ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, Fall 2006
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2006 ESRI International User Conference Review
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Latest News
Welcome to the Fall 2006 issue of ESRI Archaeology and GIS News, a quarterly newsletter for and about the many resources available to the ESRI archaeology and GIS user community.
In This Issue
Call for Papers
2007 ESRI International User Conference
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 20, 2006
ESRI software users are eligible to present papers and give project updates at the ESRI International User Conference.
All users who give paper presentations at the conference can have them published on the Web and in the conference proceedings on CD–ROM. Log in and submit your abstract.
View session tracks and descriptions.
Submit your Archaeology and GIS paper in the Archaeology Track!
2007 Meeting of The American Association of Geographers (AAG)
Session Title: Historical GIS: Reconstructing Early American Settlement Patterns
Session Theme: Few large-scale maps exist depicting historical settings of past neighborhoods in America. While surveys of individual tracts of land in the original 13 colonies often survive, cadastral maps that situate parcels in relation to each other are rare. GIS technology offers one method for consolidating and presenting evidence of site-specific historical spatial data, often culled from archival material and historical accounts. Geographers, historians, genealogists, information scientists, and a variety of allied disciplines could benefit from lessons learned from those currently employing a GIS, or related computer technology, for visually reconstructing 17th- and 18th-century environments in America.
Papers in this session should address the challenge of historical geomatics, the art, science, and technologies related to the management of geographically referenced information. Of interest are the activities involved with acquiring and analyzing localized spatial data; characteristics of the source material consulted; and methods for managing, sharing, and preserving the resulting digital media (e.g., GIS maps, supporting image files, documentation, and databases). Although this session aims to focus on the activities of reconstructing cadastral surveys, it welcomes contributions related to modernizing early explorers’ surveys, hydrographic surveys, administrative boundary shifts, or similar historic conditions previously unmapped in a digital format.
Submit a brief abstract (250 words or less) no later than October 23, 2006, to Mary B. Ruvane. You do not have to be a member of the AAG to participate. Accepted contributors will need to register and submit their abstracts for the conference by October 25 unless the AAG extends the deadline.
Coordinators
Dr. Ian Gregory, Digital Humanities-Department of History, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England.
Mary B. Ruvane, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
No Cost ESRI Software, Documentation, How-tos, and Tools
Plot, Locate, and View U.S. National Grid Coordinates
These tools are a no cost add-on for ArcGIS Desktop 9.1 and allow you to plot a national grid on a map, locate coordinates on a map and zoom in to that area of interest, and view multiple coordinate systems such as the Universal Transverse Mercator and the National Grid. The tools support needs for a coordinate system that can be standardized across multiple agencies.
Repeating Shapes Tool
This no cost tool is an extension that divides the landscape into repeating geometric shapes, which is useful for developing systematic sampling designs.
National Park Service AlaskaPak for ArcGIS v1.0
These no cost tools are for use with ESRI ArcGIS 9 and add to the functionality of ArcMap by providing tools for many common tasks performed by resource managers, GIS technicians, and scientists. A help file is included.
Viewing Link for ArcGIS and Access
Updated February 2005, ArcGIS to Access Link v1.0 for ArcGIS 9 SP2 and Access 2002/2003 connects spatial data in ArcGIS with tabular data in an Access database, allowing you to view selected data in either program’s format. This is a free National Park Service tool.
Data, Maps, and Models
National Agricultural Imagery Program
This is a great source of one- or two-meter resolution, compressed county mosaics and quarter quadrangle tiles imagery. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sells National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery on its Web site, but you can download most of the NAIP imagery by checking with state GIS portals. For example, in Colorado, the 2005 Colorado NAIP compressed county mosaics are available via FTP; ZIP files are named by county and sized at less than 4 GB.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Geospatial Gateway
U.S. Department of Agriculture and public domain (Federal Emergency Management Agency , United States Geological Survey, U.S. Census Bureau) data is available for download.
Stanford University GIS Data Resources
This site provides links to archaeology GIS data sources and state, U.S., and international data sources.
Books, Articles, and More
GIS and Archaeological Site Location Modeling
This 2005 book by Mark W. Mehrer and Konnie L. Wescott discusses GIS technology and site location predictive modeling.
Improving Field Mapping Efficiency with Mobile GIS and Digital Photomapping
To maximize on-site mapping efficiency and minimize the need for follow-up fieldwork, an engineering firm combines all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-mounted mobile GIS and digital photographic mapping technology to embed GPS-stamped field photos into the layers of its deliverable GIS products.
Tribal GIS Team Supports Land Management
Residents of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in California use GIS to manage tribal lands including areas of cultural and historic importance and biological and hydrological resources.
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and GIS 2 GPS Team
Educational opportunity for historic architectural/archaeological and GIS students to participate in updating the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency’s Historic Architectural/Archaeological GIS, which lists all the state’s sites, buildings, structures, and objects having historical significance.
Students Apply GIS to Locate Historical Gravesites
High school students apply GIS to historical cemetery relocation reconstruction in Lewiston, Idaho.
U.S. Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites
Explore the National Geographic interactive map of more than 5,200 U.S. Civil War battlefields and historic sites, see detailed descriptions of 384 major battlefields, and view the 25 most endangered sites.
Training
ArcGIS 9.2—Information on No Cost ArcGIS 9.2 Seminars in 46 States
ESRI is hosting a series of free live seminars to introduce ArcGIS 9.2. For more information, download the seminar series brochure [PDF-1.27 MB].
For more on new features, see What's Coming in ArcGIS 9.2.
New ESRI Training and Education Web Site
This new Web site provides all training-related information. Find information on:
- Instructor-led training
- Web-based training
- Courses
- Learning centers
- Class schedules
- Course recommendations
- Comprehensive library of GIS literature
Complete List of No Cost ESRI Training Seminar Downloads
Recordings of ESRI workshops and no cost live training seminars are available for download at this location.
Understanding Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS 9
This no cost seminar introduces the spatial statistics tools included as core functionality with ArcGIS 9.
Geoprocessing Using ModelBuilder
This is a no cost seminar for ArcGIS Desktop users who want to use ModelBuilder to make their geoprocessing tasks more streamlined and efficient.
Editing in ArcGIS 9: Tips and Tricks
This seminar offers no cost tips and tricks for working with editing tools and sketches to construct vector geometry.
About Archaeology and GIS News
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