) AND ((name_tile.tiledata ->> 
>> '677f303d-09cc-11e7-9aa6-6c4008b05c4c'::text) IS NOT NULL))
>>
>> A few things to note here:
>> a. the type_tile.tiledata ->> 
>> ''4ca32698-fa12-11e6-9e3e-026d961c88e6'::text   is used to identify the 
>> concept node that you are interested in.  In your case, this would be the 
>> id of the Condition Type node in your model.  You can use the json 
>> representation of the your model (e.g.: export yo

[Arches] Re: representing geometries of resources in different colors depending on their attributes

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Anjo,

Yes, you can style resources based on concept values.  Here are the steps:

1. Using a PostgreSQL tool (like PGAdmin, Navicat, or the command line) 
confirm that Arches has loaded a materialized view called 
mv_geojson_geoms.  This view collects all the geometries for all resource 
model in Arches.  It includes the instance id, geometry, and node id for 
every resource instance for every model in Arches.  If your version of 
Arches doesn't have it, it looks like this:

SELECT t.tileid,
t.resourceinstanceid,
n.nodeid,

(st_transform(st_setsrid(st_geomfromgeojson(((json_array_elementst.tiledata)::json
 
-> (n.nodeid)::text) -> 'features'::text)) -> 'geometry'::text))::text), 
4326), 900913))::geometry(Geometry,900913) AS geom
   FROM (tiles t
 LEFT JOIN nodes n ON ((t.nodegroupid = n.nodegroupid)))
  WHERE ((( SELECT count(*) AS count
   FROM jsonb_object_keys(t.tiledata) 
jsonb_object_keys(jsonb_object_keys)
  WHERE (jsonb_object_keys.jsonb_object_keys IN ( SELECT 
(n_1.nodeid)::text AS nodeid
   FROM nodes n_1
  WHERE (n_1.datatype = 
'geojson-feature-collection'::text > 0) AND (n.datatype = 
'geojson-feature-collection'::text))



2. You will write a view that references mv_geojson_geoms to identify (in 
your case) all instances where the condition type is not null.  Here is an 
example of a view that finds all buildings with "Grade I" protection type:

SELECT row_number() OVER () AS gid,
mv.tileid,
mv.resourceinstanceid,
mv.nodeid,
mv.geom,
(name_tile.tiledata ->> '677f303d-09cc-11e7-9aa6-6c4008b05c4c'::text) 
AS name,
'Grade I Listed Building' AS protection
   FROM ((mv_geojson_geoms mv
 LEFT JOIN tiles type_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = 
type_tile.resourceinstanceid)))
 LEFT JOIN tiles name_tile ON ((mv.resourceinstanceid = 
name_tile.resourceinstanceid)))
  WHERE (((type_tile.tiledata ->> 
'4ca32698-fa12-11e6-9e3e-026d961c88e6'::text) = 
'bc908dbc-45ff-426c-8713-f622907730ab'::text) AND ((name_tile.tiledata ->> 
'677f303d-09cc-11e7-9aa6-6c4008b05c4c'::text) IS NOT NULL))

A few things to note here:
a. the type_tile.tiledata ->> 
''4ca32698-fa12-11e6-9e3e-026d961c88e6'::text   is used to identify the 
concept node that you are interested in.  In your case, this would be the 
id of the Condition Type node in your model.  You can use the json 
representation of the your model (e.g.: export your model and use a text 
editor to open it) to find the node id

b. the = 'bc908dbc-45ff-426c-8713-f622907730ab'::text  is used to identify 
the id of the concept you want to match.  In your case this would be the id 
of the concept you want to match (e.g.: "good").  This value may be in the 
model json that you used to find the concept id.  Or you can use the 
concepts.json file that came with the mapping file that you used to import 
data into Arches.  (note that you can re-create this file by going to your 
resource model in Arches Designer, click on manage, and select create 
mapping file)

c. In this example, the name_tile.tiledata is used to identify the node in 
the model that you use to name your instance. 
 

3.  Once you have the view working, you can create a layer using Arches 
built-in map server.  Here's an example of a simple json configuration for 
the view:

{
"type": "vector",
"name": "Grade I Buildings",
"layers": [{
"id": "grade_i_buildings",
"type": "circle",
  "minzoom": 11,
"maxzoom": 21,
"source": "grade_i_buildings",
"source-layer": "grade_i_buildings",
"layout": {
"visibility": "visible"
},
"paint": {
"circle-radius": {
"stops": [
[11, 2],
[15, 8],
[21, 50]
]
}
,
"circle-color": "rgba(58, 171, 209,0.25)",
"circle-stroke-color": "rgb(58, 171, 209)",
  "circle-stroke-width": 1
}
}],
"config": {
"provider": {
"class": "TileStache.Goodies.VecTiles:Provider",
"kwargs": {
"dbinfo": {
"host": "localhost",
"user": "postgres",
"password": "postgis",
"database": "her_lincoln",
"port": "5432"
},
"simplify": 0.5,
"queries": [
"select gid as __id__, name as __name__, geom as __geometry__ from 
grade_i_buildings"
]
}
},
"allowed origin": "*",
"compress": true,
"write cache": false
}
}

You can add this layer to Arches as an overlay using the following command:

python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -t 
~dwuthrich/arches/packages/lincoln_release/map_layers/tile_server/overlays/grade_i_buildings/grade_i_buildings.json
 
-n "Grade I Buildings"

(obviously, you'll need to replace this path and file name in this example 
with your own path/file)


4.  You can now go to Arches map manager, navigate to overlays, and view 
your layer.  Note that you can click on the "service styling" tab and then 
click on the black area to see the json used to style your data.  If you 
copy this json, you can paste it into any basemap (or other overlay) style 
in Arches.  In this way, you could automatically 

[Arches] Re: Location Filter - Issues with Buffer

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Carrie,

Arches uses Turf.js (http://turfjs.org/) to calculate buffers on 
geometries.  It turns out that the version of Turf used in v3 incorrectly 
calculated buffers.  We've updated the Turf library in Arches v4, which has 
resolved the problem.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 6:56:27 AM UTC-7, 
carrie...@preservescapes.com wrote:
>
> We use an application of Version 3 and recently discovered that the buffer 
> measurements in the location filter are not accurate. For example, if I 
> define a buffer of 2,640 ft, the buffer it creates is actually 2,400 ft. We 
> have checked this on other Arches applications, and it seems to be a 
> problem across the board and not just with our application. 
> Has anyone else noticed this issue, and if so, has it been resolved?
> Thanks,
> Carrie
>
>

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Re: [Arches] Popup not working

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Angela,

This sounds like an issue with your local instance.  The map pop-ups work as 
they always have in 4.1

Cheers,

Dennis





> On Feb 8, 2018, at 2:55 AM, Angela Feliu  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone
> 
> I upgrades to arches 4.1 and I can see a strange behaviour on popup in the 
> search map.
> 
> Since I upgraded popup is not working correctly, because It doesn't appear on 
> hover or click in search markers...
> 
> Is that new on arches 4.1???
> 
> Thanks in advance...
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[Arches] Re: bower not found

[Dennis Wuthrich]

David,

The latest for Arches has deprecated bower in favor of yarn.

You'll need to get (latest versions of) Node & Yarn: 
https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/  
https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/

then from the project root, you should just need to run:

yarn install

FYI, I also had to install yarn at the core Arches level as well.

Hope this helps,

Dennis

On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 10:37:31 AM UTC-8, Dale Lloyd wrote:
>
> I am having trouble creating a new project on a new installation of 
> Arches. When running:
>
>
> arches*-*project create my_project
>
>
> On Ubuntu 16.04, I get the following error message:
>
>
> /bin/sh: 1: bower: not found
>
>  
>
> I notice that the ubuntu_xenial_setup.sh 
> 
>  script 
> for installing dependencies was changed on the 2nd February, with the 
> comment "migrates to yarn from bower, re: 
> 
>  #2916 "
>
>  
>
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>

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[Arches] Re: Is Arches useful to manage heritage or just to describe and visualize

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Mark,

Yes, we know of Arches users who define "managing" heritage as ongoing 
activities that document the condition of a heritage assets, linking 
documents that describe interventions, and activities that evaluate a 
heritage object with the goal of determining whether it is suitable for 
enhanced protection status. 

We're also starting to look at creating an Arches application that would 
allow organizations to formally track the case work, communications, 
mitigation requirements, and monitoring efforts associated with permit 
applications and how they might impact heritage resources.

Really, Arches has been designed to allow you to define how you want to 
"manage" heritage.  Arches can track the information associated with 
managing heritage, and it will allow you to implement management workflows 
(via Python and Javascript) if you need to implement sophisticated 
management workflows.

Hope this helps,

Dennis

On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 9:36:41 AM UTC-8, Marc Hernandez wrote:
>
> I'd like to know about your expierence using Arches to manage heritage 
> (and not only describing and visializing it). What can be done in that 
> "managing" sense? In othwr words, how do heritage experts use Arches  to 
> manage heritge besides docummenting and visualizing buildings? Monotoring? 
> Linking files and interventions? Any examples of managing uses out there? 
> Thank you very much!
> Marc Hernandez
> Barcelona

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[Arches] Re: Monitoring and risk mapping Feature question

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Xavier,

Arches is pretty flexible and allows you to define the scope and content of 
the monitoring and risk mapping that you want to implement.  For example, 
you could use Arches to track the risk exposure heritage objects have to 
environmental risks (e.g.: risk of damage due to fires, earthquake, 
flooding) or other events (e.g.: re-alignment of a road, redevelopment of 
an area, or altered development policy for an area) using Arches' 
integrated GIS.  Alternatively, you could integrate existing GIS 
data/services into Arches.  And, if you're concerned about risks that 
aren't geospatial (risk of adverse effects due to reduced funding of 
maintenance activities), you define your risk model in Arches.  Simple 
models (such as "High", "Medium", and "Low") are easy to implement.  You 
can implement much more sophisticated risk models using Arches' ability to 
associate functions written in Python. 

The same is true for monitoring heritage objects.  Arches allows you to 
define the information you wish to manage over the course of your 
monitoring efforts.  Simple monitoring might include a statement of the 
condition of and object at a point in time and include photos documenting 
the condition.  More sophisticated monitoring workflows can be implemented 
as functions, or even as full-blown Arches applications.

Hope this is helpful,

Dennis

On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 4:24:46 AM UTC-8, Xavier Prat wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I read in the Arches 4 fact sheet the followin feature about the platform:
>
> --> monitoring and risk mapping.
>
> I wonder if could i got some examples about this feature. Which is the 
> strategy to map risks under Arches? And what kind of risks are you talking 
> about in this fact sheet?
>
>
> thank you
>
> Xavier Prat
>

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[Arches] Re: Print report

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Angela,

Now I'm testing your site with 4.1.0 and see that in the print window the 
basemap is sometimes missing.  We updated the mapping library in 4.1.0, so 
this may be related to using the new version.  Please submit a ticket to 
the Arches Git repo summarizing your issue.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 7:30:17 AM UTC-8, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>
> Angela,
>
> Your reports are printing maps (see here: 
> http://coac.nexusgeografics.com/coac/report/bbf7cba2-f522-11e7-a0ef-0050568b5ba0).
>   
> In your example, the map appears to be displayed, which is why you can see 
> a grey line across the top of your report.  Its just that the map is being 
> displayed at a high zoom level in a part of the basemap with little 
> detail.  You can confirm this by going to your report and zooming the map 
> out.
>
> -Dennis 
>
> On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 1:25:15 AM UTC-8, Angela Feliu wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello every one,
>> I have installed arches v4 here: http://coac.nexusgeografics.com/coac
>> I have a problem when I want to print a report for resource.
>>
>> The problem is that the base map is not printed. It's in blank (as you 
>> can see in the picture)
>>
>> Is this a bug or am I missing something.
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GtpNLsjlE9g/WnA57M2qYhI/An8/mcSZNVyqfrI7w-nHmmYbsj8uhC5Jt_xVACLcBGAs/s1600/Captura.PNG>
>>
>>

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[Arches] Re: Print report

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Angela,

Your reports are printing maps (see 
here: 
http://coac.nexusgeografics.com/coac/report/bbf7cba2-f522-11e7-a0ef-0050568b5ba0).
  
