ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, June 2006
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Welcome to the June 2006 issue of ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, a periodic newsletter for and about the ESRI archaeology and GIS user community. Future issues will be published on a quarterly basis, beginning with fourth quarter 2006.
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In This Issue
Data, Maps, and Models
Library of Scanned Historic Map Images
The University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castañeda Library
Space Imaging Gallery: Ancient Observatories
IKONOS satellite images of 13 ancient astronomical observatories
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Ordnance Survey Ireland, Ireland’s National Mapping Agency, offers a digital image archive of historical map dating from 1837 to 1913 including early hand-drawn maps.
Egyptologists: Theban Necropolis
A preliminary version of the online GIS of the Theban Necropolis database
Archaeological Sites in Jordan
This Arizona State University page provides links to maps and data on archaeological sites in Jordan. The menu provides access by larger time periods and by subperiod.
ESRI Software Documentation, How-to, and Tools
Crime Analysis Spatial Extension from Crime Mapping Analysis Program
From this site you can download Crime Analysis Spatial Extension (CASE) for ArcGIS 9.1, CASE for ArcGIS 9, CASE for ArcGIS 8, and the CASE Analysts Guide (in PDF format). CASE is an adaptation of the original Animal Movement Extension developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and widely used for crime analysis.
OLE Links ArcMap Feature to Access Form Record
ArcMap example module that hot links the selected layer record to the corresponding Access database form record. This allows selection of features in ArcMap and performance of table editing operations in Access forms.
Advanced Python Demos and Slides Toolbox
Download demos from the ESRI Advanced Scripting Technical Workshop. Scripts automate tasks, such as data conversion, or generate geodatabases and can be run from their scripting application or added to a toolbox.
Where to Find Base Data
National Historical Geographic Information System
The National Historical Geographic Information System is a project that aims to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000.
Global Land Cover Facility, SRTM Terrain Model Downloads
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale using a radar system onboard the space shuttle Endeavour in February 2000. The result is a high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth.
Washington State Architectural and Archaeological Registry
Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data allows users to search for more than 1,800 state and national register properties via a map or text query.
Accessing Environmental Archaeology Data for Research
A case study that references Web links to environmental archaeology data in England
Upcoming Conferences
First International Summer School in Landscape Archaeology and Computer Applications
July 10–29, 2006, Rome, Italy
Angkor—Landscape, City, and Temple
July 18–23, 2006, Sydney, Australia
Sixth Annual ESRI Education User Conference
August 5–8, 2006, San Diego, California
Twenty-Sixth Annual ESRI International User Conference
August 7–11, 2006, San Diego, California
Cultural Heritage and New Technologies
October 18–20, 2006, Vienna, Austria
Computer Application and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
April 2–6, 2007, Berlin, Germany
The world’s largest conference on computers and archaeology opens registration July 1, 2006.
Books, Papers, Images, and More
ArcNews Features GIS in Archaeology and Linguistics
Scroll down the Spring 2006 ArcNews Online Web page to find links to five archaeology/historic preservation articles in the GIS for Archaeological Database and Model Management section. The GIS in Action section contains links to two articles on using GIS to document linguistics data or go directly to each article:
MoRAP Project: GIS Capture of Missouri Archaeology
The Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP) project has created a geodatabase of known areas of historic significance in the state of Missouri. The site includes a link to a description of the GIS data layer development for the project.
Ancient Egypt Research Associates
Official Web site of Ancient Egypt Research Associates highlights the Giza Plateau Mapping Project.
ESRI User Conference Papers in Archaeology
Link to Archaeology Papers for ESRI User Conferences, 2000–2005.
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