6th April 2009, 07:31 AM
All going along nicely..as a piece of fun...
However, has anyone got any constructive comments about the sites? :face-huh:
As to me posting on Britarch... stopped my account after some personal attacks.
I disagree with the records only theory... I may as well read a shopping list or dictionary. it i context, story, gentle guidance to trails and interpretation while still keeping the sense of personal investigation.
Taking Cheshire for example.. there are great sections..
Places to visit (however a bit more than the SMR entry would be useful) the fact sheets are not bad either. In East Lothian, we created 2 Heritage Explorer Maps, covering Prehistoric to 1500 and 1500 ? present. Picking out over 150 sites to visit with descriptions and directions within themes. Anyway?.
This next bit is true of most online SMR/HERs
Just the records that you have to open one at a time, yawn? then see where it was found, then click back? then search, then
The Cheshire system I have to select from a vast list of items.. (all FISH compliant.. all MIDAS terms etc? but to the user.. whats all this then? )
Surrey has it not bad at all .. with a decent map attached to the record, but again? I want to ?see? all axes from the bronze age.. not have to go through each one in turn.
Think about it? at the council office, you have a GIS system that you can interrogate? so why put this strait jacket on data when translating it online.
Who is the user? Is it a professional (should they be?) is it an amateur researcher? A school? A person looking at their locality? A nighthawk? What info do you need? What don?t you?
Many HERs allow search by HER number?. If you know that? do you not already know about it? Perhaps its just me? though how I would know about MEL13546 without knowing what sort of site it is, where it is and what its called baffles me.. #61514;
Come and give comment?. Its all useful
Mapping is getting better.. but in reality this is the weakest spot on all ... I want to be able to look for roman forts... and then match that against another layer with medieval villages.. and see the connection (or not)
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
However, has anyone got any constructive comments about the sites? :face-huh:
As to me posting on Britarch... stopped my account after some personal attacks.
I disagree with the records only theory... I may as well read a shopping list or dictionary. it i context, story, gentle guidance to trails and interpretation while still keeping the sense of personal investigation.
Taking Cheshire for example.. there are great sections..
Places to visit (however a bit more than the SMR entry would be useful) the fact sheets are not bad either. In East Lothian, we created 2 Heritage Explorer Maps, covering Prehistoric to 1500 and 1500 ? present. Picking out over 150 sites to visit with descriptions and directions within themes. Anyway?.
This next bit is true of most online SMR/HERs
Just the records that you have to open one at a time, yawn? then see where it was found, then click back? then search, then
The Cheshire system I have to select from a vast list of items.. (all FISH compliant.. all MIDAS terms etc? but to the user.. whats all this then? )
Surrey has it not bad at all .. with a decent map attached to the record, but again? I want to ?see? all axes from the bronze age.. not have to go through each one in turn.
Think about it? at the council office, you have a GIS system that you can interrogate? so why put this strait jacket on data when translating it online.
Who is the user? Is it a professional (should they be?) is it an amateur researcher? A school? A person looking at their locality? A nighthawk? What info do you need? What don?t you?
Many HERs allow search by HER number?. If you know that? do you not already know about it? Perhaps its just me? though how I would know about MEL13546 without knowing what sort of site it is, where it is and what its called baffles me.. #61514;
Come and give comment?. Its all useful
Mapping is getting better.. but in reality this is the weakest spot on all ... I want to be able to look for roman forts... and then match that against another layer with medieval villages.. and see the connection (or not)
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli