Yes, we do almost exactly the same thing here in Devon, so we can see the PAS data in our HER GIS for internal use. We do this as we also don’t have the resources to integrate the PAS records with our HER records.

We take the ‘Export for HER import’ csv export for all the records in the county, then add to ArcMap as XY data. I’ve used the eastings/northings data, and this has worked ok in the past.  In addition I’ve added a field called ‘URL’ to our data, calculated to  be "http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/xxxxx"  where xxxxx is the field ‘IDOfFind’. This allows us to go directly to the record from the GIS.

It’d be nice if this URL field could be added to the ‘Export for HER import’, as that would save some work. It’d be even better if this PAS data could be made available in a Web Map Service (or Web Feature Service), so that we don’t have to keep updating our PAS layer. I asked Dan about this about three years ago; but I think the PAS has other priorities, and as you say, Dan is always very busy J.

Hope that helps.

Graham

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From: Helen Wells (Archaeology) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 August 2013 15:48
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Subject: [HERFORUM] PAS

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone else makes a PAS layer to display in their HER.  We don’t have the resources to integrate the records properly so I’ve been exporting a CSV file from the PAS website and using it to create a Mapinfo TAB, just so we can see the data when looking at planning apps etc.  Was wondering how people did it, if anyone else does the same sort of thing!  I noticed last week that using the eastings/northings creates a very different map to using the lat/long.  I asked Dan about this and I’m sure he’ll get back to me at some point, but he’s always so busy.  J

Thanks,

Helen Wells
Historic Environment Record Officer
Leicestershire County Council

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