Doing more with data

Peter McKeague

Every year archaeologists create a wealth of data about Scotland's heritage but are we realising its potential?  This event explores some ongoing projects aimed at creating added value from data.
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Historic Environment Scotland, Archaeology Scotland and the Archaeology Data Service are working together to streamline reporting processes though a combined Discovery and Excavation in Scotland / OASIS form. Come and have a sneak preview of the new form and find out how reporting your project online can help answer questions in the Regional Research Frameworks developed by ScARF.
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Although archaeology relies heavily on location, we consistently fail to realise the potential of the spatial data we collect. This data is all too often fossilised in the pages of a PDF making it difficult to reuse – particularly in a GIS. The benefits of, as well as the barriers to, taking a fresh approach to reporting spatial data are discussed and participants are encouraged to share their views.  
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Following an update on archiving at HES, we will look at doing more with existing data sources. The House Age Project explores automatically extracting building footprints from digital copies of historic OS maps. The RAMP project discusses using the Scottish Government Airborne Laser Scanning data to identify archaeological features through the Rapid Archaeological Mapping Programme.
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10:30 - 11:00 Teas and coffees available
11:00 – 11:10 Introduction –Peter McKeague (HES)
11:10 – 12:00 Redeveloping DES and OASIS - Tim Evans (Archaeology Data Service)
12:00- 12-30 Updates on Regional Research Frameworks – Helen Spencer (ScARF)
12:30- 12:45 discussion
12:45 -13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Towards a Spatial Data Infrastructure for Archaeology – Peter McKeague (HES)
14:00 - 14:15 Discussion
14:15 - 14:45 Archives update – Hannah Smith (HES)
14:45 - 15:10 House Age Project – Marguerite Le Riche (Registers of Scotland) / Mike Middleton (HES)
15:10 - 15:40 – RAMP, working with Airborne Laser Scanning data - Lukasz Banaszek (HES)
15:45 - 16:00 Discussion
This event is supported by The Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts and Humanities Research workshop funding.

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