Archaeological Survey Supported by Mobile GIS

An Open Source Rich Client Solution for Archaeological Mobile Gis

A Rich Client solution based on Open Source technologies has been implemented in order to realize a mobile GIS application for the exploration of archaeological data.The solution, named RiCOMGIS, is divided in two separate modules: MapGenerator and FrontEnd Producer. MapGenerator acts as the server-side GIS part of RiCOMGIS. It is basically a Java application ad hoc implemented, which makes use...

Conceptual data modelling in an archaeological GIS

Recent discussion of archaeological GIS method and theory has centred around a debate concerning the use of the technology. This paper argues that key problems in this debate can be overcome by looking at how data are defined and structured with regards to the overall project. It specifically deals with two points. First, that an appropriate theoretical framework needs to be developed and that ...

A Web Gis for Promoting Archaeological Assets

Recently, the challenge of making geographic data available for analysis tasks also on the Internet has motivated the development of Web Geographic Information Systems (Web GIS). This term is referred to all the software products and services that allow geographic information to be accessed in different ways, by adopting Web technology. In this paper we describe a Web GIS developed for handling...

University of California Archaeological Survey

Quality Assurance in Archaeological Survey

To have confidence in the results of an archaeological survey, whether for heritage management or research objectives, we must have some assurance that the survey was carried out to a reasonably high standard. This paper discusses the use of Quality Assurance (QA) approaches and empirical methods for estimating surveys' effectiveness at discovering archaeological artifacts as a means for ensuri...