In your example, the map appears to be displayed, which is why you can see 
a grey line across the top of your report.  Its just that the map is being 
displayed at a high zoom level in a part of the basemap with little 
detail.  You can confirm this by going to your report and zooming the map 
out.

-Dennis 

On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 1:25:15 AM UTC-8, Angela Feliu wrote:
>
>
> Hello every one,
> I have installed arches v4 here: http://coac.nexusgeografics.com/coac
> I have a problem when I want to print a report for resource.
>
> The problem is that the base map is not printed. It's in blank (as you can 
> see in the picture)
>
> Is this a bug or am I missing something.
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> 
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Numeric fields and querying

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Matt,

Yes, you can create and query numeric fields within Arches v3.  To confirm 
this, just look at the Measurement form in v3 to see that numeric fields 
are supported.

Based on your summary, it sounds like you want to modify the default graphs 
in v3, which is akin to altering the database schema in a traditional web 
application.  That's a perfectly acceptable thing to do in v3.  And like a 
traditional web app, if you alter the database schema, you'll need to 
update (or create new) data entry forms and query logic in your app to take 
advantage of your new schema.  So, you IT support folks are correct: in V3 
you'll need to do a bit of coding to reflect your new graph (e.g.: 
database) changes and the new query functionality that you want.

FYI, this all changes in Arches v4.  In the latest version of Arches, you 
can update graphs and Arches will automatically create new data entry 
forms, update the search (query) function, and automatically update the 
content of reports to reflect your new graph design.

One last comment: your use case sounds more like managing dates than 
managing integers.  In fact, its sounds like you're talking about "fuzzy" 
dates.  That is, describing things that happened in the year 1100 BC (-1100 
in your example).  Implicit in this kind of discussion is the uncertainty 
in the date.  That is, 1100 BC is like an approximation (could the real 
value be 1099 BC? of 1105BC?).  These kinds of temporal data are quite a 
bit more sophisticated than simply treating dates as negative integers.  

The Arches team is currently working on a new data type to represent fuzzy 
dates using something called the "Extended Date Time Format"  
(see https://github.com/inukshuk/edtf-ruby for implementation details).  
This will extend the ability of Arches v4 to record and query on incomplete 
dates like  -1100 (note the lack of day and month, which would make this a 
true date), as well as the uncertainty associated with fuzzy dates.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 1:17:10 AM UTC-8, M Hobson wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Is it possible to use and to easily create and query numeric fields within 
> ARCHES v3? 
>
> I am working for a project at the moment that has been using ARCHES v3 for 
> a number of years and all of the dating is handled as text fields e.g. 
> 'Roman', 'Iron Age' etc. This is causing us problems when we want to 
> implement our database in partner countries that use different labeling 
> systems. One solution would be to use integer fields for start and end 
> dates. I have worked on other databases in the past which have made use of 
> negative integers for BC dates and positive integers for AD dates. I am 
> being told, however, by our IT support that ARCHES cannot support this? To 
> be precise I am being told that I myself would have to write the front-end 
> and back-end logic to handle the fields that I would like to implement. 
> That is, some new code would have to be written in order to handle a 
> numeric search in ARCHES v3. Obviously the integer fields can be created in 
> postgres and I am comfortable with how to do this, but I really need some 
> step-by-step help in order to understand how to get ARCHES to integrate 
> with such fields.
>
> To give you an idea of the scale of the problem, in the midst of the 
> discussion about chronology I have realized that all of the fields 
> currently being used in the project database avoid the use of integers. 
> Numbers of archaeological features are recorded as text e.g. 1 to 5, 6-20, 
> or 21-50! This leaves us with no way of querying in a quantified way e.g. 
> Return all sites where number of theatres is greater than 1.
>
> Any help with this issue would be most appreciated.
>
> Matt Hobson
>
>
>
>
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Export data v4

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Angela,

I just want to add to Adam's reply about exporting kml, geojson, etc.  At 
the moment, Arches supports a shapefile export from the command line.  As 
several have noted, you should create a view of the model that you want to 
export data from.  This is necessary because Arches allows you to define 
the content and cardinality of your models at design time, which means that 
you can have sophisticated data models that might need to be "flattened" so 
that they can be represented by a shapefile.

As you probably know, there are well documented ways to convert shapefiles 
to KML, geojson, etc.  But if you want to export to KML or geojson directly 
from Arches, it would be a pretty straightforward enhancement, and I would 
encourage you to consider adding KML and geojson export support to Arches.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 8:42:32 AM UTC-8, Adam Cox wrote:
>
> Yeah that's correct, there's no built-in way to export kml, gml, or 
> geojson.
>
> Adam
>
> On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 4:58:45 AM UTC-6, Angela Feliu wrote:
>>
>> So I understand it's impossible to export to KML, GML, Geojson through 
>> command line. Is that correct??
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>> El dilluns, 8 gener de 2018 12:47:33 UTC+1, Angela Feliu va escriure:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> Is correct that to export data, through command lines, only json and csv 
>>> are avalaible??? 
>>> What about the rest of extensions(Shapefile, KML, GML, HTML, GeoJson, 
>>> ...) Are only available through postgres view??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

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Re: [Arches] Problems installing disco_data on Ubuntu 16.04

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi David,

I've seen the same import errors.  The short answer is that you if your 
Arches search page shows 5989 (or so) records then you can ignore the 
import errors.  We haven't been as diligent as we should be in updating the 
disco data set after applying additional validation rules on import, so 
some records don't import because they don't validate.

As for the issue with saving the MapBox key, there seems to be a bug when 
attempting this with Safari.  If possible, try saving your key with Chrome.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 3:28:45 PM UTC-8, David Osborne wrote:
>
> After downloading a zip archive of the repo, the installation was more 
> successful this time (
> https://gist.github.com/daosborne/e65d6fb2b3601796af3bbb324d29bbe3). 
> However, several import errors were reported and the resource_import.log 
> file contained 30,188 lines like
> Sat Nov 11 10:49:54 2017 ERROR: Relation not created, either zero or 
> multiple resources found with legacyid: 6a535ad3-2cc7-422b-aae5-9b4ab5a6c1a7
> so I suspect I may be missing some data.
>
> I also have the problem that after starting up the Django server, 
> attempting to save the Mapbox key in the system settings just produces the 
> rotating dots on the screen and nothing further happens.
>
> Maybe I need to check the installation of Arches and its dependencies?
>
> David
>
> On Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:55:05 UTC, David Osborne wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Ryan, that's very encouraging. I thought I'd used *git fetch* to 
>> update my clone of the repo but maybe starting afresh would be best. I'll 
>> let you know how I get on.
>>
>> regards
>> David
>>
>> On Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:12:15 UTC, Ryan Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> From your log it looks like there are a few things going on here.
>>>
>>> 1.) You can ignore the first error about the “is_required” column not 
>>> existing, that’s just a small error in a database migration that is fixed 
>>> in a later migration.
>>>
>>> 2.) It looks like the graphs in your DISCO data are out of date. I can 
>>> tell from these errors: 
>>>
>>> "u"'E9_Move' is not a valid CIDOC CRM v6.2 ontology class””
>>>
>>> The graphs have been updated in newer versions of the DISCO repository.
>>>
>>> 3.) Because your graphs are out of date they are not being loaded which 
>>> is causing this error during business data load later:
>>>
>>> "ERROR: No resource model found. Please make sure the resource model 
>>> this business data is mapped to has been imported into Arches.”
>>>
>>> Potential Solution:
>>>
>>> We recently reorganized the DISCO package to bring it in line with the 
>>> project/package paradigm that Arches uses in deployment. You usually create 
>>> a project when installing arches for production and you can read more about 
>>> packages here: http://arches4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/create-package/
>>>
>>> If you pull the most recent DISCO package the load_data.sh script has 
>>> been removed, because you now load the DISCO package like you would any 
>>> other Arches package. That is (from within your project root dir with your 
>>> virtualenv activated): 
>>> python manage.py packages -o load_packages -d /Full/path/to/package
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ryan
>>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2017, at 2:48 PM, David Osborne  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm running through setting up Arches 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 on my 
>>> MacBook under Vagrant, before setting up a server on AWS. I think I've got 
>>> Arches and its pre-requisite packages installed correctly and I wanted to 
>>> install the disco_data package as test data to verify that my Arches 
>>> installation is correct. However, the load_data.sh script starts producing 
>>> error messages just after the database migrations and more errors occur 
>>> later. The first error claims that the "is_required" column doesn't exist 
>>> in the nodes table, although connecting later via psql, I can see that the 
>>> column is present. I've made several attempts to get disco_data installed 
>>> but all with the same results, so I don't know where to look next to fix 
>>> this.
>>>
>>> Are there any standard test procedures to verify that Arches is 
>>> correctly installed, other than using disco_data?
>>>
>>> The result of running the load_data.sh script is at 
>>> https://gist.github.com/daosborne/21997d901cd872fc5e3126c1197e5c9b, if 
>>> anyone can suggest where the cause of my problem may lie.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
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[Arches] Re: Is Arches suitable for this project ?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Roshan,

I'm aware of at least 2 projects that use Arches in a way very similar to 
your description:
http://www.earlywatercraft.org/index.htm (using Arches v3)
CVAST (https://cvast.usf.edu/news/)

Hope this points you in the proper direction.

-Dennis

On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 3:03:39 AM UTC-8, Roshan Bhurtha wrote:
>
> Dear Forum users, 
>
> I have a couple of questions regarding the applicability of Arches to our 
> spatial heritage documentation project. I want to know if you think, Arches 
> is overkill or not applicable for our project.
>
> Website: www.zamaniproject.org
>
> Our team documents heritage sites and creates associated metadata using 
> the Dublin Core Standards. 
>
> We create 
>
>1. 
>
>High resolution 3D models using laser scans (textured & untextured)
>2. 
>
>Plans & sections derived from the laser scans
>3. 
>
>GIS’s of the sites
>4. 
>
>Full dome Panoramas
>5. 
>
>Collection of Casual photos
>6. 
>
>Drone imagery
>
>
> I would like to use Arches to make our data more “visible” online. Our web 
> site shows a sample of our data, but does not have any query functionality, 
> login capability etc..
>
> I started installing Arches V3 on a local machine and got it to work 
> partially, but took me some time to get it going. The effort to get Arches 
> to work was then stopped as we are unsure if it is worthwhile.
>
> So my questions are: 
>
>- 
>
>Is it worthwhile for me to look further into Arches ?
>- 
>
>Is there a possibility of importing, in a batch fashion, Dublin Core 
>metadata ( xml or csv) into Arches easily ?
>- 
>
>Any other suggestions ?
>
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> Regards
>
> Roshan
>
> Zamani Project, Division of Geomatics
>
> University of Cape Town
>
>

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Re: [Arches] undefined Resources

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Darcy,

Importing graphs that have already configured the function should not require 
any additional effort on your part.

FYI, we’re finishing up a command that will let you import a “package” that 
includes graphs, cards, menu, relationships, basemaps, overlays  (all fully 
configured), along with functions and (optionally) thesauri.  This should make 
importing a full Arches application a one command operation.

