05-24-2006, 11:46 PM
Ummm...
A while back I offered use of my GIS software licences for RAT. It does have the capability to link images and scanned papers to to a spatial entity, as well as normal database tables. There is the potential for creating a seperate map theme for helmets, beltpates, or any classification of artifacts. Each theme would contain a table of descriptive attributes. Other themes, which can be turned off an on by the viewer, would include forts and any descriptive attributes, like unit affiliation, roads and whatnot. Hydrology, Topography, aireal photos, etc. Scale and resolution are issues, but can be nested, i.e. a map theme of the Danube shows forts. As you zoom in the floor plan of the fort turns on. This depends on availabe data of course.
The main software holds and edits data, (Arc/Info PC, ArcView 9). There is a free download viewer called Arc Explorer that viewers coud use for analysis purposes and for creating maps, etc.
ESRI licences the Arc/zinfo and ArcView stuff and has offices world wide. Check out the GIS capabilities at the local site for your country or region by running a Google search.
Ralph Izard
A while back I offered use of my GIS software licences for RAT. It does have the capability to link images and scanned papers to to a spatial entity, as well as normal database tables. There is the potential for creating a seperate map theme for helmets, beltpates, or any classification of artifacts. Each theme would contain a table of descriptive attributes. Other themes, which can be turned off an on by the viewer, would include forts and any descriptive attributes, like unit affiliation, roads and whatnot. Hydrology, Topography, aireal photos, etc. Scale and resolution are issues, but can be nested, i.e. a map theme of the Danube shows forts. As you zoom in the floor plan of the fort turns on. This depends on availabe data of course.
The main software holds and edits data, (Arc/Info PC, ArcView 9). There is a free download viewer called Arc Explorer that viewers coud use for analysis purposes and for creating maps, etc.
ESRI licences the Arc/zinfo and ArcView stuff and has offices world wide. Check out the GIS capabilities at the local site for your country or region by running a Google search.
Ralph Izard
