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Ingrid, We're using ArcView in Bucks, and what we've done is to display the SMR data on GIS using different symbols (and different colours) for different monument record types (only displaying as points at present). So we have different symbols for Monuments, Buildings, Find Spots, Places and Landscapes. The symbols are assigned using the attribute of 'Record Type' which reads across to the ArcView tables from the HBSMR database. This is very easy to do in ArcView and does make a huge difference to the GIS display. We have always mapped isolated findspots as points and finds concentrations as areas/polygons. Where these are indicative of, for example, a Roman farmstead or a medieval building, they will be recorded as a monument with finds records attached to the appropriate 'Monument Type' for the interpreted 'site'. Julia > -----Original Message----- > From: Peckham, Ingrid [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 16:02 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Digitising monument polygons on GIS > > Dear all > > I suppose the main problem for us in Southampton is findspots. A lot of > these are very inaccurately located on the ground; the original > information > attached to the find often refers only to a road, park, or former village > (now subsumed within the city boundary). Also, being an urban area, we > have > a lot of them over a relatively small area. So, if I plot findspots as > polygons, I end up with a lot of large overlying/overlapping polygons. > > It would be useful to have findspot information plotted on the map layer > as > polygons, but it really does get in the way of other monument types - no > matter what colours or symbols are used. If I held the polygons on a > separate layer, at least I could easily turn that layer off to see the > more > exactly located monuments. But .... > > I'd be interested to hear more about the tabs solution, although would > prefer to keep the link with the exeGesIS database functional. > > Ingrid Peckham, > SMR Assistant, Heritage Conservation Unit, > Cultural Services, > Southampton City Council, > Civic Centre, > Southampton. > SO14 7LP. > Tel: 023 8083 2850 > Fax: 023 8033 7593 > Email: [log in to unmask] **** Buckinghamshire County Council E-mail Disclaimer **** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, the use of the information by disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at [log in to unmask] This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MailSweeper for the presence of computer viruses. **** End of Disclaimer *********************************************