-Dennis




> On Nov 14, 2017, at 6:20 PM, Darcy Christ <da...@1000camels.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> Thank you for the quick response. That is great about the re-index function.
> 
> I think my issue was trying to get a test system set up as a way to explore 
> the system. It certainly seems strange that I can pre-populate the HIP 
> resources, but that they are not fully set up to show working information. No 
> sure if there is a way to import the functions along with the resource graphs:
> 
>   python manage.py packages -o import_graphs
>   python manage.py packages -o python manage.py packages -o 
> import_reference_data -s arches/db/schemes/arches_concept_scheme.rdf -ow 
> overwrite -st keep
>   python manage.py packages -o python manage.py packages -o 
> import_reference_data -s arches/db/schemes/arches_concept_collections.rdf -ow 
> overwrite -st keep
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Darcy
> 
> 
> Darcy W. Christ
> Digital Generalist
> @1000camels
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2017, at 11:16 AM, Dennis Wuthrich <dwuthr...@fargeo.com 
>> <mailto:dwuthr...@fargeo.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Darcy,
>> 
>> To update all records, just press the re-index button in the function.
>> 
>> As to your question about “a better default”:  Arches allows you to define 
>> your resource models dynamically, so it doesn’t know which nodes you want to 
>> use for populating the search and map popups.
>> 
>> Once you’ve configured the function and saved the resource model, all 
>> subsequent users of you model will automatically use the defaults you define.
>> 
>> 
>> -Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Darcy Christ <da...@1000camels.com 
>>> <mailto:da...@1000camels.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you, Philip. Your instructions were very helpful.
>>> 
>>> I am confused about a few things:
>>> 
>>> Does this change only affects new records? If so, how can I fix 
>>> existing records?
>>> 
>>> Why wouldn’t the system, and perhaps I mean the example HIP Resources 
>>> which I imported, have a better default established?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Darcy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Darcy W. Christ
>>> Digital Generalist
>>> @1000camels
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 14, 2017, at 8:56 PM, Carlisle, Philip 
>>>> <philip.carli...@historicengland.org.uk 
>>>> <mailto:philip.carli...@historicengland.org.uk>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Darcy,
>>>> I’ve had a go at creating a resource and as you say it came back with 
>>>> undefined resource.
>>>>  
>>>> However I think I’ve solved the problem.
>>>>  
>>>> For each model you need to modify the Define Resource Descriptors Function 
>>>> to select the node which you would like to display, in this case 
>>>>  
>>>> You can easily identify those resource models which have this function 
>>>> already set up by adding a new resource.
>>>> 
>>>> If in the top left it says Resource Editor – undefined resource it hasn’t 
>>>> been done.
>>>>  
>>>> If it has been done it will show something like Resource Editor -  
>>>> (where the name of the node selected for display is in <>)
>>>>  
>>>> Here’s the workflow to add the node
>>>> 1. In Arches Designer select the resource model you want to add the 
>>>> function to and from the ‘Manage…’ dropdown select  Functions
>>>> 2. From the Function library select ‘ Define Resource Descriptors’ 
>>>> – The Define Resource Descriptors card will open.
>>>> 3. In the Card Name field use the dropdown to select the card which 
>>>> contains the node you wish to display (in this case Name) – the Primary 
>>>> Name Template field will auto populate with a suggestion (something like 
>>>> , )
>>>> 4. Click in the Primary Name Template field and modify it until

Re: [Arches] undefined Resources

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Darcy,

To update all records, just press the re-index button in the function.

As to your question about “a better default”:  Arches allows you to define your 
resource models dynamically, so it doesn’t know which nodes you want to use for 
populating the search and map popups.

Once you’ve configured the function and saved the resource model, all 
subsequent users of you model will automatically use the defaults you define.


-Dennis




> On Nov 14, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Darcy Christ  wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Philip. Your instructions were very helpful.
> 
> I am confused about a few things:
> 
>   Does this change only affects new records? If so, how can I fix 
> existing records?
> 
>   Why wouldn’t the system, and perhaps I mean the example HIP Resources 
> which I imported, have a better default established?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Darcy
> 
> 
> Darcy W. Christ
> Digital Generalist
> @1000camels
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2017, at 8:56 PM, Carlisle, Philip 
>> > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Darcy,
>> I’ve had a go at creating a resource and as you say it came back with 
>> undefined resource.
>>  
>> However I think I’ve solved the problem.
>>  
>> For each model you need to modify the Define Resource Descriptors Function 
>> to select the node which you would like to display, in this case 
>>  
>> You can easily identify those resource models which have this function 
>> already set up by adding a new resource.
>> 
>> If in the top left it says Resource Editor – undefined resource it hasn’t 
>> been done.
>>  
>> If it has been done it will show something like Resource Editor -  
>> (where the name of the node selected for display is in <>)
>>  
>> Here’s the workflow to add the node
>> 1. In Arches Designer select the resource model you want to add the 
>> function to and from the ‘Manage…’ dropdown select  Functions
>> 2. From the Function library select ‘ Define Resource Descriptors’ – 
>> The Define Resource Descriptors card will open.
>> 3. In the Card Name field use the dropdown to select the card which 
>> contains the node you wish to display (in this case Name) – the Primary Name 
>> Template field will auto populate with a suggestion (something like > Type>, )
>> 4. Click in the Primary Name Template field and modify it until it meets 
>> your requirement.
>> 5. Save the edits and next time you add a resource it should show 
>> “Resource Editor - ”
>>  
>> Once you’ve added the function it will appear in the menu on the left of the 
>> Function Manager Card
>>  
>> I added added the function for the Heritage Resource Model and I also added 
>> a report for Heritage Resource Group Resource Model as I created a new 
>> resource but it didn’t show up.
>>  
>> The records I created are Testrecord (Heritage Resource Group) and 
>> PhilTestRecord (Heritage Resource)
>>  
>> I hope this helps and that I’ve not misunderstood you again.
>>  
>> Phil
>>  
>>  
>> Phil Carlisle
>> Knowledge Organization Specialist
>> Listing Group, Historic England
>> Direct Dial: +44 (0)1793 414824
>>  
>> http://thesaurus.historicengland.org.uk/ 
>>  
>> http://www.heritagedata.org/blog/ 
>>  
>> Listing Information Services fosters an environment where colleagues are 
>> valued for their skills and knowledge, and where communication, customer 
>> focus and working in partnership are at the heart of everything we do.
>>  
>>  
>> From: archesproject@googlegroups.com  
>> [mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com 
>> ] On Behalf Of Darcy Christ
>> Sent: 14 November 2017 05:40
>> To: Arches Project
>> Subject: [Arches] undefined Resources
>>  
>> Hi,
>>  
>> I continue to struggle with getting a proper installation of Arches v4 
>> running. I have been focused on getting the system up and for planning on 
>> building a migration path from v3. However, now I am faced with a very 
>> fundamental issue. When I try to create a resource, and add a name, the 
>> resource comes out as undefined. This is the same on a linux and mac os x 
>> install. It is the same on a version of 4.01 installed via pip and a version 
>> installed by git clone and install from the developer documentation.
>>  
>> I am running a complete reinstall each time.
>>  
>> I am also add sample data, either just the first 3 lines or all of them.
>> 
>> 
>> python manage.py packages -o import_reference_data -s 
>> arches/db/schemes/arches_concept_scheme.rdf -ow overwrite -st keep
>> python manage.py packages -o import_reference_data -s 
>> arches/db/schemes/arches_concept_collections.rdf -ow overwrite -st keep
>> python manage.py packages -o import_graphs
>> python manage.py packages -o import_business_data -s 
>> tests/fixtures/data/csv/heritage_resource_model.csv -ow overwrite
>> 

[Arches] Re: Arches 4: Icons on map

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Vincent

Arches provides a way to show the full set of resources that meet your 
search criteria, and uses the purple hexagons to display a binned 
distribution of all resources in your query.  The black markers show the 
location of a specific resource instance on the map.  Another way to say 
this: the purple polygons aggregate all the resource instances in your 
query, the markers show the location of each instance.

Of course, you are not required to show the hexagons (e.g.; an overlay that 
we call the "search results" layer) on your map.  You can hide the layer by 
default (or delete it if you prefer) in the map manager.

Hope this helps.

Dennis

On Friday, October 6, 2017 at 6:20:19 AM UTC-7, Vincent Meijer wrote:
>
> The location icons on my Arches 4 map seem to be a bit off.
>
> All georeferenced items in my database show up as purple hexagons. Those 
> resources that are currently visible in the results bar on the left show an 
> additional black location icon.
>
> No errors are shown in the browser console. 
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Vincent
>
>
> 
>
>

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Re: [Arches] Utilizing BigTIFF

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Ross,

Just adding a bit to what Rob and Adam have already provided.  Arches has a 
IIIF widget that supports very high resolution images served via IIIF 
servers.  This is a great option if you want to work with images of 
painting, buildings or other cultural objects.  Arches also has a 
geospatial server that can cache and manage georeferenced images (e.g.: 
aerial or satellite images), which would be the appropriate approach if you 
want to treat your images as map layers.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 11:01:04 AM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote:
>
> Hi Ross, are you hoping to have these images as layers in the map, or 
> stored as resources in the database?
>
> Adam
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Robert Sanderson  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Ross,
>>
>> Have you considered using a IIIF based image server? That would then work 
>> with Arches for the descriptive data, via the relatively new IIIF data 
>> type, rather than hosting the images directly within Arches.
>>
>> The IIIF website is: http://iiif.io/
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:04 AM, Ross D  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm looking to use Arches as a viewer for extremely high resolution 
>>> images and was wondering if anyone has worked with uploading a BigTIFF 
>>> format image.
>>>
>>> If not has anyone had any luck importing Multiresolution images or using 
>>> multilayer images/maps for comparison in fine resolution?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ross
>>>
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[Arches] Re: Arches 4 Graph Modeling Question

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Adam,

Your approach will work (2 branches, each with a card accessed via the same 
menu).  I noticed that your nodes are concepts, so an alternate modeling 
approach would be to use concept list nodes for both the Archaeological 
Site Type and Culture.  This would allow you to present both nodes on a 
single card and support one or more values for each node.

-Dennis

On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8:24:39 AM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote:
>
> Hello all, I'd like to clarify something:
>
> I am making a simple branch that is meant to record Archaeological Site 
> Type and Culture. These attributes should not be tied together (there can 
> be any number of each one), however, I would like them to both be in the 
> same menu for those who are entering data. It seems that if I include both 
> attributes in a single branch, my only option is to make "sub-cards" from 
> them, otherwise they are stored as a pair.
>  
> "Sub-cards" aren't desirable, as each one would have only attribute in it.
>
> I'm thinking that my best course of action is to split these into separate 
> branches, each with one node, and then include the card from each branch 
> into the same menu. Is this true? I don't think there is any further way to 
> separate them from being saved together but also keep them on the same 
> screen.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

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[Arches] Re: dropdown menues for a resource graph

[Dennis Wuthrich]

To add dropdown in v4:

Step 1: Go to the RDM (Reference Data Manager), click on Collections
Step 2: Click on "Tools", "Add Collection", enter a name and primary 
language
Step 3: Click on the Collection you just created in the Collections list, 
click "Add Dropdown"
Step 4: Enter the name of the concept you want to add to your collection. 
 Repeat as necessary

These steps will create the dropdown entries that you can use in a resource 
model.  A few things to note:

1. In v4, you manage concepts independently of collections.  Why? So that 
you can define concept hierarchies to support searching Arches and 
collections (e.g.: specific entries in a dropdown list) to ensure 
consistent data management

2. You can add new concepts whenever you wish, then update your collections 
as necessary.

Hope this helps,

Dennis  

On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:06:45 AM UTC-7, hiba.b@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi,I have a question , how to add vocabularies (dropdown menus)  for a 
> resource graph  using arches version 4?
>

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[Arches] Re: Arches for PPGIS / mapping interface

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Andrew,

Yes, Jamie is correct.  The two commands that he references:

python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m arches/tileserver/world
.xml -n world_basemap -b

python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m arches/tileserver/
hillshade.xml -n hillshade

each create an overlay in Arches.  

