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Dear all This is an interesting development for us archaeologists! David David Dawson ICT Adviser Please note new contact details:- Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries Fifth Floor, 19-29 Woburn Place London WC1H 0LU email: [log in to unmask] tel: 020 7273 8757 (direct line) www.resource.gov.uk www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: William Kilbride [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 23 June 2000 16:44 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: New search options with ArchSearch > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: New search options with ArchSearch > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:39:17 +0100 > From: afa2 <[log in to unmask]> > > The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) has taken its first steps in > providing spatial searching of its on-line catalogue of 300,000 records. > > Users of ArchSearch can now define geographical areas using national > grid referencing schemes such as the Ordnance Survey (OS) and Ordnance > Survey Ireland (OSI). Map references for the southwest and northeast > corners of an area of interest are entered in a simple form. Thus it is > now possible to examine the wider context of a site of interest or to > look at spatial distributions within specified areas. > > A number of other spatial interfaces are currently under development by > the ADS. It is planned to release clickable map searching later in the > summer. Consideration is also being given to the usability and > functionality of Web-GIS. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Tony Austin http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/staff.html > Computing Officer > Archaeology Data Service > The King's Manor > York > YO1 7EP > UK > phone +44 (0)1904-433975 > fax +44(0)1904-433939 > http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ > ______________________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%