Hi David,

thanks for sharing this. I thing that it is quite effective in its
simple form. A map of the place would help, though, especially with the
indication of where the visitor is at each step. What do you think?

Kind regards, Cristiano

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> Dear all,
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> I've copied this announcement to a number of lists, but I think this will be of particular interest to "Britarch Education".
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> All best wishes,
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> The ADS and the University of Leicester are pleased to announce the launch of the "Virtual Walkabout" http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/walkabout/index.cfm
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> Based on an original idea by archaeologists in Leicester University, the "Virtual Walkabout" contains three elements: an archive of images from the henge complexes at Avebury and Beaghmore ordered into walking tours of the sites (the Walkabouts); a tool that allows for the creation of more image archives from sites (the Walkabout Generator); and a tutorial for students who can use the Virtual Walkabout concept to support their own fieldwork training (the Walkabout Tutorial) .
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> The "Virtual Walkabout" archives contain a series of still, 2-dimensional photographic images that collectively try to express the experience of walking round an archaeological site or monument. The images are presented in their Virtual order from a given point of departure, and are connected by a series of moves, forwards, backwards, pan left, pan right, step left or step right. The user of a walkabout archive can replicate walking around an archaeological landscape: walking up an avenue, around a carved stone or from one site to another. In this way it is possible to use simple 2 dimensional images to imitate the experience of visiting an archaeological site.
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> Though based on a site, monument or landscape, the walkabout could also be used to express any series of relationships between images that exist on a single 2 dimensional plane, such as might be taken of buildings, artefacts or artwork.
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> Each walkabout consists of 3 sets of images at different resolutions: a small "thumbnail" image, a medium sized view and a full sized master copy.
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> In addition, the Virtual Walkabout includes a generator tool which can be used to generate walkabouts from any archaeological site, provided the images are arranged, processed and indexed as appropriate.
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> The Walkabout Generator is supported by a  tutorial which is intended to encourage students to undertake their own simple fieldwork project and presents many of the common problems that fieldworkers face but which students often overlook.  It is designed to give students a practical fieldwork project which they can complete with minimal supervision in limited time, preparing them for more sustained fieldwork projects.  The tutorial should best as a small group exercise within a larger fieldwork module.
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> Lecturers and tutors are invited to use the walkabout to prepare students for field work. Students and those using the walkabout are encouraged to submit their own "Virtual Walkabouts" for possible archiving with the ADS.
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> The Virtual Walkabout derives from an original idea of Prof Clive Ruggles who provided the initial set of images from the sites of Beaghmore and Avebury. The tools and tutorial presented here were devised by Dr Michael Reynier while in the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology. Technical support and design was provided by Jo Clarke of the ADS. The project was funded by the University of Leicester.
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> William
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