As to your question concerning Mapnik.  Arches uses mapnik to support the 
creation of raster overlays (note: as you probably know, the source data 
for a raster overlay can be either raster or vector data). 

Mapnik is a great library and creates beautiful maps, which is one of the 
many reasons that we chose to use it with Arches.  Unfortunately, there's a 
problem with the python bindings for Mapnik on Windows (you can see a 
summary of the issue here: 
https://github.com/mapnik/python-mapnik/issues/145).  This means that 
Mapnik currently can't be configured to work with Arches on Windows 
machines.

What does this mean for you?  On windows, Arches won't be able to create 
raster overlays until the Mapnik bindings are fixed.  In the example above, 
it would no be possible to create the hillshade overlay on a windows 
machine because the source data is an image (e.g.: a raster data source). 
 If you don't want to use Linux (!), you would need to create a service for 
the hillshade image using a map server external to Arches and then register 
your service with Arches.

Note that Arches could create the world overlay (e.g.: a vector source in 
the shapefile format) in the example.  Instead of creating the overlay 
using Mapnik, you could use the shapefile to create vector tiles using 
Arches integrated Tilestache server.  This works great on windows as well 
as Linux and OSX machines.

Hope this long explanation is helpful.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 6:46:04 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis
>
> Just checking in to see whether Jamie's post above has identified a 
> problem with our attempted approach at importing data into Arches?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 11:15:05 AM UTC+1, Jamie wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>> Thank you for your help, you were correct in that we were confusing the 
>> two. What we're really trying to accomplish is the second one you mentioned 
>> above, defining "overlays".
>>
>> Would I be correct in believing that the commands below performed in the 
>> Developer Installation are doing just this?
>>
>> python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m 
>> arches/tileserver/world.xml -n world_basemap -b
>> python manage.py packages -o add_tileserver_layer -m 
>> arches/tileserver/hillshade.xml -n hillshade
>>
>>
>> If so, is this possible to do on a Windows 64-bit machine due to the 
>> incompatibility of Mapnik? (As things currently stand neither of the above 
>> commands display anything for us)
>>
>> Apologies if I'm missing something obvious here, version 4 is my first 
>> experience working with Arches so it's not at all unlikely that the problem 
>> is on my end.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jamie
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6:02:09 PM UTC+1, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>>
>>> Andrew/Jaime,
>>>
>>> It looks like you are conflating 2 different things in Arches.
>>>
>>> Importing a shapefile means loading the geospatial data in the shapefile 
>>> into the Arches database.  You do this by configuring the mapping file 
>>> associated with the resource model(s) that you want to populate.
>>>
>>> Arches also supports a separate capability: creating mapping services 
>>> that can define "overlays" that users can add to maps (e.g.: the search map 
>>> or data entry forms that include maps).  In this case, you don't import the 
>>> shapefile; instead you configure a mapping service that references your 
>>> shapefile.  If you're familiar with geospatial web services, Arches 
>>> implements a mapping server (Tilestache) to create vector and raster map 
>>> services.  We implement this so that you can overlay geodata (say from your 
>>> corporate GIS or other sources) on top of Arches' resources. 
>>>
>>> Based on your question, I'm not sure if you're trying to import data or 
>>> configure a map service.  Arches supports either possibility.  Note that if 
>>> you import data from the shapefile into an Arches resource model, Arches 
>>> will automatically create the map service for you.
>>>
>>> Hope this points you in the right direction.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 9:45:02 AM UT

[Arches] Re: Need Answers

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Just a small update to Joel's answers on Arches' mapping technology: v4 
does uses Mapbox GL as our primary open source mapping library.  MapBox 
provides the same great capabilities of OpenLayers (e.g.: lots of data 
sources) and does a very nice job of supporting modern vector maps.  We 
also use Leaflet, primarily to support IIIF images.  Also, we no longer use 
ExtJS; v3 and v4 both use Bootstrap to support responsive user interfaces.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:49:56 PM UTC-7, Joel Aldor wrote:
>
> Hi Ahmad,
>
> Welcome to the Arches Project community!
>
> Arches was developed in Python, using Django as its framework. It also 
> includes the following components such as PostGIS, Elasticsearch, ExtJS and 
> OpenLayers. You may read more about the technology here: 
> http://archesproject.org/development/ as well as the fact sheet in 
> Arabic: 
> http://archesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Arches-factsheet-Arabic-May-12-2016.pdf
>
> Using OpenLayers, you can import basemaps from Mapbox, Here, Bing and OSM, 
> as well as your own from a map tileserver like ArcGIS. Arches can support 
> language localization and custom widgets, and is designed to be 
> mobile-responsive as well.
>
> More information about the latest version of Arches can be found on the 
> Github wiki: https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki
>
> There are several implementations of Arches around the world today, and 
> our organization would be glad to support your plans for an Arches 
> implementation in your location. Please look at the list of Arches service 
> providers here: http://archesproject.org/service-providers/
>
> Regards,
>
> Joel
> Grupo Kalinangan Inc.
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:22:21 PM UTC+8, Ahmad Ch wrote:
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Please i need answers to the bellow points about the Arches Software:
>>
>>- Technology Used
>>- API used for GIS Mapping (Google, Esri, or Here Map)
>>- List of features
>>- Support Arabic Language?
>>- Support Esri Map Services?
>>- Responsive Design?
>>- Support Custom Widgets?
>>- Source of Search Results
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ahmad Chreim
>>
>

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Re: [Arches] Re: First install - missing components?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Bastien,

Glad to hear that you've been able to load concepts and some data.  I 
looked at your trace and it seems that you may not have downloaded Arches 
branch library.  I'm not sure why you were unable to load some of the other 
models in the disco_data repo.  I'll have to look at the trace more 
carefully.

As for the maps, the disco_data registers map services from Mapbox.  Mapbox 
is just one of many services that Arches can use to display basemaps (its 
not required, but we think its provides very nice maps!).  If you want to 
use the Mapbox map services you'll need to register obtain a token (both 
are free).  Note that you can use ESRI and many other map services if you 
prefer.

We also use MapZen and Bing geocoding services.  You'll need a key for each 
service if you want to power Arches geocoder with these providers (both 
Microsoft and Mapzen provide free keys).

Once you have the tokens you need, add the following lines to your 
settings_local.py file:


# links to sprites and glyphs for use on map
MAPBOX_SPRITES = "mapbox://sprites/mapbox/basic-v9"
MAPBOX_GLYPHS = "mapbox://fonts/mapbox/{fontstack}/{range}.pbf"


# bounds for search results hex binning fabric
HEX_BIN_BOUNDS = (-0.6222,53.18,-0.4925,53.3)


# size to use for hex binning search results on map (in km)
HEX_BIN_SIZE = 0.20
# binning uses elasticsearch GeoHash grid aggregation.
# precision for binning is set based on GeoHash precision, see this table:
# 
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-geohashgrid-aggregation.html#_cell_dimensions_at_the_equator
# high precision binning may result in performance issues.
HEX_BIN_PRECISION = 8


MAPBOX_API_KEY = 'put your key here between the single quotes'
GEOCODING_PROVIDERS = [
   {'name': 'Bing', 'api_key':'put your key here between the single 
quotes', 'id':'BingGeocoder'},
   {'name': 'MapZen', 'api_key':'put your key here between the single 
quotes', 'id':'MapzenGeocoder'},
]


Note the lines referring to HEX_BIN.  Arches assumes that you'll want to 
aggregate search results, and these values are good starting places for the 
disco_data dataset.

Hope this all helps,

Dennis




On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 6:57:53 AM UTC-7, Bastien Guerry wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis, 
>
> I'm done with importing disco_data.  I had some hiccups while 
> importing, attached is a trace together with the arches_tree.txt 
> showing more details about my installation paths. 
>
> I made another screencast: https://vimeo.com/218466941 
>
> It shows what I can and cannot do.  I can see the data have been 
> imported, but somehow I don't get access to a map. 
>
> Again, I feel like I need more time reading the docs, not only 
> for installing Arches, but also to understand the core concepts 
> behind the interface. 
>
> Best, 
>
> PS: I can share the videos behind a password if that's preferrable. 
>
> -- 
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Re: [Arches] Re: First install - missing components?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Bastien,

Thanks for posting a video of your Arches instance, its very helpful!  It 
looks like you have the software installed properly, you just need to 
configure Arches and load data to get everything to work. 

A few things:

1. We have a Git repo for a set of Arches resource models and sample data 
at:  https://github.com/archesproject/disco_data
You'll find a script (that works on OSX and, I believe Ubuntu) that will 
setup the Arches database, load a suite of resource models, controlled 
vocabularies, and data.  You might find that this is a quick way to 
understand how the various Arches tools work.

To run the script:
> clone repo, open a terminal, activate your environment
> navigate to the folder you cloned the repo to, type  ./load_data.sh
> enter the path to your Arches4 folder

Once you've created resource models and imported data you'll be able to use 
Arches Map Manger, Editor, and Search

2. Livereload:
We use livereload to simplify code development.  It will automatically 
refresh Arches' codebase during development which makes it easier to view 
code and CSS changes in the application.  You can ignore it if you want

3. i18n
We have included i18n for labels in the UI.  We would be very interested in 
working with you to document the workflow for localizing Arches!  I'll 
contact you off-list to see how you'd like to proceed with this


Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dennis


On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 2:33:02 AM UTC-7, Bastien Guerry wrote:
>
> Adam Cox  writes: 
>
> > Bastien, turns out leaflet is used in one of the widgets (the iiif 
> > widget). Sounds lime you have it working for now though, so all 
> > good. 
>
> Thanks for confirming I was not crazy, somewhat a relief ;) 
>
> -- 
>  Bastien 
>

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[Arches] Re: Arches for PPGIS / mapping interface

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Andrew/Jaime,

It looks like you are conflating 2 different things in Arches.

Importing a shapefile means loading the geospatial data in the shapefile 
into the Arches database.  You do this by configuring the mapping file 
associated with the resource model(s) that you want to populate.

Arches also supports a separate capability: creating mapping services that 
can define "overlays" that users can add to maps (e.g.: the search map or 
data entry forms that include maps).  In this case, you don't import the 
shapefile; instead you configure a mapping service that references your 
shapefile.  If you're familiar with geospatial web services, Arches 
implements a mapping server (Tilestache) to create vector and raster map 
services.  We implement this so that you can overlay geodata (say from your 
corporate GIS or other sources) on top of Arches' resources. 

Based on your question, I'm not sure if you're trying to import data or 
configure a map service.  Arches supports either possibility.  Note that if 
you import data from the shapefile into an Arches resource model, Arches 
will automatically create the map service for you.

