THE MIDDLE EASTERN GEODATABASE FOR ANTIQUITIES (MEGA) An Open Source GIS-Based Heritage Site Inventory and Management System
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The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and World Monuments Fund (WMF) are collaboratively developing for the international heritage field an open source, web-based GIS purpose-built for inventorying and managing immovable cultural heritage. GCI-WMF will release an “alpha” version of the Arches system as an open source project in December 2012, and a more advanced “beta” version in spring 2013. ...
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