ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, Spring 2008

Welcome to ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, a quarterly newsletter about the many resources available to the ESRI archaeology and GIS user community.

In This Issue

• ESRI Software Documentation and Tools
• Data, Maps, and Models
• Books, Articles, and More
• ESRI Conference Papers in Archaeology

ESRI Software Documentation and Tools

Python Expressions and Code Blocks [PDF]
Article instructions explain how to modify the Calculate Field and Calculate Value tools in ArcGIS 9.2 using Python scripting language.

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Data, Maps, and Models

Pennsylvania Historical Aerial Photography
Stereo aerial photography taken in Pennsylvania between the 1930s and 1970s is included. Instructions explain how to save the data at the highest resolution. Images are not georeferenced, but you can use the Georeferencing toolbar.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Charts

• NOAA Coast Survey Nautical Charts
• NOAA Electronic Navigational Chart Data Handler for ArcView
• NOAA Raster Navigational Charts
• NOAA Electronic Navigational Chart Direct to GIS Data Download

National Historical Geographic Information System
This is a no-cost download of GIS-ready aggregate census data and county boundary files for United States geography between 1790 and 2000.

Gloucestershire County Council Archaeological Sites Database
Southwest England county's GIS-based sites and monuments record is available.

Texas GIS Data and Data Sources
This consists of University of Texas sources for datasets for major Texas cities with links to other data sources.

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Books, Articles, and More

Geospatial Methods for Historical Research and Teaching
A new ESRI Press book, Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship, offers case studies and essays on key issues involving historical GIS.

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation
This links to an article on how the Oklahoma-based Citizen Potawatomi Nation incorporated GIS into its government structure and services to understand tribal holdings and support planning.

GIS Modules for Introductory-Level Liberal Arts Courses
This article describes the Academic Excellence and Geographic Information Systems (AEGIS) project. The project's goal is to help integrate GIS technology into student studies and careers.

Mobile Data Collection: Adapx Data Capture Pen
This article is about a new digital pen that converts handwritten forms, field journal notes, sketches, and comments into digital data and transfers the data to a computer via a USB port.

Modeling Archaeological Sensitivity
This methodology discussion covers using GIS to develop an archaeological sensitivity map of Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

Alachua County Historic Structures GIS
This is a no-cost, downloadable multimedia application on a historic structures information system in Alachua County, Florida, with live mapping capabilities, help, and tutorial support. The system includes videos of historic county structures.

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences GIS Cookbook
This collection of descriptions and illustrations of GIS methods (ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS 8.x/9.x) is written with minimal GIS jargon. Target users are social scientists with an interest in introducing spatial thinking into their research.

Classics - Contributions to Spatial Thinking
The Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences collection of papers considered to be major contributors to spatial thinking in the social sciences before 1980 is included.

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ESRI Conference Papers in Archaeology

Read archaeology papers presented at the 2007 ESRI International User Conference. Papers from 2000 to 2006 are also available.

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About Archaeology and GIS News
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