Hope this points you in the right direction.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 9:45:02 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis
>
> Thanks very much again for the response.
>
> As a follow on question: when the .shp file has been converted to .csv, is 
> the import carried out from the same admin panel that you navigate from to 
> create new users? (i.e. an entry is created in "Map layers", "Map sources" 
> and "Tileserver layers" respectively).
>
> Best wishes
>
> Andrew/Jamie
>
>
>
> On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7:30:27 PM UTC+1, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>
>> Andrew and Jaime,
>>
>> 1) The Profile Manager in the Admin panel doesn't link to anything at the 
>> minute - is this intentional or a bug in our install? 
>> The Profile Manager isn't functional yet (it's intended to support the 
>> mobile data collection app that we're working on).
>>
>> 2) If it is intentional, and it's not ready for use yet, can a new user 
>> (and their respective permissions) be created some other way in the 
>> meantime?
>> Yes, you can manage users and permissions as follows:  go to 
>> http://localhost:8000/admin/  (of course, your domain may not be 
>> "localhost", use the domain name or IP address of your server).  You'll 
>> find user and group management tools here.
>>
>> 3) Does V4 support import of shapefiles in the same manner as V3?
>> V4 treats shapefiles as csv files.  If you want to import a shapefile 
>> into v4, first save it as a csv with the geometry field saved as WKT (well 
>> known text) with an SRID of 4326.  QGIS makes this very easy (simply 
>> right-click on your shapefile in QGIS's layers panel the click on "Save 
>> As..." your shapefile as .csv).  Then load as any other csv.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 9:23:55 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dennis
>>>
>>> A few more technical questions that I hope someone can help us with.
>>>
>>> 1) The Profile Manager in the Admin panel doesn't link to anything at 
>>> the minute - is this intentional or a bug in our install?
>>> 2) If it is intentional, and it's not ready for use yet, can a new user 
>>> (and their respective permissions) be created some other way in the 
>>> meantime?
>>> 3) Does V4 support import of shapefiles in the same manner as V3?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for your help.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Andrew (and Jamie)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 5:39:23 PM UTC+1, andrew.m...@nuim.ie 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Dennis
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much for your reply. We'll have a closer look and will get 
>>>> back with any technical questions.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 8:32:00 PM UTC+1, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Andrew and Jamie,
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice to hear that you found the Liverpool Arches Workshop useful.
>>>>>
>>>>> You asked several specific questions about extending v4:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Is it possible to create plugins/widgets/add-ons that can be 
>>>>> appl

[Arches] Re: Log In

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Peter,

Glad you found the Liverpool Workshop useful.

Arches v4 ships with an Administrator account,  You can log in as follows:
User name: admin
password: admin

NOTE: At minimum you should change the admin password after you install 
Arches!

You can manage users and groups in Arches by navigating 
to: http://localhost:8000/admin/  (Replace "localhost" with the domain name 
or IP address of your Arches server).

Cheers,

Dennis

On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 8:07:41 AM UTC-7, pc...@york.ac.uk wrote:
>
> Thank you for organising the useful Liverpool Workshop, it was great to 
> meet so many people who until then were just names in this forum.
>
> We have managed the installation of v4 and have arrived at the login page. 
> How do I create a username and password? Is this the one we were given in 
> Liverpool? I failed to make a note of it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Arches for PPGIS / mapping interface

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Andrew and Jaime,

1) The Profile Manager in the Admin panel doesn't link to anything at the 
minute - is this intentional or a bug in our install? 
The Profile Manager isn't functional yet (it's intended to support the 
mobile data collection app that we're working on).

2) If it is intentional, and it's not ready for use yet, can a new user 
(and their respective permissions) be created some other way in the 
meantime?
Yes, you can manage users and permissions as follows:  go 
to http://localhost:8000/admin/  (of course, your domain may not be 
"localhost", use the domain name or IP address of your server).  You'll 
find user and group management tools here.

3) Does V4 support import of shapefiles in the same manner as V3?
V4 treats shapefiles as csv files.  If you want to import a shapefile into 
v4, first save it as a csv with the geometry field saved as WKT (well known 
text) with an SRID of 4326.  QGIS makes this very easy (simply right-click 
on your shapefile in QGIS's layers panel the click on "Save As..." your 
shapefile as .csv).  Then load as any other csv.


Hope this helps,

Dennis


On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 9:23:55 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis
>
> A few more technical questions that I hope someone can help us with.
>
> 1) The Profile Manager in the Admin panel doesn't link to anything at the 
> minute - is this intentional or a bug in our install?
> 2) If it is intentional, and it's not ready for use yet, can a new user 
> (and their respective permissions) be created some other way in the 
> meantime?
> 3) Does V4 support import of shapefiles in the same manner as V3?
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Andrew (and Jamie)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 5:39:23 PM UTC+1, andrew.m...@nuim.ie wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dennis
>>
>> Thanks very much for your reply. We'll have a closer look and will get 
>> back with any technical questions.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 8:32:00 PM UTC+1, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Andrew and Jamie,
>>>
>>> Nice to hear that you found the Liverpool Arches Workshop useful.
>>>
>>> You asked several specific questions about extending v4:
>>>
>>> 1) Is it possible to create plugins/widgets/add-ons that can be applied 
>>> to the basemap in Arches? - for example, is there a menu within Arches or 
>>> would this have to be created externally?
>>>
>>> Answer: Yes, you can create or extend widgets in v4.  In particular, you 
>>> could support the ability to drag pins from a menu onto a map and save the 
>>> location of the pins back to the Arches database.  The specific technical 
>>> steps are pretty straightforward.  To start, I suggest that you take a look 
>>> at the existing map widget to see how the it manages data 
>>> creation/saving/indexing.  This may be enough for you to see how to extend 
>>> the widget.  At a minimum, you'll be in a position to ask specific 
>>> technical questions.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:39:16 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much to the GCI and John Moores University for organising 
>>>> the Arches workshop last week in Liverpool, which I found very useful and 
>>>> informative. 
>>>>
>>>> I briefly discussed the project that I'm currently working on at 
>>>> Maynooth University, Ireland (REINVENT Project), and am hoping to 
>>>> undertake 
>>>> several heritage-related Public Participation GIS exercises on a 
>>>> cross-border basis at different spatial scales (landscape, area, 
>>>> individual 
>>>> building/monument), possibly adopting Arches v4 as an existing, free and 
>>>> open source heritage inventorying platform. However, to make this happen, 
>>>> I've a number of initial queries on which I'd welcome some technical 
>>>> advice:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Is it possible to create plugins/widgets/add-ons that can be applied 
>>>> to the basemap in Arches? - for example, is there a menu within Arches or 
>>>> would this have to be created externally?
>>>> 2) If so, can new toolbars be added and pins dragged and dropped from 
>>>> these to the mapping interface?
>>>> 3) Can the coordinates of the placed dropped pins be recorded and sent 
>>>> to a database?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much for any advice you can provide.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Andrew McClelland and Jamie Raleigh
>>>>
>>>

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[Arches] Re: Arches for PPGIS / mapping interface

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Andrew and Jamie,

Nice to hear that you found the Liverpool Arches Workshop useful.

You asked several specific questions about extending v4:

1) Is it possible to create plugins/widgets/add-ons that can be applied to 
the basemap in Arches? - for example, is there a menu within Arches or 
would this have to be created externally?

Answer: Yes, you can create or extend widgets in v4.  In particular, you 
could support the ability to drag pins from a menu onto a map and save the 
location of the pins back to the Arches database.  The specific technical 
steps are pretty straightforward.  To start, I suggest that you take a look 
at the existing map widget to see how the it manages data 
creation/saving/indexing.  This may be enough for you to see how to extend 
the widget.  At a minimum, you'll be in a position to ask specific 
technical questions.

Cheers,

Dennis


On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:39:16 AM UTC-7, andrew.m...@nuim.ie wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks very much to the GCI and John Moores University for organising the 
> Arches workshop last week in Liverpool, which I found very useful and 
> informative. 
>
> I briefly discussed the project that I'm currently working on at Maynooth 
> University, Ireland (REINVENT Project), and am hoping to undertake several 
> heritage-related Public Participation GIS exercises on a cross-border basis 
> at different spatial scales (landscape, area, individual 
> building/monument), possibly adopting Arches v4 as an existing, free and 
> open source heritage inventorying platform. However, to make this happen, 
> I've a number of initial queries on which I'd welcome some technical advice:
>
> 1) Is it possible to create plugins/widgets/add-ons that can be applied to 
> the basemap in Arches? - for example, is there a menu within Arches or 
> would this have to be created externally?
> 2) If so, can new toolbars be added and pins dragged and dropped from 
> these to the mapping interface?
> 3) Can the coordinates of the placed dropped pins be recorded and sent to 
> a database?
>
> Thanks very much for any advice you can provide.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Andrew McClelland and Jamie Raleigh
>

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[Arches] Migrating from Arches v3 to v4

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Migrating from v3 to v4

We've heard from a few people, asking about migrating from Arches v3 to v4. 
 To help you understand the basic approach, we've outlined the workflow as 
a series of steps:

Step 1. Export your RDM/Reference data from v3
Step 2. Create graphs in v4
Step 3. Migrate business data from v3 to v4

Of course, the devil is in the details!

*Step 1: Export RDM data from v3.*
We're working on a patch that will allow you to use the RDM SKOS exporter 
(Tools -> Export Scheme) to export your existing RDM from v3 into a format 
that v4 can read.  Once you've exported your existing concepts, use the v4 
RDM to import them.

We've introduced a new feature in v4 called "collections" that allow you to 
manage dropdowns in data entry forms in a manner that adhers to the skos 
standard.  You'll need to use the RDM to create collections for your 
dropdowns.


*Step 2: Create graphs in v4*
In v4, Arches provides a way to create and validate graphs interactively. 
 The "Arches Designer" in v4 offers visual graph creation tools that you'll 
need to use to create graphs.

If you're using the default HIP graphs in v3, this step is pretty easy as 
we'll provide updated versions for v4.  If you've created your own graphs 
(or modified the existing v3 HIP graphs), you'll need to use the Arches 
Desiger to create your graphs in v4.  

In either case, migrating from v3 to v4 is a chance for you to re-evaluate 
your data models and implement improvements based on your experience with 
v3.  You'll find that v4 comes with a library of re-usable "branches" (or 
sub-graphs) that make designer a graph much easier than for v3.

One last note: v4 validates graphs to ensure that they are consistent with 
the CIDOC CRM classes and properties.  This means that graphs in v4 need to 
be semantically valid (NOT a requirement of v3).


*Step 3: Migrate business data from v3 to v4*
After configuring the RDM and defining graphs in v4, you're ready to import 
your v3 data.

To start, export data from your v3 instance of Arches.  V3 comes with a 
command that will export your business data to JSON.  You'll need to use a 
JSON to csv converter (or write a script to do it), then use v4's CSV 
import tools to pull your data into Arches.  V4 comes with mapping tools 
that allow you to map information in a CSV file to specific nodes in a 
resource model.

Of course, there are always lots of details when working with a specific 
dataset.  But the basic process can be broken down to the 3 steps outlined.

We at Farallon will be supporting v3 to v4 migrations, but there's no 
reason you can't do it yourself.

Hope this helps...  

Cheers,

Dennis

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[Arches] Re: Arches v4 release schedule

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Joel,

Glad to hear that you're already planning for v4.  I'm very interested to 
hear about your experience with Azure and Arches (perhaps you could post 
when you get a minute!)

You asked a couple of good questions:

Q1: Data migration wizard from v3 to v4?
A1: We'll provide a documented workflow for getting data from v3 into v4. 
 This may include a set of scripts to streamline the process.

Q2: Resource Validation Workflow?
A2: V4 will provide basic validation tools (e.g.: data type check, check 
for required values, etc) and allow you to script more sophisticated 
validation rules for your specific dataset

Q3: API?
A3: V4 will come with an API that supports reading graph instances, 
instance creation/update/delete, search, graph import/export

Q4: Time frame for the mobile application?
A4: Probably late summer of 2017.

