Ed wrote
"Can I ask if it is common for external contractors to supply GIS data to
SMRs? What sort of data is being supplied? Individual site surveys? Thematic
digitisation of particular types of site? Its an area I hadn't considered..."
No it isn't common but some of us would like it to become common. The main problem is in the lack of common methodologies and understanding. Those contractors I have guided to the ADHS site have come back to me as baffled as before. That leaves my rather vague requirements in a design brief as follows:
6.4.1 The archive will include a CD-ROM (s)containing the following:
¨ Digital copy of the full report.
¨ All photographs in digital format
¨ Indexes and recording sheets.
¨ Drawings in DXF or Tiff format
Bob Sydes
Archaeological Officer
Bath & North East Somerset Council