Thursday, August 11, 2011

2 new atlases

The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land
http://daahl.ucsd.edu/DAAHL/
interfaces with Google Maps. It:

...brings together experts in information technology including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the archaeology of the Holy Land (modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, southern Lebanon, Syria and the Sinai Peninsula) to create the first on-line digital atlas of the region held sacred to the three great monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Using the power of spatial information systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth, GIS, the tens of thousands of recorded archaeological sites for the region - from the remote prehistoric periods to the early 20th century - will be entered into a comprehensive database along with site maps, photographs and artifacts. The historical and archaeological content for this project will be developed by a team of over 30 international scholars working in the region, helping to provide the data used to create the Atlas. This website and its content will serve as the prototype "knowledge node" of a more comprehensive Digital Archaeological Atlas Network for the Mediterranean region.

ArchAtlas
http://www.archatlas.dept.shef.ac.uk/Home.php
consists of a journal, themes, and an atlas relating to archaeology around the globe, using Google Earth.

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