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

Dennis


On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:14:26 AM UTC-8, Joel Aldor wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> This is probably the best news I've read today. :) We are currently in the 
> process of migrating our servers from AWS to Azure, and we hope to complete 
> our migration next month so we can already upgrade to version 4. I have a 
> few questions though for this upgrade:
>
> 1.) Will there be a data migration wizard from v3 to v4? We have around 
> 8000 resources already on the map and we want to retain the data/reporting 
> structure with version 4 before we can modify the data entry forms.
> 2.) As far as I remember, there will be a Resource Validation Workflow 
> that is supposed to be integrated for v4, but I believe you may have 
> deferred it for next release (or maybe this is the data collection project 
> manager tool?). When will this be available?
> 3.) Will v4 come with an API that would help integrate with other systems?
> 4.) Do you have a more definite time frame for the release of the mobile 
> app for Android and iOS?
>
> Regards,
>
> Joel
>
> On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:18:03 AM UTC+8, Dennis Wuthrich wrote:
>>
>> Hello Arches Community,
>>
>> We've been working very diligently on version 4 of Arches, and we're 
>> ready to announce March 24, 2017 as the release date for v4.
>>
>> Version 4 will come with:
>>
>>- An installation wizard that should make installing Arches much 
>>simpler for those uncomfortable with command line interfaces
>>- Integrated graph design tools.  V4 will let you build graphs and 
>>share your graphs with other Arches users
>>- Data entry form design tools.  Arches will automatically build data 
>>entry forms based on your graphs and let you configure them to meet your 
>>particular data entry requirements
>>- An integrated geospatial data server that will allow you to manage 
>>your own map data (such as aerial photographs and historic maps)
>>- A library of resource report templates that you can configure so 
>>that resource reports contain exactly the information you want
>>- Node-based permissions manager that will allow you to define data 
>>access permissions for every node in a graph
>>- Enhanced search tools
>>- Better data import/export handling
>>- Performance improvements
>>
>> For those of you waiting for v4, thanks for your patience!  As you can 
>> see, v4 includes a number of new features and getting the engineering and 
>> code development just right has been a big job.  If you'd like to see the 
>> current state of our development, check out the v4 repository at: 
>> https://github.com/archesproject/arches
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>

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[Arches] Arches v4 release schedule

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hello Arches Community,

We've been working very diligently on version 4 of Arches, and we're ready 
to announce March 24, 2017 as the release date for v4.

Version 4 will come with:

   - An installation wizard that should make installing Arches much simpler 
   for those uncomfortable with command line interfaces
   - Integrated graph design tools.  V4 will let you build graphs and share 
   your graphs with other Arches users
   - Data entry form design tools.  Arches will automatically build data 
   entry forms based on your graphs and let you configure them to meet your 
   particular data entry requirements
   - An integrated geospatial data server that will allow you to manage 
   your own map data (such as aerial photographs and historic maps)
   - A library of resource report templates that you can configure so that 
   resource reports contain exactly the information you want
   - Node-based permissions manager that will allow you to define data 
   access permissions for every node in a graph
   - Enhanced search tools
   - Better data import/export handling
   - Performance improvements

For those of you waiting for v4, thanks for your patience!  As you can see, 
v4 includes a number of new features and getting the engineering and code 
development just right has been a big job.  If you'd like to see the 
current state of our development, check out the v4 repository 
at: https://github.com/archesproject/arches

Cheers,

Dennis

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[Arches] Re: Resource graph - Related resources for node

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Vincent,

Great question.  We are thinking about a very similar use case and have 
identified an extension to the CIDOC CRM (the inference extension 
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crminf/ that Phil Carlisle mentions) that will be 
included in version 4 of Arches.

The basic summary is that the drm-inf extension will let you create a 
branch that says "Actor X assigns a value of "Iron Age" to the cultural 
period with a certainty of 80%".  The certainty value can be numeric as in 
the example, or a concept (such as "likely", "very likely", or "uncertain").

To support this, Arches version 4 will support the ability to reference 
another resource instance in a node, as you rightly point out isn't 
currently possible.

Hope this helps,

Dennis  

On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 2:41:41 PM UTC-8, Vincent Meijer wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I am working on an idea I have to record all interpretations made 
> regarding a specific (heritage) resource. 
>
> I would like to *relate the assignment* of e.g. a cultural period or the 
> use/type of an object (hide scraper, spear head, vase) or an object 
> category (defensive structures, tools, jewelry) *to an authority*.
>
> This authority can be an actor or a (to be created) academic reference, 
> both resource graph types, rather than values in a regular 
> dropdown/authority document. 
>
>
> I want this in particular because it is easier for my users to create a 
> new resource than it is to add values to dropdowns via RDM. Also it seems 
> to me that using the type of search queries CIDOC encourages (find 
> unexpected relationships) would work better this way. 
>
>
> I came up with the following addition to HERITAGE_RESOURCE.E18 (new nodes 
> are the ones sticking out in the top) for 
> HERITAGE_RESOURCE_USE_TYPE_ASSIGNMENT.E17:
>
> (ASSIGNMENT_AUTHORITY.E39 would hold a foreign key to the related 
> resource.)
>
> (Full res: 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5r8wxmmppbQNTdGczg3cXZMLTg/view )
>
> 
>
>
>
> My question is: has anybody done this type of relations before or has an 
> idea how to do it? 
> Arches is currently written to have only relations between two complete 
> resources, not between a node of a resource and a complete resource.
> I get the feeling I should override the create_resource_relationship() 
> function in Arches' resource.py, but perhaps I'm looking at it the wrong 
> way. 
>
> Thank you in advance for any suggestions,
>
> Vincent
>

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Re: [Arches] Re: Arches M2M Interface for Metadata Harvesting?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Ed,

As Adam suggested, Arches v4 will allow users to use the CRM ontology or 
opt not to use a formal ontology at all.  In practice, what this means is 
that Arches v4 provides tools to ensure that graphs conform to the classes 
and properties of the CRM.  Users are free to use other ontologies such as 
LIDO (or no ontology) with Arches, but they'll need to ensure their graphs 
are internally consistent with the ontology.  Arches v4 is designed so that 
it should be straightforward for a developer to add support for additional 
ontologies.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 8:43:37 AM UTC-7, Edmund Lee wrote:
>
> Thanks Adam,
>
> I am, I'll admit, out of my comfort zone here, but is there any mileage in 
> considering the existing mappings to the CIDOC CRM ontology available at 
> http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm_mappings.html ? Does Arches (or could 
> someone with some Arches development expertise) set things up so that an 
> Arches database could provide data in another standardised format, if there 
> is an existing mapping to the CRM to assist them?
>
> All the best
> Ed 
>
> On Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 5:28:26 PM UTC+1, Adam Cox wrote:
>
>> Hi George and Ed,
>>
>> The short answer is that I don't believe there are currently any plans to 
>> support these ontologies; by default Arches uses the CIDOC-CRM.
>>
>> To be more specific, this depends on the version of Arches.  In version 
>> 3, enforcing any ontology is completely up to the user, so you could create 
>> graphs that are based on LIDO just as easily as if you are making them for 
>> the CIDOC CRM.
>>
>> In version 4, CIDOC-CRM will come loaded in the database, and users will 
>> be able to choose whether to enforce that ontology when making new resource 
>> graphs or not (if you choose the latter, you will have no restrictions on 
>> how you construct the graphs.
>>
>> There is no UI in v4 for editing or creating new ontologies (LIDO, for 
>> example) but with a bit of behind the scenes work you could load it into 
>> your database. Then you would have the option of creating a resource graph 
>> that conforms to CIDOC-CRM, or LIDO, or non at all.
>>
>> Hope that makes sense!  What's nice is that if one organization endeavors 
>> to load a brand new ontology into version 4, they should be able to easily 
>> translate their work into something that anyone can replicate.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Edmund Lee <
>> edmun...@historicengland.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello George,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the post. I am sure there are others here better placed to 
>>> answer this from a technical standpoint, but to help get this question 
>>> answered, could you say a bit more about what support for these standards 
>>> would allow you and other potential Arches users to do?
>>>
>>> All good wishes
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 3:21:17 AM UTC+1, George Simeonov 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Greetings to all!

 Please tell me,
 Do you know if there are any plans in near future to have support in 
 Arches for the following specifications?

 * LIDO - Lightweight Information Describing Objects - ATHENA 
 
 * OAI-PMH  Protocol

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[Arches] Re: Mobile Data Collection App - Which one do you recommend for smooth integration with Arches?

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Basav,

Thanks for considering Arches for your heritage management system.

The Arches team is already planning on developing an Android and IOS app 
for Arches that will allow users (with appropriate permissions) to 
create/edit data in the field.  Our app will support both connected and 
disconnected (e.g.: without network connectivity) editing.  As you suggest, 
the app will sync directly with your Arches server.  You'll be able to 
apply rules to the sync, so that "crowd-sourced" data is reviewed and 
confirmed as part of the data loading process.

We're expecting to have this app available for Arches v4 in the first half 
of next year.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 8:00:53 AM UTC-7, Basav Biradar wrote:
>
> Dear good friends at Arches,
>
> We are proposing an institution to adopt Arches as the heritage management 
> and inventory system. We are looking through data collection apps such as 
> "Fulcrum" "ArcGis" "Kobo toolbox" "OpenData" as the possible choices.
>
> The two main criteria we thought are necessary are - 
>
> 1. Mobile version of the app should be available on Android PlayStore and 
> should be user friendly
>
> 2. Data collected from the app can be integrated with Arches app on the 
> server without much effort. Basically on using the "sync" option on the app 
> the data should be directly stored onto postgres SQL database which is 
> running the Arches as well.
>
> Has anyone done such integration? Please let me know your thoughts. It 
> will be very helpful.
>
> Much Thanks
> Basav
>

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[Arches] Re: Other Arches live installations

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Bojan,

Nice job!  Thanks for letting the community know about your work.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:06:57 AM UTC-7, Bojan Kastelic wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have another project to share with you: Zbiva 
> .
>
> Zbiva is an archaeological database for eastern Alps and its surrounding 
> regions in the early Middle Ages. According to the area, it covers the 
> sites in Slovenia, Austria, on the NW Croatian coast, and in the NE regions 
> in Italy, which are sometimes compared to sporadic sites from the 
> neighbouring areas and previous era.
>
> It consists of three large parts (which together form a concise unit):
>
>- Sites database
>- Graves database
>- Artefacts (goods) database
>
> Zbiva has been designed as a research tool and has quite a few 
> modifications on the search capabilities. All three types of resources 
> (sites, graves, artefacts) have additional advanced search option, which 
> allows researchers more structured search options. As an additional 
> possibility the map enables the user (Layers/+CSV layer) to temporary 
> upload and analyze any data with spatial component (LAT, LON).
>
> Zbiva is available in three languages, Slovenian, English and German. 
> However, the free text descriptions are available only in Slovenian and the 
> English speaking users are encouraged to use an online translation of 
> choice.
>
> The package code is on my GitHub page: 
> https://github.com/bojankastelic/zbiva
>
> Bojan
>
> On Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 11:20:20 AM UTC+2, Lucinda Fletcher-Jones wrote:
>>
>> Hi, 
>>
>> I know of Mega Jordan which is an old Arches implementation and, of 
>> course, I know of Historic Places LA (which looks great) but are there any 
>> other live Arches installations that can be publicly viewed? We are 
>> particularly interested in inventories of ancient 
>> historical/archaeologicalsites. Also which other cultural heritage groups 
>> are definitely deploying Arches Version 3? We would like this information 
>> for a talk Dr. Weeks is giving so would be a good plug for Arches!
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> Lucy 
>> Theban Mapping Project
>>
>

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[Arches] Re: Signing in

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Jae,

Welcome to Arches.  It can be tough to be the only IT person on a project, 
so please take advantage of this forum as a place to ask any questions that 
you may have.  And please let us know what's missing in Arches, 
particularly the things between what people expect and what Arches can do. 
 It would be really helpful for us to know what your groups expectations 
are.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1:46:30 AM UTC-5, Jae Hun Lee wrote:
>
> Hello. 
>
> My name is Jae, and I am working at UNESCO office at Kathmandu in Nepal 
> for the heritage inventory project. I'm only IT guy at culture unit, and I 
> am totally new to Arches, but I am feeling some gap between people's 
> expectations of what Arches can do and what Arches does. This year will be 
> a very busy year for me.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 9:14:37 PM UTC+5:45, 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
>>
>

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[Arches] Re: Dependencies installed, but Arches fails to install

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Amy,

Thanks for including a screen shot of your command prompt.  

