All
ADS have launched an archive of excavation photos taken during
developer-funded fieldwork undertaken by Wessex Archaeology.
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/wessex_images/
Wessex Archaeology <http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/> , in collaboration
with the Archaeology Data Service and in partnership with the historic
environment services of Wiltshire County Council
<http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planninganddevelopment/ourplanningservices/
conservationhistoricenv.htm> and Hampshire County Council
<http://www3.hants.gov.uk/landscape-and-heritage/historic-environment> ,
Hampshire Museum Service <http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum.htm> ,
Wiltshire Heritage Museum <http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/> and
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
<http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/> , has used digital photography as
the sole means of producing a photographic record of selected historic
environment projects in the two counties over the last year.
This trial was initiated in recognition that analogue photography is a
diminishing technology and that digital photography and associated
technologies bring many benefits especially in terms of accessibility.
This outcome has been achieved through the creation of this digital
photograhic archive service by the ADS, which also secures the long term
preservation of the photographic archive. This service is integrated
with OASIS <http://www.oasis.ac.uk/> , which presents project
information in the normal manner, but also provides access to the
digital photographic dataset where uploaded images can be searched,
browsed and downloaded via this online image archive. There is scope to
enhance and develop the service in the future but it already achieves a
level of accessibility to project photographic images that was
unachieveable with analogue photography. It provides the means by which
the use of digital photography can become the standard for historic
environment projects.
David
David Dawson
Director, WANHS
Wiltshire Heritage Museum <http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/>
41 Long Street
Devizes
SN10 1NS
Telephone: 01380 727369
The Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Library are owned and operated by the
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (WANHS). Funding
comes primarily from private sources, but also through annual grants
from Wiltshire Council, Devizes Town Council and parish councils, as
well as other sources for specific projects.
Nothing in this e-mail message amounts to a contractual or any other
legal commitment on the part of the WANHS unless confirmed by a signed
communication on official paper.
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www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk.
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