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1 GIS Applications in Professional Archaeology John McCarthy MPhil MIfA 28th September 2012

2 Educational Charity UK-wide 125 staff Coastal & Marine/Heritage Time Team

3 Heritage Objectives 1. Avoidance project design/micrositing 2. Mitigation works fieldwork/recording 3. Positive impacts - research

4 Standards and Legislation Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) EU Directive on EIA Marine Act 2010 Professional standards (IfA/HS/EH etc)

5 GIS Hardware/Software in Wessex ArcGIS 9.3/10 + other 25 floating licences Dedicated workstations GIS Databanks

6 GIS Applications in Wessex Field Data Capture Data synthesis Spatial Analysis Graphic outputs Training

7 Field Data Capture EDM/GNSS Surveys Mobile GIS DIVA St. Abb s Head geophysical survey

8 Wessex Archaeology Heathrow Terminal 5

9 ramearch.co.uk/t5/data-downloads/

10 PDA Low cost + portable Basic positioning Data capture + access

11 Smartphone ArcGIS Online GPS capable Data access and creation Basemapping

12 DIVA - Diver Tracking Real-time tracking Accurate Recording Control + Safety Background data

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15 Spatial Data Collation Scottish Marine Data Audit Characterising Scotland's Marine Archaeological Resource Palaeolandscapes Audit

16 National Library of Scotland 1st + 2nd ed OS maps Multispectral coverage

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18 Data Synthesis for planning Desk-Based Assessment Environmental Impact Assessment Strategic Environmental Assessment

19 Synthesis of defined sources Historic Environment Records Remote Sensing Environmental data (cores, samples, logs) Ethnohistorical (museums, archives) Community sources Published Sources Cartographic Sources Web resources Field Data

20 GIS Heritage Data Providers

21 Data Workflow for planning studies Collate Synthesise Geodatabase Gazetteer Shapefiles Graphics

22 Spatial Data Analysis Georeferencing/Accuracy Analysis Viewshed analysis Interpolation Raster-Based Analysis

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24 Rubha an Fhaing Dhuibh

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26 c. 2,000 images 40 Million points + 50 metres diameter

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29 RMSE: cm

30 Viewsheds ( ZTI / ZTV ) Setting impacts Based on Elevation Versatile technique Only a model

31 Viewsheds ( ZTI / ZTV ) Visible / Not Visible

32 Cumulative Viewsheds WHEATLEY D. 1995, Cumulative Viewshed Analysis: a GIS-based method for investigating intervisibility, and its archaeological application

33 Intervisibility between Walsh castles in the Derrylacky valley. No views outside valley. Few views to non- Walsh castles. Highest values at lip of valley.

34 Visibility/Prominence

35 Havant Landscape Sensitivity Assessment

36 Interpolation (topography) Allean Cottages ringfort, Loch Tummel

37 Interpolation (topography)

38 Tidal correction (date needed) Map coords Transform WGS84 > UTM30N Interpolation Symbolise Contour

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41 Olympic Park

42 Late Pleistocene topography and palaeo-channels

43 Olympic Park

44 2,700 12,500 4,000 6,000 10,000 8,000 BP BP Raster-based Analysis RSL Factors Isostasy Eustasy Bathymetry Deposition/ Erosion England s Historic Seascapes: Liverpool Bay

45 WA Training and GIS services Short Courses GIS Outsourcing Project Specific Commissions

46 Issues Data providers staff + services Software + Data costs Decentralised data Trained graduates Collaboration

47 Take home message Heritage data - Geographic character Core skill Range of skill levels Growth Area Varied and Rewarding

48 Thanks for watching John McCarthy Wessex Archaeology For more information see

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