About halfway down the image you'll see: ERROR: Arches requires psql.  This 
error means that either you still need to install PostgreSQL/PostGIS, or 
you need to start the database.  

Cheers,

Dennis

On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 11:44:35 AM UTC-7, Amy Elizabeth Uebel wrote:
>
> I'm a bit new to this, but I've been learning a lot in the process.
>
> I have the dependencies installed correctly and the variables done (at 
> least I think so, they all see to open and it has progressed smoothly.
>
> My path reads as follows: 
> C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\CCM;C:\Program
>  
> Files\PostgreSQL\9.3.10\bin;C:\OSGeo4W64\bin;C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts
>
>
> However, when it comes time to install Arches I seem to be hitting a bit 
> of a snag. I have created the virtual environment in 'Projects' and then 
> activated that virtual enviroment. When I then go to pip install arches it 
> says that it doesn't find a lot of files and then I ultimately get an error 
> that reads as follows 
> 
>
>
>
> 
>
>
> 
>
>
>
> I was looking into the Error Code 101 but nothing seemed to make sense in 
> my situation. I was wondering if someone had any idea where the error 
> started?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Amy Elizabeth
>
>

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Re: [Arches] Re: Inputting Point Coordinates in Arches 3 and some other basic questions

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Lucy,

As a concrete thinker with experience writing manuals, perhaps you could 
contribute to Arches' user manual!  I encourage you to review the document 
when it comes out and suggest improvements using your own examples.  I'm 
sure many Arches users would benefit from your experience.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:40:18 AM UTC-7, Lucinda Fletcher-Jones 
wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
> Thank you for your clarification of the terms, the different terms used in 
> the UI and in the resource graphs were a little confusing. I think that it 
> would be a good idea to make them consistent, but I also agree that users 
> are likely to change the labels to suit themselves.
>
> I understand the need to make Arches as flexible as possible and I can 
> understand that this makes creating a user manual difficult! In the past, I 
> have written user manuals myself and would suggest using a variety of 
> concrete examples to help more concrete thinkers. 
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Lucy
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 2:18:20 AM UTC+2, David Myers wrote:
>>
>> Dear Lucy
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'm writing to add to what Adam Cox has said regarding a few of your 
>> questions:
>>
>>  
>>
>> To better understand the default resource types in HIP v1.0, I would 
>> recommend looking in the section of the HIP documentation entitled 
>> "Arches-HIP Data Resources" at:
>>
>>
>> http://arches-hip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/hip-resources/#arches-hip-data-resources
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> This section of the documentation describes the graphs for the 6 default 
>> resource types contained in the HIP. There is actually a bit of 
>> inconsistency between the graph names and user interface (UI) labels for 
>> the two resource types that you have asked about, which could cause some 
>> confusion. The following is how they graph names and UI labels correspond 
>> to each other:
>>
>>  
>>
>> Heritage Resource (Graph) = Historic Resource (UI)
>>
>>  
>>
>> Heritage Resource Group (Graph) = Historic District (UI)
>>
>>  
>>
>> If this is a source of confusion, we may need to look at making those be 
>> in sync. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regarding the first of these, Heritage Resource (Graph), we decided in 
>> the HIP to have one generic or "agnostic" type (rather than separate graphs 
>> for archaeological sites, landscapes, architectural heritage and maritime 
>> heritage as was the case in Arches v1) for several reasons: (1) the 
>> classification of heritage resources varies so much around the world that 
>> we felt that we could not accurately represent the possibilities through 
>> the 4 types included in Arches v1; (2) persons of different specializations 
>> may classify a single heritage resource in multiple ways (e.g., an 
>> architect may classify it as "architectural heritage" and an archaeologist 
>> may classify the same place as "archaeological heritage"), which could lead 
>> to problems with multiple records for a single Heritage Resource under the 
>> approach used in v1. We therefore decided to have one default Heritage 
>> Resource type that would be designed to be as flexible as possible. The new 
>> Reference Data Manager module in Arches v3 also now allows for a more 
>> sophisticated ability to classify or describe Heritage Resources in a 
>> multiplicity of nuanced ways, which we felt made this a viable approach. In 
>> addition, having fewer resource graphs reduces the complexity and need for 
>> maintenance of the software, which is an additional advantage.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regarding the second of these, Heritage Resource Group (Graph), I think 
>> that this term better describes our intent behind this resource type than 
>> the term "Historic District." The Heritage Resource Group resource type is 
>> meant to represent any grouping of multiple Heritage Resources regardless 
>> of their spatial proximity. This could include what would be considered to 
>> be an urban district as well as an ensemble of landscape features that 
>> comprise a designed landscape, a funerary complex such as at Giza or Saqara 
>> in Egypt, or it could represent spatially dispersed groupings such as 
>> extant segments of an ancient road network or a serial grouping of sites 
>> such as convict sites across Australia (e.g., Australian Convict Sites 
>> World Heritage Listing). These are only a few examples. Our intent with 
>> this graph is to make it as flexible as possible to represent any variety 
>> of Heritage Resource groupings. Also as Adam has said, the idea is that you 
>> can make relationships from a Heritage Resource Group to other Heritage 
>> Resources within your instance of Arches. For example, you could create a 
>> Heritage Resource Group for the Giza funerary complex and within its record 
>> make relationships to the records of individual Heritage Resources that it 
>> is comprised of, such as the Great Sphinx and individual pyramids.
>>
>>  
>>
>> We also expect that Arches implementers will change the 

Re: [Arches] Re: Inputting Point Coordinates in Arches 3 and some other basic questions

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Lucy,

As a concrete thinker with experience writing manuals, perhaps you could 
contribute to Arches' user manual!  I encourage you to review the document 
when it comes out and suggest improvements using your own examples.  I'm 
sure many Arches users would benefit from your experience.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:40:18 AM UTC-7, Lucinda Fletcher-Jones 
wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
> Thank you for your clarification of the terms, the different terms used in 
> the UI and in the resource graphs were a little confusing. I think that it 
> would be a good idea to make them consistent, but I also agree that users 
> are likely to change the labels to suit themselves.
>
> I understand the need to make Arches as flexible as possible and I can 
> understand that this makes creating a user manual difficult! In the past, I 
> have written user manuals myself and would suggest using a variety of 
> concrete examples to help more concrete thinkers. 
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Lucy
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 2:18:20 AM UTC+2, David Myers wrote:
>>
>> Dear Lucy
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'm writing to add to what Adam Cox has said regarding a few of your 
>> questions:
>>
>>  
>>
>> To better understand the default resource types in HIP v1.0, I would 
>> recommend looking in the section of the HIP documentation entitled 
>> "Arches-HIP Data Resources" at:
>>
>>
>> http://arches-hip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/hip-resources/#arches-hip-data-resources
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> This section of the documentation describes the graphs for the 6 default 
>> resource types contained in the HIP. There is actually a bit of 
>> inconsistency between the graph names and user interface (UI) labels for 
>> the two resource types that you have asked about, which could cause some 
>> confusion. The following is how they graph names and UI labels correspond 
>> to each other:
>>
>>  
>>
>> Heritage Resource (Graph) = Historic Resource (UI)
>>
>>  
>>
>> Heritage Resource Group (Graph) = Historic District (UI)
>>
>>  
>>
>> If this is a source of confusion, we may need to look at making those be 
>> in sync. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regarding the first of these, Heritage Resource (Graph), we decided in 
>> the HIP to have one generic or "agnostic" type (rather than separate graphs 
>> for archaeological sites, landscapes, architectural heritage and maritime 
>> heritage as was the case in Arches v1) for several reasons: (1) the 
>> classification of heritage resources varies so much around the world that 
>> we felt that we could not accurately represent the possibilities through 
>> the 4 types included in Arches v1; (2) persons of different specializations 
>> may classify a single heritage resource in multiple ways (e.g., an 
>> architect may classify it as "architectural heritage" and an archaeologist 
>> may classify the same place as "archaeological heritage"), which could lead 
>> to problems with multiple records for a single Heritage Resource under the 
>> approach used in v1. We therefore decided to have one default Heritage 
>> Resource type that would be designed to be as flexible as possible. The new 
>> Reference Data Manager module in Arches v3 also now allows for a more 
>> sophisticated ability to classify or describe Heritage Resources in a 
>> multiplicity of nuanced ways, which we felt made this a viable approach. In 
>> addition, having fewer resource graphs reduces the complexity and need for 
>> maintenance of the software, which is an additional advantage.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regarding the second of these, Heritage Resource Group (Graph), I think 
>> that this term better describes our intent behind this resource type than 
>> the term "Historic District." The Heritage Resource Group resource type is 
>> meant to represent any grouping of multiple Heritage Resources regardless 
>> of their spatial proximity. This could include what would be considered to 
>> be an urban district as well as an ensemble of landscape features that 
>> comprise a designed landscape, a funerary complex such as at Giza or Saqara 
>> in Egypt, or it could represent spatially dispersed groupings such as 
>> extant segments of an ancient road network or a serial grouping of sites 
>> such as convict sites across Australia (e.g., Australian Convict Sites 
>> World Heritage Listing). These are only a few examples. Our intent with 
>> this graph is to make it as flexible as possible to represent any variety 
>> of Heritage Resource groupings. Also as Adam has said, the idea is that you 
>> can make relationships from a Heritage Resource Group to other Heritage 
>> Resources within your instance of Arches. For example, you could create a 
>> Heritage Resource Group for the Giza funerary complex and within its record 
>> make relationships to the records of individual Heritage Resources that it 
>> is comprised of, such as the Great Sphinx and individual pyramids.
>>
>>  
>>
>> We also expect that Arches implementers will change the 

[Arches] Re: Non web based Arches & Arches-HIP

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Mohamed;

Arches is web based and therefore requires a web server and a network for 
http requests.  FYI, with a bit of configuration you can deploy Arches 
behind a firewall if you want, making it a "private" application.

-Dennis

On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:53:28 AM UTC-7, Mohamed Zamdin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if Arches and Arches-HIP can be used as non web based 
> application? If so, can someone help.
>
> Thanks,
> Mohamed
>
>

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[Arches] Re: Georeferencing

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Neil,

Good question.  You haven't done anything wrong, Arches is working as 
intended.  We haven't added the extra step of automatically geocoding 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding) the address you enter in the 
location from because this would require a geocoding service.  

I agree that this would be a very nice addition to Arches, but we just 
haven't included it yet because the leading geocoding services such as 
Google or esri have licensing restrictions or require a payment.  We've 
recently looked at Mapbox as a possible geocoder, but it requires signing 
up for an account (an may also require a purchase).  

FYI, we're also considering using Pelias 
(https://github.com/pelias/pelias), an open source geocoder that could use 
OpenStreetMap data as a geocoding engine for Arches.  Personally, I think 
that this approach would the most flexible and open, but also would require 
you to download a dataset from OpenStreetMap to make it work.  

Once the geocoding service issues are resolved, it would be a pretty easy 
matter to automatically add the resulting geometry to the resource and make 
it viewable in the Map View.

Hope this helps.  

Cheers,

Dennis



On Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 8:11:18 AM UTC-7, Neil Silberman wrote:
>
> Hi All--
>
> I'm working with Angela Labrador to set up Arches for a project. All seems 
> to be working fine, except for this:
>
> When I'm working in the Resource Description Manager --> Resource 
> Description--> Location--> Address field, and I enter a street address, is 
> there any way to have this automatically appear georeferenced in the mapped 
> locations or Map View? Is it supposed to do so? Have we neglected to 
> install something?  All advice appreciated 
>

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[Arches] Re: Localization of Arches 3.0

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Arianit,

Yes, we are thinking of setting up a Transifex project for Arches 3.0. 
 We've confirmed that Arches code with work with Transifex, but we've not 
yet done a full translation for v3.0.  It would be great if you wanted to 
contribute a translation of the UI and work with us on documenting the 
workflow for configuring Arches with the new language.

Cheers,

Dennis 

On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:12:07 AM UTC-7, Arianit Dobroshi wrote:

 Hi, any plans to put Arches 3.0 up for localization on Transifex?

 Regards,
 Arianit


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Re: [Arches] Re: Installing Arches on Win server 64bits

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Joel, Mohamed;

Just wanted to let you know that we're looking at the installation issues 
on Win64.  FYI, we have installed Arches on this platform successfully in 
the past.  We will post updated installation steps once we've resolved the 
issues.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:20:51 AM UTC-7, Joel Aldor wrote:

 Hi Mohamed,

 I gave up. I just installed an Ubuntu VM box on my Windows machine and 
 installed Arches within it. Seems like Arches works well only with Linux.

 Regards,

 Joel
 On Jun 19, 2015 12:41 AM, Mohamed Zamdin fzam...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 Joel I'm facing this same issue, I was wondering if you found a solution? 

 On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 9:50:29 AM UTC-4, Joel Aldor wrote:

 Now I tried to install GEOS (OSGeo4W) using the instructions here: 
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/contrib/gis/install/#windows 
 and I tried to execute the following command on my Windows Powershell and I 
 still get this error below. I have already installed psycopg2 and even 
 checked all the paths and environment variables. I even edited settings.py 
 to explicitly include GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH (instead of GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH) 
 and it's still not working.

 Why is this still happening?

 (env) PS D:\linang\env\scripts\linangapp python manage.py packages -o 
 setup_elasticsearch
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File manage.py, line 28, in module
 execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
   File 
 D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py, line 
 338, in execute_from_command_line
 utility.execute()
   File 
 D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py, line 
 312, in execute
 django.setup()
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py, line 18, in 
 setup
 apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py, line 
 108, in populate
 app_config.import_models(all_models)
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py, line 
 198, in import_models
 self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
   File C:\Python27\Lib\importlib\__init__.py, line 37, in import_module
 __import__(name)
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\models.py, 
 line 41, in module
 class Permission(models.Model):
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py, line 
 139, in __new__
 new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, **kwargs))
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py, line 
 324, in add_to_class
 value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\options.py, 
 line 250, in contribute_to_class
 self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, 
 connection.ops.max_name_length())
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py, line 36, 
 in __getattr__
 return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py, line 240, 
 in __getitem__
 backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
   File D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py, line 111, 
 in load_backend
 return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
   File C:\Python27\Lib\importlib\__init__.py, line 37, in import_module
 __import__(name)
   File 
 D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\db\backends\postgis\base.py,
  
 line 3, in module
 from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import \
   File 
 D:\linang\env\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\postgresql_psycopg2\base.py,
  
 line 20, in module
 raise ImproperlyConfigured(Error loading psycopg2 module: %s % e)
 django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading psycopg2 
 module: DLL load failed: The specified module could
 not be found.

 On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:43:01 PM UTC+8, Joel Aldor wrote:

 Nope. Putting GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't work. Even trying to put it 
 under my system environment variables doesn't work. I execute #6 on the 
 Getting 
 Started http://arches-hip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting-started/ 
 page and now I get this error:

 (ENV) PS D:\Linang\ENV\Scripts\linangapp python manage.py packages -o 
 setup_elasticsearch
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File manage.py, line 28, in module
 execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
   File 
 D:\Linang\ENV\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py, line 
 338, in execute_from_command_line
 utility.execute()
   File 
 D:\Linang\ENV\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py, line 
 312, in execute
 django.setup()
   File D:\Linang\ENV\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py, line 18, 
 in setup
 apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
   File D:\Linang\ENV\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py, line 
 108, in populate
 app_config.import_models(all_models)
   File D:\Linang\ENV\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py, line 
 198, in import_models
 self.models_module = 

[Arches] Re: Use shapefile to replace geometry in existing features.

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Adam,

You've highlighted an interesting use case for Arches.  I agree that 
digitizing geometries from aerial images can only get you so far, and it 
would be great to use geometries from a GIS like ArcGIS or QGIS.

However, I'm not sure that importing a geometry from a shapefile for a 
single instance of a resource is the best approach.  We're currently 
looking at allowing users to drag and drop geometries into Arches via KML, 
gpx (e.g.: GPS files), and geojson.  This approach would still support 
multiple geometry types (point, linestring, polygon) that Arches allows you 
to define for a resource, which a shapefile (that can only support one 
geometry type) couldn't do.

I think that this approach does what you're hoping to achieve: allow an 
Arches data editor to easily add better, more accurate geometry 
representations on a resource by resource basis.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 1:04:43 PM UTC-8, Adam Cox wrote:

 Hi all, I know this comes on the heels of the new information about the 
 shapefile upload process, which looks great, but I thought I'd also throw 
 this idea out there that I had a while ago:

 Issue:  Highly accurate coordinates (or complex) geometries for resources 
 are hard to get by digitizing from aerial photography through the web-map, 
 because you are at the mercy of the accuracy and resolution of the 
 imagery/basemap you are using.  However, the ability to create new 
 resources through the web-map interface is one of arches' greatest 
 strengths (in my opinion) because you use the correct forms/vocabulary and 
 anyone can do it from anywhere.

 Potential Solution:  To allow for an existing resource's geometry, whether 
 line, point, or polygon, to be completely replaced with the geometry from a 
 shapefile (or other spatial format).  That way, someone could add resources 
 with passable, placeholder geometry and they would be fully functional 
 resources in the database.  Later, the geometry could be replaced with 
 better geometry, created in ArcMap/QGIS, received from a park or other 
 entity, etc.  An example would be creating points for each building in a 
 neighborhood and having people enter info/photos through the web-map. 
  Later, a shapefile of building footprints could be used to update the 
 geometry.  Or, another example, create a point for a road, which would be a 
 stand-in until a good centerline is obtained from elsewhere.

 Anyway, it's a thought, and there may be related concepts in place that 
 I'm unaware of.




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[Arches] Re: Using Search in Arches V3

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Lucy,

Arches should be able to return the site name even if you don't include the 
leading apostrophe.  As for special characters, Arches uses UTF-8 encoding, 
so it should be able to process characters on your keyboard.

-Dennis

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 5:10:12 AM UTC-8, Lucy FJ wrote:


 I have a question about using the search function in Release 3, which may 
 be daft but I just wanted to check. 
 I understand from the Information Session in Cyprus in November that the 
 search function is going to be as similar to Google as possible. Does this 
 mean, for example that if I enter the resource site name * Abu Hawr *in 
 the search field it will pick up the site with the primary name* 'Abu 
 Hawr (with the apostrophe at the beginning,) *or would we need to add a 
 resource alternative name *Abu Hawr. *

 Also have our database initially into Excel which enables us to input 
 special characters which are not on a regular keyboard. When inputting into 
 Arches, presumably we can only copy and paste these names unless we have 
 the appropriate keyboard or will the new UI enable special characters to be 
 input? 

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[Arches] Re: Arches Version 3 Release Date

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Lucy,

Glad to hear that the Theban Mapping Project are interested in Arches.  We 
are aiming for a late February release for version 3 of Arches, 

Cheers,

Dennis

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 1:26:19 AM UTC-8, Lucy FJ wrote:



  Having been to the information session in November and looked at the 
 screen shots, we at the Theban Mapping Project are looking forward to the 
 Release of V3 Arches.  To help with our planning, could you tell us roughly 
 when in February Arches will be ready, would it be at the beginning or the 
 end of the month? 

 Thank you very much 

 Lucy


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Re: [Arches] coordinate format used in Arches

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Lucy,

Yes, by default Arches assumes coordinates are formatted as longitude, 
latitude.  

Cheers,

Dennis




On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 11:28:45 PM UTC-8, Lucy FJ wrote:

 Hi Adam,

 I have a further question on the coordinates format in Arches. 
 In Version 3 Arches, I understand we will be able to input our own 
 coordinates, will these coordinates also need to be input in the order 
 longitude, Latitude? 

 Thank you very much. 


 On Friday, October 17, 2014 6:58:40 PM UTC+2, Adam Lodge wrote:

 Hi Eloise,

 It should be in this order: (Longitude, Latitude)

 Also, remember that Arches expects all of the coordinates to be in 
 latitude/longitude WGS84.

 Adam

 On Oct 17, 2014 9:14 AM, Eloise Stancioff cesta...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello,

 I was wondering if the order of the coordinates had a particular order? I 
 am inquiring specifically about the ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISION AUTHORITY 
 DOCUMENT.values.csv file found in the CDS authority files. 

 I entered the first set of the coordinates found in CDS in that file - 
 and I landed in the ocean. 
 -1.577768 54.326268

 If I reverse the coordinate order that is given in the file to 54.326268 
 -1.577768 , I land in the UK, which is the right location. 

 I was wondering if this is correct? 

 Thank you 
 Sincerely,
 Eloise

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[Arches] Re: AWS Arches_Seed2 AMI

[Dennis Wuthrich]

 

Joon,

We haven’t made an AMI for Arches v2 available, and the previous ami (for 
v1) is now out of date.

There’s a fair bit of work required to maintain an up-to-date ami image, 
and as the dev team for Arches, we’ve decided that we’d prefer to put our 
efforts towards enhancing Arches and let others take on the care and 
feeding of an AMI.

Cheers,

Dennis

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:54:30 AM UTC-7, Joon Kim wrote:

 I've been reading the installation section and found that AWS AMI is 
 available.
 However, I do not see when I search for Arches.
 Has the community image been taken out of the available AMIs on AWS?
 Could anyone help me with this?
 Thanks,

 Joon


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[Arches] Re: Metadata

[Dennis Wuthrich]

Hi Brian,

Welcome to the Arches forum.

Good question on record-level metadata.  At the moment, you would need to 
edit the graphs to support the kind of metadata (e.g.: accuracy of 
geometries) that you are talking about.

We are starting to think about record-level metadata for an upcoming 
version of Arches (specifically for images and documents), so it would be 
good to hear what your particular requirements are.

FYI, we're looking at Dublin Core for the image/document metadata...

Cheers,

Dennis

On Thursday, February 6, 2014 7:43:47 AM UTC-8, Brian Crane wrote:

 Is there a way to capture/report metadata associated with the records? I'm 
 particularly thinking about mapping methods used to record site location 
 and estimates of completeness and accuracy.


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